Emerging Health Issues – Medicare Report

Health officials are hunting for the culprit behind vaping-related illnesses. Here are five questions about the outbreak

(By Megan Thielking and Helen Branswell for STAT) Health officials are still scrambling to pinpoint the cause of an outbreak

(By Bobby Allyn for NPR) Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday night, just

(By John M. Gionna for Kaiser Health News) The bootleg medications were smuggled across the border and sold to mostly

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) FORT SCOTT, Kan. — On a hot June day as the Good

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) The Trump administration is preparing to ban flavored e-cigarettes, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex

A new study from Rice University and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas found that when health systems acquired

(By Jay Hancock and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Heather Waldron and John Hawley are losing their four-bedroom house

(By David Armstrong for STAT and Jeff Ernsthausen for Propublica) This story is a collaboration between STAT and ProPublica. Purdue

(By Dave Davies for NPR) More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of

(By Mike Salmon for Kaiser Health News) “Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared