Healthcare Reform

Here’s how to avoid heat-related illnesses and stay cool this summer

More than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes over the last four years, and most of the fatalities were preventable, the World Health Organization’s Europe office said Thursday.

Georgetown team to track spread of infectious disease at World Cup

Security for the World Cup is getting an update: scouring wastewater and social media to keep close tabs on infectious disease transmission during the international event.

Civil rights complaint says HHS scholarship for Hawaiian natives violates federal laws

A Department of Health and Human Services scholarship is illegally paying for indigenous Hawaiians to earn healthcare degrees, according to a complaint filed with the agency’s Office of Civil Rights.

New Medicaid work requirements set for next year

If certain adult Medicaid applicants and enrollees want to be eligible for federal benefits next year, they must meet an 80-hour-per-month work requirement.

TrumpRX adds 160 more drugs, pushing total lower-cost offerings to 750 medications

U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Tuesday a massive expansion of TrumpRx, with the addition of 160 more medications to the website, pushing the total to over 750 drugs.

HHS probes complaint of racial preferences in Biden-era healthcare training grants

The Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a complaint that three of its Biden-era healthcare training programs are illegally distributing federal grant money based on applicants’ skin color.

WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo

Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday during a visit to Bunia in eastern Congo, a city at the heart of an outbreak.

Autopsy shows 18-year-old woman died of complications from Colorado Planned Parenthood abortion

An 18-year-old woman has died of complications from a legal second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic, according to a newly released autopsy.

U.S. opens Ebola quarantine center in Kenya for potentially exposed Americans

The Trump administration on Thursday announced additional steps to fight an alarming Ebola outbreak in Africa and prevent cases from reaching U.S. shores.

Aid supplies reach heart of Congo’s Ebola outbreak as WHO head travels to Kinshasa

Aid supplies were rushed in to the center of Congo’s outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus as beleaguered medical workers have struggled with a lack of equipment, a distrustful population and armed groups in a volatile region.

Ugandan health officials report new Ebola virus infections, bringing cases to seven

Ugandan health authorities on Monday reported two new Ebola cases, bringing the number of infections to seven.

WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is ‘spreading rapidly’ and upgrades risk assessment

The head of the World Health Organization said Friday the Ebola outbreak in Congo is “spreading rapidly” and now poses a “very high” risk at the national level.

Supreme Court upholds Obama health care law

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The Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.

Obama chats up health care

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President Obama speaks about the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va.

Document: Supreme Court opinion (PDF)