Viewpoints: Equip First Responders With Naloxone To Combat Opioid Crisis; Women In Rural Areas Hit Hard By Abortion Restrictions
Editorial pages look at these and other health issues.
Different Takes: Foot-Dragging On Ronny Jackson Hearings Is The Right Step; VA Needs A Leader: Jackson Fits The Mold
Opinion writers express views on Dr. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run Veteran Affairs.
Perspectives: Pharmaceutical Innovation Will Become Meaningless If No One Can Afford Breakthrough Drugs
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
5 Steps The U.S. Could Take To Rein In Those Skyrocketing Drug Prices
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical pricing.
State Highlights: Virginia Governor Names New Behavioral Health Leaders; Ben Carson In Los Angeles On Homelessness Fact-Finding Mission
Media outlets report on news from New Hampshire, California, Texas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Virginia, New York, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, Ohio and Maryland.
Researchers Attribute California’s Decline In Gun Deaths To A Reduction Of Gang Violence
Meanwhile in Delaware, the state Senate sent gun-control legislation to Gov. John Carney (D) for his approval. Six states have already passed similar “red flag” laws following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Secret Repository Kept Well-Stocked In Case Of Bioterror Attack, Pandemic, Or Major Public Health Crisis
In the stockpile outside D.C., and in several other places across the country, there are rows of antibiotics including the powerful medication Ciprofloxacin, vaccines for smallpox and anthrax and antivirals for a deadly influenza pandemic. In other public health news: stem cell therapy, kidney disease, broken heart syndrome, rapid-aging disease, and more.
Oregon’s Model Of Caring For Criminally Insane Is Expensive But Also Successful
Over the past five years, the rate of recidivism for those on conditional release in Oregon after a verdict of criminal insanity is 0.47 percent. By comparison, one report put the recidivism rate among all Oregon ex-inmates, whether mentally ill or not, at about 18 percent.
Recycling Donated Organs? Doctor Breaks Taboo Of Re-Using Kidneys In Midst Of Shortage
Dr. Jeffrey Veale is the first surgeon focused on making the re-use of transplanted kidneys routine. “We shouldn’t be discarding these young, healthy kidneys,” he says. In other news, the United Network for Organ Sharing, which has held a tight rein on organ donation in the United States, may be facing competition.
Speculation Swirls Over Florida’s Possible Medicaid Expansion As State Doles Out Contracts
Florida has been on the watchlist of states that may expand Medicaid if a Democrat or amenable Republican wins the gubernatorial race. Republican Gov. Rick Scott rejected Medicaid expansion in 2015. Medicaid news comes out of Kansas and Rhode Island, as well.