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Trump Administration Sued Over Ending Funding Of Teen Pregnancy Programs
Several Planned Parenthood chapters and other groups are suing the federal government because they say their grants for sex education and pregnancy prevention were canceled without explanation.
Idaho Insurer Moves Ahead With Health Plans That Flout Federal Rules
Blue Cross of Idaho unveiled new health plans that break with federal requirements in several ways, including setting premiums based on applicants' health. What will the administration do?
Medical Records May Finally Be Coming To Your Apple Smartphone
In a planned upgrade of Apple's operating system for iPhones, the Health app will include health records, so people can take detailed, personal health information anywhere.
Maryland's No-Cost Vasectomy Law May Leave Some Patients Behind
State officials seeking to cover birth control methods for both men and women are trying to make sure the new law doesn't conflict with federal rules for health savings accounts.
Doctors In Maine Say Halt In OxyContin Marketing Comes '20 Years Late'
Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, won't promote opioids to doctors anymore. In Maine, physicians say the change should have happened long ago.
Trump's Budget Proposal Swings At Drug Prices But May Land Only A Glancing Blow
The Trump administration rolled out a list of actions in its budget proposal to attack drug prices, but most of the measures dance around the edges of the problem.
Cost Of U.S. Opioid Epidemic Since 2001 Is $1 Trillion And Climbing
Economists tracking federal mortality data say the opioid crisis is undercutting the productivity of people in their prime working years — 30s and 40s.
Drugmakers Spent Millions Promoting Opioids To Patient Groups, Senate Report Says
The report released by Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says the cozy relationship between pain advocacy groups and pharmaceutical companies may have played a key role in the opioid crisis.
OxyContin Manufacturer Says It Will Stop Promoting Opioid Painkiller To Doctors
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Sam Quinones about Purdue Pharma's announcement that it would stop promoting its blockbuster opioid painkiller OxyContin to doctors. Purdue's move comes as it faces dozens of lawsuits.