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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2015, file photo, Dan Diaz holds a photo of his late wife, Brittany Maynard, taken on their wedding day, during a rally calling for California Gov. Jerry Brown to sign right-to-die legislation at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. A California judge on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, threw out a 2016 state law allowing the terminally ill to end their lives, ruling it was unconstitutionally approved by the Legislature. Maynard moved to Oregon from California to legally end her life in 2014. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

House passes ‘Right to Try’ bill for dying patients

The House passed a bill Tuesday that lets dying patients try medicines that haven't won full regulatory approval, handing President Trump the bipartisan win he had demanded during his State of the Union speech this year.

May 22, 2018
In this photo taken Monday, May 14, 2018, members of a Red Cross team don protective clothing before heading out to look for suspected victims of Ebola, in Mbandaka, Congo. (Karsten Voigt/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies via AP) ** FILE **

Ebola outbreak isn’t a global emergency yet: WHO

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not considered a global health emergency -- at least not yet, the World Health Organization announced Friday, saying it is hopeful it can stamp out the widening outbreak despite fear the disease will travel along the Congo River "highway" to major capitals.

May 18, 2018
Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Greg Walden, of Oregon, asks a question during a hearing of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, about combating the opioid epidemic, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opioid bills advanced by House Energy and Commerce Committee

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved dozens of bills that would help the FDA intercept drugs at ports, expand addiction treatment and otherwise combat the opioid epidemic, clearing the way for final passage by early summer.

May 17, 2018
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb listens during an interview with The Associated Press in New York on Monday, March 5, 2018. Gottlieb said Monday that he needs more staffers to intercept opioids that are being disguised as other drugs and supplements. (AP Photo/Kathy Young)

FDA calls out companies who block generic makers

Moving to implement President Trump's drug-pricing plan, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday started naming brand-name drug makers who shut out competition by preventing generic makers from obtaining samples of their product.

May 17, 2018
In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, a health care worker wears virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

WHO says Ebola outbreak spread to Congo city

Officials have discovered a case of the deadly Ebola virus in a port city of 1 million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, sparking fears Thursday the latest outbreak has broken out of the remote rural areas where it started and could spiral out of control.

May 17, 2018
In this Jan. 21, 2018, photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington, and Congress continues to negotiate during the federal government shutdown. The deal that ended the government shutdown also further cut taxes, adding billions more to the national deficit. The tax cuts were a little noticed element of the much discussed deal, which provided funding to keep government agencies operating for about three weeks and renewed a popular health insurance program for poor children. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Bill aims to stop shipping of opioids through U.S. mail

The House Ways and Means Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to require shippers sending packages into the U.S. to provide more data on what's being sent — part of an effort in Congress to close down a major pipeline delivering illegal synthetic opioids across the country.

May 16, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 10, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Court saga over Obamacare payments reaches end

House GOP leaders declared victory Wednesday in a long-running dispute with the executive branch, noting a new settlement preserves a judge's ruling that President Barack Obama reimbursed insurers unlawfully under his signature health program.

May 16, 2018
This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Purdue Pharma sued over OxyContin addiction risks

Six states sued a leading opioid manufacturer Tuesday, saying Purdue Pharma used deceptive tactics to downplay the risks of its painkiller OxyContin and helped fuel the addiction crisis.

May 15, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during an event about prescription drug prices with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alex Azar, HHS secretary: Trump drug-price plan is boldest ‘in history’

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II on Monday said the idea of directly negotiating drug prices under Medicare did "come up" in talks with President Trump but they settled on free-market solutions to avoid ending up with the kind of drug rationing he said plagues European countries.

May 14, 2018
President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd's applause during a Republican campaign rally Thursday, May 10, 2018, in Elkhart, Ind. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Donald Trump to announce plan to lower prescription drug prices

President Trump is set to propose the most comprehensive plan to tackle prescription drug prices in history, the White House boasted Thursday, setting a high bar for an upcoming address in which Mr. Trump plans to put "American patients first" by cracking down on "freeloading" by foreign nations and requiring Medicare to give a leg up to seniors.

May 10, 2018
In this Feb. 24, 2018, file photo, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Alex Azar, HHS secretary, fends off shouts of Obamacare ‘sabotage’

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar defended President Trump's push to let Americans ditch Obamacare for cheaper, skimpier plans, saying President Barack Obama kept the same policy for most of his tenure and subsidized customers are unlikely to flee the program's exchanges en masse.

May 10, 2018