The new cannabis product has created a booming but unregulated economy in Italy. Is it a bubble waiting to be burst?
Through His Eyes
Finding out my teenage son Oliver is gay was big — and no big deal. And he made me face my own straight privilege.
Must-Reads Of The Week From Brianna Labuskes
The Friday Breeze Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes, who reads everything on health care to compile our daily Morning Briefing, offers the best and most provocative stories for the weekend. Welcome back to the Friday Breeze, where I can offer you a break from the Comey memos with a quick look at what you need to …
Flying Close to Temptation
A newly married woman fears that her impulse to drink and keep it a secret will become a wall of deceit between her and her wife.
Viewpoints: Lessons Learned About New Cures For Cancer; Finally, Some Positive Signs For Gun Safety
Editorial pages focus on these and other health topics.
Research Roundup: Prescribing Opioids To High-Risk Patients, PrEP Use Among Black Individuals
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
State Highlights: Florida Seeks To Close Facility For Disabled, Citing Horrific Abuse; NYC Sets Up Task Force On Mentally Ill After Shootings
Media outlets report on news from Florida, New York, California, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Minnesota, Maryland, Georgia and Massachusetts.
Gay Conversion Therapy Would Be Added To List Of Deceptive Business Practices Under Proposed California Bill
The bill, which passed the state Assembly, now moves to the Senate. Despite no evidence that the therapy works, some religious groups have said such a law would violate their constitutional rights.
Investigators Recommending Abundance Of Caution With Lettuce After E. Coli Outbreak Spreads
Fifty-three related E. coli infections have been reported in 16 states, according to the CDC. Officials are now telling consumers not to eat store-bought, chopped romaine lettuce.
Michigan Senate Votes To Add Work Requirements To State’s Medicaid Program
The bill would require able-bodied adults who receive Medicaid health care coverage to either work at least 29 hours a week or be enrolled in a job training or education program. The legislation now moves to the House for consideration. Media outlets report on Medicaid news out of Tennessee, Massachusetts and California, as well.
Teaching Hospitals Help Doctors-In-Training Get Practice. But It’s Also Where They Can Learn Bad Habits
Many physicians are being trained at hospitals that have been cited for deficiencies by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Declining Opioid Prescription Rates Show That Drumbeat Of Alarm Over Crisis Is Producing Results
But some advocates are now worried that patients with chronic pain are being undertreated. Meanwhile, NIH wants to conduct research on fentanyl, but the nationwide law-enforcement crackdown on opioid abuse means scientists are having a hard time getting permission to get samples of the illegal products they need to study. And the Senate Finance Committee …
Growth Of Prescription Drugs Spending Slowing, But That Won’t Necessarily Be Reflected For Consumers
“We’re not suggesting that nobody is seeing higher costs,” said Murray Aitken, of the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science, which released the numbers. “We’re just saying that when we roll everything up, the amount received by manufacturers rose by only 0.6 percent in 2017.”
FDA Panel’s Approval Of Epilepsy Drug Paves Way For U.S.’s First Cannabis-Derived Prescription Medicine
An FDA advisory panel gave the green light to the drug, which treats epilepsy, and the full agency is expected to give its approval, as well, sometime in June.
First Edition: April 20, 2018
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
The Weekly Health Quiz: Marriage, Nuts and a Cancer Breakthrough
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
Nobody Tells You How Long a Marriage Is
You were establishing roots for a suburban life I would never be able to provide.
Calif. Leads Nation In Pushing Back Against Trump Administration Health Policies
These days, when the federal government turns in one direction, California veers in the other — and in the case of health care, it’s a sharp swerve. In the nation’s most populous state, lawmakers and other policymakers seemingly are not content simply to resist Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. They are fighting …
Turning to Marijuana for a Runners’ High and More
Some runners turn to marijuana to provide a mental or physical boost.
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Approval of Cannabis-Based Drug for Epilepsy
Epidiolex was developed to treat two rare and devastating forms of the disease. It contains a chemical compound found in marijuana but not the one that makes people high.
Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ Nothing In Health Care Ever Goes Away
Sarah Jane Tribble Kaiser Health News @sjtribble Read Sarah Jane’s Stories Joanne Kenen Politico @JoanneKenen Read Joanne’s Stories Margot Sanger-Katz The New York Times @sangerkatz Read Margot’s Stories Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post @pw_cunningham Read Paige’s Stories Congressional Republicans have struck a decidedly different tone when talking about the Affordable Care Act, and the …
Is Extra Help Hurting My Friend With Autism?
A reader expresses empathy for — but mostly envy of — a peer who receives special testing accommodations.
E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Romaine Lettuce Expands to 16 States
At least 53 people have been infected so far, and more than half have been hospitalized.
What #MeToo Means to Teenagers
While the “Me Too” movement has largely focused on adults, sexual harassment can leave deep and lasting scars on children and teens too.
Viewpoints: Anti-Vaxxers’ Misperceptions Deny Children’s Rights; Expand Sorely Needed Research on Women’s Brains, Alzheimer’s
Editorial pages focus on these and other health topics.