U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. to review drug supply after Japan reactor breach
Mar 16, 2011 12:12 EDT
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will study distribution policies for a drug to protect against the effects of radiation as part of a review of the implications of Japan's ongoing nuclear disaster, a government spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Two sisters accused of health fraud nabbed in Colombia
Mar 15, 2011 21:20 EDT
DETROIT (Reuters) - Two sisters accused of falsifying health care claims to defraud the U.S. government of millions of dollars were nabbed in Colombia and returned to the United States, authorities said on Tuesday.
Guatemalans sue US over 1940s STD study
Mar 15, 2011 19:42 EDT
Seven Guatemalans filed a class action lawsuit in Washington over a 1940s US study in which hundreds of people in the Central American nation were deliberately infected with syphilis and gonorrhea without their consent.
President's Ôopt-out' stance may force health care law onto crowded docket
Mar 10, 2011 19:00 EST
WASHINGTON - Nevada has joined 20 states to have the new federal health care law declared unconstitutional. At the same time, Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered the state to begin implementing it because at this point, it's the law of the land.
Transplant patients a target of Arizona budget cuts
Mar 07, 2011 10:18 EST
PEORIA, Arizona (Reuters) - A pacemaker and defibrillator fitted to carpenter Douglas Gravagna's failing heart makes even rising from the couch of his Phoenix-valley home a battle.
Quarter of US teens, young adults are virgins: survey
Mar 04, 2011 12:51 EST
Breathe easier, parents. Teen and young 20-something Americans are holding on to their virginity longer than many thought, with over a quarter of telling a survey saying they've never had sex.
U.S. stresses prevention in fighting Medicare fraud
Mar 02, 2011 14:45 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare programs are moving away from "pay and chase" and concentrating more on prevention in the battle against fraud that costs the government billions of dollars, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
U.S. stresses prevention in fighting Medicare fraud
Mar 02, 2011 14:45 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Healthcare programs are moving away from "pay and chase" and concentrating more on prevention in the battle against fraud that costs the government billions of dollars, U.S. officials told Congress on Wednesday.
Lawmakers question Medicare payment contractors
Mar 01, 2011 16:36 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday expressed concern that companies hired to help pay and oversee medical claims under the Medicare health insurance program may have costly conflicts of interest.
Obama offers states flexibility on healthcare law
Mar 01, 2011 11:30 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama extended an olive branch on Monday to states struggling to implement his healthcare law, offering support for a proposal that would give them some flexibility in carrying out its key parts.
Obama offers states flexibility on healthcare law
Mar 01, 2011 11:30 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama extended an olive branch on Monday to states struggling to implement his healthcare law, offering support for a proposal that would give them some flexibility in carrying out its key parts.
Alaska won't seek U.S. health exchange grants
Feb 17, 2011 23:44 EST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Governor Sean Parnell said on Thursday his state will not apply for federal grants to establish medical insurance exchanges under the newly enacted U.S. healthcare law because a Florida judge has ruled the legislation unconstitutional.
No racial bias at child protective services: study
Feb 11, 2011 10:12 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Child abuse really is more common in African American than white homes, according to a new study that dismisses earlier claims of racial reporting bias in the child welfare system.
No racial bias at child protective services: study
Feb 10, 2011 19:56 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Child abuse really is more common in African American than white homes, according to a new study that dismisses earlier claims of racial reporting bias in the child welfare system.
Obama budget has $2.5 billion cut in heat aid for poor
Feb 09, 2011 19:15 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose cutting $2.5 billion from a program that provides heating assistance to poor people in his fiscal 2012 budget, a source familiar with the budget process said on Wednesday.
Sorting out the truth from both sides' claims
Jan 25, 2011 19:00 EST
CARSON CITY - Treat numbers like politicians: skeptically.
Group praises U.S. strides in tobacco control
Jan 20, 2011 11:17 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. leaders took meaningful steps to reduce smoking over the past year, increasing treatment options and giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new power to regulate tobacco, a major health group said on Thursday.
Group praises U.S. strides in tobacco control
Jan 20, 2011 03:01 EST
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. leaders took meaningful steps to reduce smoking over the past year, increasing treatment options and giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new power to regulate tobacco, a major health group said on Thursday.
Medicare preventive coverage conflicts with experts
Jan 19, 2011 13:13 EST
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The U.S. government's Medicare health insurance program for older Americans does not always fully pay for preventive services recommended by government-appointed healthcare experts, yet Medicare does cover some screening tests those experts recommend against, a new study finds.
MDs fear healthcare reform: Thomson Reuters survey
Jan 19, 2011 09:17 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of U.S. doctors surveyed fear healthcare reform could worsen care for patients, by flooding their offices and hurting income, according to a Thomson Reuters survey released on Tuesday.
