NPR: Health Care News
- Hospitals Earn Little From Suing For Unpaid Bills. For Patients, It Can Be 'Ruinous' June 25, 2019When patients can't afford to pay their medical bills, many hospitals offer a payment plan — or free or discounted care. But some try to collect by suing patients and garnishing their wages.Selena Simmons-Duffin
- Trump Directs Alex Azar To Help Make Health Care Costs More Transparent June 25, 2019NPR's Noel King talks to Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar about President Trump's executive order issued Monday on health care pricing and transparency.
- Trump's Plan To Lower Your Hospital Costs: Here's What You Need To Know June 25, 2019A broad executive order issued Monday is supposed to help consumers get better estimates of health care costs. But whether it will be a game-changer depends on the details, health care analysts say.Julie Appleby
- Trump Administration Pushes To Make Health Care Pricing More Transparent June 24, 2019President Trump is issuing an executive order intended to force hospitals to disclose prices. A lot of work remains to turn this order into a regulation, and the industry is resisting the move.Tamara Keith
CDC: News Updates
- Vital Signs: Rabies Transcript June 13, 2019Welcome and thank you for standing by. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode until the question and answer session of today's conference. To ask a question from the phone lines please press star 1 and record your name when prompted.
- CDC Investigation Notice: Salmonella Outbreaks Linked to Backyard Poultry June 13, 2019A CDC investigation announcement of multiple multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with poultry in backyard flocks has been posted https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/backyardpoultry-05-19/index.html.
- CDC Activates Emergency Operations Center for Ebola Outbreak in Eastern DRC June 12, 2019Today the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is announcing activation of its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) on Thursday, June 13, 2019, to support the inter-agency response to the current Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
- Bats Lead in U.S. Rabies Risk June 12, 2019Bats are responsible for roughly 7 in 10 rabies deaths among people who are infected with the rabies virus in the United States, possibly because people may not know of the risk bats pose, according to the Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CDC: Outbreaks
- Flour - E. coli Infections May 31, 2019On May 23, 2019, ADM Milling Co. and ALDI recalled 5-lb. bags of Baker's Corner All Purpose Flour because they may be contaminated with E. coli.
- Backyard Flocks - Salmonella May 20, 2019CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with backyard poultry.
- Karawan brand Tahini - Salmonella May 20, 2019CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Concord infections linked to Karawan brand tahini.
- Raw Oysters - Multiple Pathogens May 13, 2019CDC and public health and regulatory officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of gastrointestinal illnesses linked to raw oysters harvested from Estero El Cardon estuary in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
- Raw Milk - Drug-resistant Brucella (RB51) February 8, 2019The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials are investigating potential exposures to Brucella strain RB51 (RB51) in 19 states, connected to consuming raw (unpasteurized) milk from Miller's Biodiversity Farm in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.