Health

The Office of Inspector General and Department of Health and Human Services on July 20 warned practitioners to exercise caution when entering arrangements with purported telemedicine companies. According to the fraud alert, dozens of investigations of fraud schemes have revealed that... Read More

A study released on Tuesday from researchers at the University of Bristol examines the question of whether concerns about the effects of fertility treatment on children’s development are warranted. Since the first child was born by way of in vitro fertilization, a... Read More

A new report released by a wellness company called Life Extension examines the best and worst states for wellness in the U.S. According to the findings, California ranks number one for the best state, followed by Arizona and Florida, while Alabama ranks... Read More

Delaware Gov. John Carney is working to improve maternal and infant health after signing multiple pieces of legislation on July 25 to better support new moms and babies.  The legislative package includes 6 bills — H.B. 340, H.B. 344(S), H.B. 342, H.B. 345, H.B. 343 and H.B.... Read More

An article published on July 27 in Nature offers new insights into milk consumption and the evolution of lactose tolerance. The study finds that famine and exposure to infectious diseases explain our ability to consume milk and other dairy products.  To conduct... Read More

A study published in the journal Hypertension on July 25 finds that daytime napping on a regular basis is associated with higher risks for high blood pressure and stroke.  To conduct the study, researchers from China used a napping frequency survey and... Read More

WASHINGTON — The White House is working with partners in the public and private sector on developing the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines, but there’s no telling whether it will take the form of a patch, shot, nasal spray or... Read More

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Thousands of people arguing the abortion issue surrounded the Indiana Statehouse and filled its corridors Monday as state lawmakers began consideration of a Republican proposal to ban nearly all abortions in the state and Vice President Kamala Harris denounced... Read More

GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the growing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the highest alert issued by the agency. In announcing the designation, the United Nations' health agency is saying it... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden abruptly canceled a trip to Pennsylvania, where he had planned to propose a steep funding increase for police on Thursday, after testing positive for COVID-19. The Democratic president was set to ask Congress to spend roughly $37... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is continuing the rollout of the electronic health record modernization program, despite 14 reports from the Inspector General’s Office revealing a number of patient safety issues at the five sites where the... Read More

This month Assemblyman Joseph Giglio, R-Gowanda, introduced A.10562, a bill that would amend the state Public Health Law that mandates involuntary confinement of those with a communicable disease or suspected of having a communicable disease. “This act would ensure that no... Read More

The declaration of the Public Health Emergency has been extended again, this time until Oct. 13, 2022. On Jan. 31, 2020, former Health Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared the COVID-19 public health emergency and indicated that the declaration could only be... Read More

Since the early 2000s a series of news stories have highlighted the use of wilderness therapy as a resource for battling depression for those with suicidal thoughts and drug use. Many of these stories also highlight the thousands of dollars in costs... Read More

Drug overdose deaths increased 30% from 2019 to 2020, according to an analysis by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on July 19. The agency noted that disparities exist among certain racial and ethnic minority populations. According to the... Read More

The number of women who developed diabetes during pregnancy increased 30% between 2016 and 2020, according a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. Gestational diabetes can develop during pregnancy in women who don’t already have diabetes.... Read More

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Tuesday recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use as a primary series in adults aged 18 years and older.  “If you have been waiting for a... Read More

The World Health Organization issued guidance on July 20 about good practices to protect the health of refugees and migrants. The nearly 350-page report includes more than 82,000 documents along with household surveys and analyses from global experts. The report finds that... Read More

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is no longer at the top in all areas of research and development, according to speakers from a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation event on Tuesday to examine how America can maintain its competitiveness. “It is... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act is floating through the House and Senate, taking aim at whether the government should be able to access personal data, such as sensitive health information. “There’s been a lot of... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Bipartisan Policy Center and Tufts University co-hosted an event on July 14 to discuss the challenges of food and nutrition in the U.S., in advance of the first White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in... Read More

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to over 60,000 different retail pharmacies, reminding them that under federal civil rights laws, and as recipients of federal financial assistance, they are prohibited from discriminating... Read More

Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, is pushing to preserve health care coverage for seniors and individuals with disabilities by establishing greater tax fairness, preventing disruption of benefits and providing sufficient time to implement cost-saving measures. Doggett introduced the Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act on July... Read More

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California announced last week that the state will begin manufacturing its own low-cost insulin.  “Nothing epitomizes market failures more than the cost of insulin,” Newsom said in a video announcement. According to Newsom, many Americans experience out-of-pocket costs... Read More

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on July 8 to better protect patient privacy and sensitive health-related data for those accessing reproductive health care.  The order comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to... Read More

A bill known as the Urban Indian Health Confer Act aims to give Native Americans and Alaska Natives living in urban areas more of an active voice in the federal health care policies that affect them.  The House bill, H.R.... Read More

Patients with medical providers who speak the same language have better outcomes, according to a study published on July 11 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.  The findings of the study indicate that patients who speak languages other than English... Read More

The World Health Organization is exploring the future of genomics technologies, tools and therapies for analyzing or manipulating genomic information to better diagnose, prevent and treat diseases.  The organization’s July 12 report examines the ethical, legal and social issues tied... Read More

The White House released a new strategy on Tuesday to combat the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron, which now make up 80% of the COVID-19 cases in the U.S.   BA.5, which accounts for most of those cases, has shown... Read More

WASHINGTON — A non-profit known as Operation Hat Trick has supported the recovery of wounded service members and veterans since 2008 by taking a portion of the sales of baseball caps and other sports gear and funding resources and programs... Read More