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Democratic Senate candidate ends campaign after four days TheHill
Democrat Denise Burgess announced Thursday that she ended her campaign for Colorado's contested Senate seat only days after initially announcing her bid.
Sep 19, 2019 23:27 UTC Health-Care Read More

Contraception leads to better public and individual health TheHill
Overwhelming evidence from across the globe has shown that access to comprehensive reproductive health information and services, including the full range of…
Sep 19, 2019 22:59 UTC Health-Care Read More

Buttigieg calls Warren 'extremely evasive' on health taxes
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg answers a question Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, during a Democratic presidential primary…
Sep 19, 2019 22:42 UTC Health-Care Read More

White House abruptly cancels meeting with vaping advocates
The White House abruptly organized — and then quickly canceled — a meeting Thursday with frustrated conservative policy leaders, to try to tamp down anger…
Sep 19, 2019 20:10 UTC Health-Care Read More

Bernie Sanders’s housing-for-all plan, explained
Democrats have rediscovered housing policy as a topic in the 2020 campaign cycle in a big way, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, who released an expansive…
Sep 19, 2019 17:29 UTC Health-Care Read More

Stories from the field – helping migrants to help themselves through health literacy
After working as an assistant nurse and social worker in Sweden for more than 10 years, Noorihe Halimi now teaches recently arrived migrants how to make…
Sep 19, 2019 17:19 UTC Health-Care Read More

Aging and Health: Improving Care For Older Adults
September 24, 2019. 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Eastern. National Press Club – 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC. Register Today. Join Health Affairs and The…
Sep 19, 2019 16:11 UTC Health-Care Read More

Trump sues to stop New York prosecutors from getting his taxes
President Donald Trump sued Thursday to block Manhattan's top prosecutor from obtaining his tax returns as part of a wide-ranging investigation into…
Sep 19, 2019 15:42 UTC Health-Care Read More

Outcome Health Launches "In These Rooms," a Thought-Provoking Campaign to Transform Point of Care through Moments of Care™
CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Outcome Health, a healthcare innovation company focused on supporting patients, caregivers and healthcare…
Sep 19, 2019 15:39 UTC Health-Care Read More

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy Announces First Adult Certified Duchenne Care Center, University of Missouri Health Care
HACKENSACK, N.J., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne…
Sep 19, 2019 14:11 UTC Health-Care Read More

Oh baby, baby! A practical guide to managing pregnant employees in your practice
Every employer at a dental practice will likely manage a pregnant employee at least once in their career, and most employers will have at least one question…
Sep 19, 2019 14:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

FCA US Continues Its Longstanding Leadership Improving the Health and Overall Well-being of Employees and Families
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- FCA US among 53 major U.S. employers that received the 2019 Best Employers: Excellence in Health…
Sep 19, 2019 13:59 UTC Health-Care Read More

NYC Health + Hospitals reports improvements
DFS analysis finds 2014 law protected health care consumers — DURB meets today.
Sep 19, 2019 13:59 UTC Health-Care Read More

Myco Industries, Inc. Announces US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 10,404203 for the AB Max™
MILFORD, Mich., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Myco Industries, Inc. (Myco), a privately held medical device company, announced that the U.S. Patent and…
Sep 19, 2019 13:13 UTC Health-Care Read More

Pillo Health And BLACK+DECKER Partner To Deliver Smart Home Care Companion
BOSTON, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pillo Health and BLACK+DECKER today announced an ongoing collaboration to further the companies' shared…
Sep 19, 2019 13:04 UTC Health-Care Read More

'It's not just about the ideation stage'
Leadership Health Care wraps first Boston trip talking reform successes and scaling innovation.
Sep 19, 2019 12:08 UTC Health-Care Read More

Tivity Health to Present at the 2019 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Tivity Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTY) will present at the 2019 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference to be held…
Sep 19, 2019 12:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Florida Senator Rick Scott Brags About His Medicaid Record
Scott claims he tried to make Medicaid work well in Florida as governor, which is a joke.
Sep 19, 2019 11:59 UTC Health-Care Read More

He did his research and got estimates for his hernia surgery. The bills were still wildly higher
From a planning perspective, Wolfgang Balzer is the perfect health care consumer.Balzer, an engineer in Connecticut, knew for several years he had...
Sep 19, 2019 10:48 UTC Health-Care Read More

16 nursing homes to accept opioid-addicted patients
More than a dozen Massachusetts nursing homes will now accept patients being treated for opioid addiction.
Sep 19, 2019 09:13 UTC Health-Care Read More

Forum On Lowering Healthcare Costs Postponed
Sen. Kevin Kelly, a Republican from Stratford and the ranking member on the Insurance and Real Estate Committee, was going to host a forum on reducing…
Sep 19, 2019 09:00 UTC Health-Care Read More

Overnight Health Care — Presented by Partnership for America's Health Care Future — Pelosi set to unveil drug price plan Abortion rate in US hits lowest level since Roe v. Wade Dems threaten to subpoena Juul TheHill
Welcome to Wednesday's Overnight Health Care. It was a busy day. Abortion rates are falling, Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan is coming tomorrow, the No.
Sep 18, 2019 23:29 UTC Health-Care Read More

Peter Berger: What has been will be again
Editor's note: This commentary is by Peter Berger, who has taught English and history for 30 years and writes “Poor Elijah's Almanack.” The column appears in…
Sep 18, 2019 22:54 UTC Health-Care Read More