Year: 2017

Wink News Cigna to stop covering most OxyContin prescriptionsWink NewsNEW YORK (CNN) In an attempt to reduce opioid use amid a nationwide abuse epidemic, insurance giant Cigna will no longer cover most OxyContin prescriptions in its group plans beginning January 1. “Our focus is on helping customers get the most value …Cigna’s move to drop OxyContin … Read more

0000000000000 U.S. News & World Report Chaos and a Trail of Blood as Nursing Aide Helped Las Vegas Massacre VictimsU.S. News & World ReportNursing aide Jacqueline Rodriguez, who was among many health care workers who went days without sleep trying to save the lives of people wounded after the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. … Read more

Washington Post People are getting sick from a bacterial disease — and pet-store puppies might be to blameWashington PostA disease linked to puppies sold at Petland, a nationwide chain of about 80 pet stores, has sickened 55 people and hospitalized 13, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since the outbreak began in … Read more

The Southern Jackson County Health Department continues education about need for flu shotsThe SouthernTracy Thomas, a public health nurse for the Jackson County Health Department, gives a flu shot to Sarah Patrick, an administrator for the health department Thursday at the health department. ISAAC SMITH The Southern. MURPHYSBORO — As flu season …Panelists: Physicians Must Stress … Read more

OCRegister Orange County records its first West Nile virus-related deathOCRegisterThe peak season of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus should be nearing its end, but state and local agencies are warning people to keep up the fight against mosquitoes. There were 47 new cases of the disease reported across the state in the past week.Health Officials … Read more

New York Times Researchers Predict a Quarter-Million New Cases of Breast Cancer in the USNew York TimesStudying mammograms to detect breast cancer. A study from the American Cancer Society estimates that a woman living in the United States will have a one in eight chance of getting breast cancer. Credit Ben Edwards/The Image Bank, via … Read more

New York Post HIV-positive hairdresser allegedly cut tips off condoms to infect his Grindr datesNew York PostA hairdresser deliberately infected at least four men with HIV after meeting them on gay dating app Grindr — before sending them mocking messages, a court heard. Daryll Rowe, 26, from Edinburgh, Scotland, is accused of embarking on a … Read more

Live Science Hepatitis A Spreads Through San Diego: Why It’s So Hard to StopLive ScienceSAN DIEGO — More than 480 people in San Diego have become infected with hepatitis A over the last 10 months, in the largest outbreak of the illness in California in decades. But why is it so hard to stop? About … Read more

CNN More than 30 dead, hundreds infected by plague outbreak in MadagascarCNNJohannesburg (CNN) An unusually widespread outbreak of the plague is menacing Madagascar. At least 33 people have died and more than 200 have been infected with plague across the country, according to the World Health Organization. Plague is …‘Black Death’ outbreak strikes Madagascar, killing 30, … Read more