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Heads Up California Readers: Wildfire Smoke Will Hurt Your Health…

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Last year, as the Tubbs Fire scorched its way across Napa and Sonoma counties, environmental researchers at the University of California, Davis, fielded questions about the health impact of chronic exposure to smoke from a wildfire that torched trees and urban structures alike. UCD’s Kent Pinkerton and Rebecca Schmidt and other researchers had the same […]

Michigan Health Chief Faces Trial on Flint Water Crisis Manslaughter Charges…

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A judge ruled Monday that Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon will stand trial on felony charges stemming from the Flint water crisis. Lyon was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of misconduct in office related to the 2014-2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint that took the […]

Gillibrand: Democrats Should Immediately Abolish ICE Once They Take Back Congress…

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Democrats should immediately move to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if they regain majorities in Congress, Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said on Sunday. “So when we flip the House and flip the Senate, I think the first thing we should do is deal with the children who have been separated […]

Australian Researchers Develop ‘World First’ Melanoma Blood Test…

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Australian researchers have developed “the world’s first” blood test to detect early-stage melanoma, a development that they said could save thousands of lives and millions of dollars in healthcare costs. The researchers from Edith Cowan University said the blood test could help doctors detect the skin cancer at early stages when it is more easily […]

Trump Freezes Billions In Obamacare Payments, Outraging Insurers…

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The Trump administration halted billions of dollars in payments to health insurers after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the agency that administers programs under Obamacare, announced on Saturday it was freezing payments to insurers that cover sicker patients, saying a federal court ruling ties its hands. The move brought a sharp response from […]

HHS Secretary Alex Azar: New Round of Drug Price Hikes a ‘Tipping Point’…

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President Trump’s top health official said “change is coming” to drug pricing in the wake of a new round of price hikes. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar’s comments followed Trump’s tweet at Pfizer for raising drug prices last week on more than 40 products, more than a month after Trump said that drug […]

601 People Charged in Massive, $2B Healthcare Scam…

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The Justice Department on Thursday announced its largest-ever healthcare fraud enforcement action, and charged 601 people, including 165 medical professions, for making false medical claims worth $2 billion, a quarter of which was related to opioids. “This is the most fraud, the most defendants, and the most doctors ever charged in a single operation — […]

Need a Little Extra Money? You’ll Soon Be Able to Sell and Rent Your DNA…

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Feel like earning a little extra money and maybe improving your health at the same time? Consumers will soon be able to sell or rent their DNA to scientists who are trying to fight diseases as different as dementia, lupus and leukemia. Bio-brokers want to collect everything from someone’s 23andMe and Ancestry.com gene data to […]

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