Prescription opioid painkillers are fading as a cause of drug overdose deaths. Cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl are linked to more deaths
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
‘It’s a great slogan, but it’s not workable:’ Health insurers pan Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders health fixes
America’s Health Insurance Plans and other health-industry groups step up criticism of Biden’s public option, Sanders’ Medicare for All health fixes
Doctors share migrant children’s haunting drawings: ‘These children coming into our country need a voice’
Drawings by migrant children show families behind bars in telling images of their experience at U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention center
‘Really astonishing’: Average cost of hospital ER visit surges 176% in a decade, report says
The average emergency room visit cost $1,389 in 2017, up176%, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute. Billing codes are part of it.
A new drug costs $2.1 million for children with a muscle-wasting disease
The FDA approved a new drug that could be the nation’s most expensive
FDA defends oversight amid questions of safety of generic drugs made in India and China
The FDA defends its track records of inspections of overseas drug factories as a new book raises question about the safety of generic drugs
FDA defends oversight amid questions of safety of generic drugs made in India and China
The FDA defends its track records of inspections of overseas drug factories as a new book raises question about the safety of generic drugs
States: Drugmakers collude on generic price hikes, overcharge consumers and states billions
A coalition of 43 attorneys general allege generic drug manufacturers colluded, overcharging states and consumers billions.
Number of measles cases in the U.S. reach 704, the highest point this century
The CDC reports 704 confirmed cases of measles. The figure is the highest number of cases since measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
Do ‘the right thing’: People who can’t get vaccinated during a measles outbreak rely on the healthy
Children and adults who can’t vaccinate because of a age, a weakened immune system or a medical treatment are vulnerable during measles outbreaks.