Healthcare Reform

Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 health documents

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered the public release of over 170,000 pages of documents concerning public health and contamination data compiled in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch ‘orphan tax’

Alex J. Adams, head of the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an “orphan tax” on kids who end up in foster families.

Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo, with a total of 60 now affected, according to the latest government figures published on Friday.

Senate committee’s abortion drug probe reveals oversight concerns

A girl as young as 13 years old can buy abortion pills, according to an undercover investigation that made test purchases of the drug.

‘Scromiting’: Marijuana review warns users of ‘scream-vomiting’

A new medical study advises chronic marijuana users suffering from uncontrollable scream-vomiting, or “scromiting,” to quit the drug completely.

Maryland declares measles outbreak in three counties

Maryland officials declared a measles outbreak Monday in Carroll, Cecil and St. Mary’s counties.

Is legal weed making more people addicted? A new study suggests so

Public health experts are blaming a surge in unregulated marijuana, following state laws legalizing the drug, for driving a 97% rise in addiction among adults aged 40 to 50 since 2017.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet

More than 300 people died of Ebola in eastern Congo in the past week, one of the highest weekly tolls yet, government data showed Monday, as health workers struggle to catch up with an outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed.

Alfalfa sprouts linked to food poisoning illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Minnesota health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of alfalfa sprouts that have been tied to an unusual outbreak involving different disease-causing bacteria.

Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine, which has been effective in past outbreaks

Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine, which has been effective in past Ebola outbreaks, the World Health Organization and partners said Thursday, announcing a step seen as a major boost to efforts to contain what officials have described as the fastest Ebola outbreak in history.

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, admitting matter-of-factly that he trailed the executive to an investor conference and gunned him down on a New York City street in 2024.

Drugmakers, health insurers battle over coupons for high-cost medicine

Patients with cancer, HIV, cystic fibrosis or conditions with high-cost medications often use coupons from drug manufacturers to help them pay for the drugs. That assistance runs out, however, and patients learn that the money was not counted toward their insurance deductible.

FDA approves first mRNA flu vaccine after reversing its own rejection

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first messenger RNA-based vaccine for seasonal flu, after rejecting it earlier this year.

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)