Health CareNews
2 States Ravaged by Opioids Show Difference Faith Makes
HANOVER, N.H.—There is a strong correlation between lack of religious attendance and illicit drug use, research shows in contrasting two states hit hard by the… Read More
Health CareNews
Tom Price Resigns as HHS Secretary
President Donald Trump accepted the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Friday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced late… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Backs ‘Right to Try’ Experimental Drugs, Already Law in 37 States
Laura McLinn’s son Jordan was diagnosed at age 4 with muscular dystrophy, a terminal illness with no cure. But, McLinn says, matters could be much… Read More
SocietyNews
White House Drug Commission Implores Trump to Declare a State of Emergency
The White House commission created to tackle America’s opioid addiction crisis is imploring President Donald Trump to immediately declare a national state of emergency. The… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Hear You: Facing the Opioid Crisis and Defending the Marriage Views of Farmers
Editor’s note: We were pretty jazzed to publish a commentary on the opioid crisis by William Bennett and Robert DuPont. We’ve been meaning to run… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How to Save Rural America From the Opioid Crisis
Despite his gaunt frame and sunken eyes, he walks with a distinct swagger down Tuscarawas Street. At the intersection with Cherry Street, he turns and… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Opioid Crisis Is Dire. Why We Need a National Conversation About It Separate From Obamacare.
Whatever the merits or demerits of the recently released Senate version of the GOP health care bill, some have suggested that it should put more… Read More
Health CareNews
What a Wounded Veteran Thinks of Trump’s VA Reform
Sgt. Mike Verardo’s military career ended seven years ago because of an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, but he said the worst part of his… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Hear You: Put Blame for Opioid Epidemic Where It Belongs
Editor’s note: Our five-part series by Josh Siegel about the opioid epidemic and its devastating effects in one poor New Hampshire county generated ardent responses from readers…. Read More
Health CareFeature
Meet the First Responders Who Encounter Death by Opioid Overdose
COLEBROOK, N.H.—Sally Zankowski is who comes when it’s too late. She’s there to define, investigate—and make sense of—another sudden death owed to opioid overdose in… Read More
Health CareFeature
How a Family Doctor Works With Police to Combat a Rural County’s Opioid Epidemic
COLEBROOK, N.H.—Bruce Latham, a lanky, self-employed doctor, occupies a unique position in the depths of rural New Hampshire’s opioid drug addiction crisis. As part of… Read More
Health CareFeature
This Doctor Prescribed More Addictive Opioids Than Anyone Else in the State. Now He Tries to Overcome the Drug Crisis.
COLEBROOK, N.H.—Inside a dimly lit room at the largest health care provider in New Hampshire’s least populated county, a circle of drug addicts talk about… Read More
Health CareNews
This Mystery Virus Is Being Compared to One of the World’s Worst Illnesses
A year and a half ago “Full Measure” first reported on a baffling new illness responsible for nightmarish scenarios: a child wakes up and his… Read More
Health CareFeature
In New Hampshire’s Poorest County, One Opioid Addict Helps Another Choose Life Over Death
BETHLEHEM, N.H.—They came to be addicted to drugs in different ways, but ended up in the same place. Steven Blaisdell, 26, a stocky, shy son… Read More
Health CareFeature
This Poor County Switched From Backing Obama to Trump. Here’s What Happened.
COLEBROOK, N.H.—His left foot in a walking boot after surgery, Rick Samson, an independent-minded county commissioner in the northernmost part of New Hampshire, is behind… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Solving the Physician Shortage Crisis
With the health care debate currently dominating headlines, many Americans may be unaware of a more subtle issue that is affecting the U.S. health care… Read More
Health CareNews
California Pushes Forward $400 Billion Universal Health Care Bill
The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a $400 billion universal health care bill Thursday with no plan to pay for it. The committee passed the… Read More
SocietyNews
GOP Lawmakers Warn Trump That Obama Health Bureaucrat Could Hamper Pro-Life Agenda
Forty-one members of Congress sent a letter Monday to President Donald Trump asking him to replace the head of the National Institutes of Health, citing… Read More
Health CareNews
Senate Confirms Trump’s Nominee to Lead Food and Drug Administration
The Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb to lead the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, filling in the list of presidential appointments at the Department of… Read More
Health CareNews
The Growing Problem of ‘Fake Science’
Viewers may question much of what they hear and read about scientific and medical studies after watching the latest “Full Measure” cover story. It’s a cautionary note… Read More
Health CareFeature
It’s Almost Impossible to Find Out the Cost of a Medical Procedure. This Company Is Trying to Change That.
For a patient looking to see a doctor for any given medical procedure, costs often vary wildly based on the facility or physician. Take non-surgical… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How to Address the Looming Crisis of Physician Shortages
As the struggle to repeal and replace Obamacare with a plan that will decrease fast-rising and exorbitant premiums as well as increasing consumer choice rages on,… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump to Announce ‘Tremendous Things’ for Veterans Health Care
Some veterans organizations don’t think a bill President Donald Trump signed Wednesday expanding private care options for veterans goes far enough. “The veterans have poured… Read More
Health CareNews
It’s Really Hard to Fire a VA Employee. This Bill Would Change That.
Veterans groups are backing a Republican bill to make it easier to fire bad employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, but the legislation faces… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Did Obamacare Really Insure 20 Million?
One of the most frequently heard claims from the Obama administration is that Obamacare is responsible for insuring 20 million adults who were previously uninsured…. Read More
Health CareNews
Why Consumers May Be Feeling the Increasing Costs of Drugs More Today
Consumers may be in for sticker shock when they head to pharmacy counters not only because of across-the-board increases in the prices of prescription drugs,… Read More
Health CareNews
Why Pharmaceutical Companies Like Mylan Charge So Much for Drugs
In the wake of news that pharmaceutical company Mylan quadrupled the price of its popular EpiPen anti-allergy device over a few years, lawmakers want to… Read More
Health CareNews
What Zika Crisis Shows About Women’s Health Funding Debate
After Congress failed to pass a Zika funding bill due in part to disagreements over restricting funds from going to Planned Parenthood, pressure is on… Read More
Health CareNews
Anti-GMO Activists Fight Plan That Could Dramatically Reduce Zika Cases
As the number of Zika virus cases in the United States continues to rise, residents in South Florida are in a unique position to become… Read More
Health CareNews
Obama Administration Moves Money to Fight Zika, Revealing Untapped Funding
The shifting of $81 million to combat Zika is overdue and demonstrates the Obama administration has had untapped resources to fight the mosquito-borne illness, House… Read More
