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The Trump administration aims to boost competition among hospitals and cut costs by letting consumers see how widely prices can vary for the same medical or surgical procedure. But health economists say patients typically have little choice in choosing their hospital. (teekid/Getty Images)
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Politics & Policy

U.S. hospitals and insurers might be forced to reveal the true prices they negotiate

The Trump Administration is weighing whether to require hospitals to publicly reveal the prices they charge insurance companies for medical procedures and services.

7 years ago

Eli Lilly and Company, based in Indianapolis, is rolling out a half-price version of its insulin Humalog that will be sold as a generic. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
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Health

How much difference will Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin make?

Between 2009 and 2017 the wholesale price of a single vial of Humalog, the Eli Lilly and Company-manufactured insulin Gilmer uses, nearly tripled.

7 years ago

Dr. Roberto Ieraci prepares to vaccinate a child in Rome on Feb. 23, 2018. (Alessandro Tarantino/AP Photo)
Science
The Conversation

Could a booster shot of truth help scientists fight the anti-vaccine crisis?

Imagine what might happen if the government itself had embraced an official anti-vaccine policy.

7 years ago

Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk

A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”

7 years ago

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This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.  The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 — and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo, File)
Health

After mumps outbreak, Temple will require new students to be vaccinated

The university is preparing, in case there are more cases of the flulike illness as students return from spring break. Current policy doesn’t require them to be vaccinated.

7 years ago

Jonah Reeder prepares a special protein shake that helps him manage a metabolic condition called phenylketonuria. (Julia Ritchey/KUER)
NPR
Science

A gulp of genetically modified bacteria might someday treat a range of illnesses

Scientists hope to genetically modify microbes from the human microbiome to treat a range of diseases, including digestive disorders.

7 years ago

After widespread pressure to repudiate anti-vaccine misinformation on the social media platform, Facebook announced on Thursday that it's taking several steps to tackle the issue. (Richard Drew/AP)
NPR
Science

Facebook vows to quash anti-vaccine misinformation

Facebook announced on Thursday it is taking steps to combat the spread of anti-vaccine information across the social media platform.

7 years ago

One health insurance startup charges patients extra for procedures not covered by their basic health plan. The out-of-pocket cost for a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy might range from $900 to $3,000 extra, while a lumbar spine fusion could range from $5,000 to $10,000 (Frederic Cirou/PhotoAlto/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Some ‘cheaper’ health plans have surprising costs

One health plan from a well-known insurer promises lower premiums — but warns that consumers may need to file their own claims and negotiate over charges from hospitals.

7 years ago

Levine, a former pediatrician, had fellow pediatricians join her for a last-minute press conference defending the importance of vaccines. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Health Sec: Don’t listen to Rand Paul on vaccines

In a recent health committee hearing, the Republican U.S. Senator said vaccines shouldn’t be mandatory, and suggested they give people a false sense of security.

7 years ago

Dozens of abortion rights advocates and abortion opponents gathered in Dover, Del. to debate legislation aiming to ban late-term abortions. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delawareans debate late-term abortion ban before Senate committee

Abortion opponents, abortion rights activists plead their cases before Delaware legislators considering a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

7 years ago

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Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine speaks at a press event March 2019. (Provided)
Money

Struggling Pa. hospitals to test new funding model

Five rural Pennsylvania hospitals are testing a pilot program that aims to keep them financially viable and help them better target resources to patients.

7 years ago

Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health
NJ Spotlight

Camden city EMS reports more calls, quicker response times in 2018

Three years after taking over from Virtua, Cooper is meeting a national benchmark for timeliness.

7 years ago

A color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph shows HIV particles (orange) infecting a T cell, one of the white blood cells that play a central role in the immune system. (Courtesy of Science Source)
NPR
Health

Bone marrow transplant renders second patient free of HIV

That result raised hopes that HIV could be eradicated through a medical procedure and cure people of HIV infection.

7 years ago

An MMR vaccination, immunizing against measles, mumps and rubella, is seen in the Health and Prevention Centre in Lyon, France.
(BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

A large study provides more evidence that MMR vaccines don’t cause autism

There was no overall increased risk for the developmental disorder among those who received the MMR vaccine when compared with those who had not gotten the vaccine.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 14, 2019 photo, Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins, assistant professor at the State University of New York Morrisville displays some cannabis seeds at the university in Morrisville, N.Y. In upstate New York, the state college in Morrisville is launching a cannabis studies minor in the horticulture department. (Mary Esch/AP Photo)
Education

Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum

A growing number of colleges are adding cannabis to the curriculum to prepare graduates for careers cultivating, researching, analyzing and marketing the herb.

7 years ago

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