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Federal regulators said the new agreement with LiveOnNY provides “more frequent oversight” and requires the organ procurement organization, or OPO,
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Patients suffering from a rare disorder previously were able to obtain the treatment for free from a small pharmaceutical company
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Media outlets report on news from Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, California and Missouri. The Wall Street Journal:
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Because the progressive disease is a complicated one that involves 1,500 rearrangements in the genetic code, about 10 percent of
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The added work requirements alone would likely end up in courts, but Utah’s waiver request could include an establishment of
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Merger talks, which were officially announced in October 2016, were expected to span a year. After a series of setbacks
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Read MoreLawsuit Details How The Sackler Family Allegedly Built An OxyContin Fortune
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Read MoreState Highlights: Federal Judge Rules San Francisco’s Health Warnings On Sugary Drinks Unconstitutional; NYC Required To Spend $2.2 Billion To Fix Public Housing
Media outlets report on news from California, New York, Ohio, Texas, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, Georgia, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Read MoreLA Hate Crimes Jump 45%: Attacks Against LBGTQ, Black Americans, Jewish People Are Highest In A Decade
A study from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism found in addition to Los Angeles, San Francisco,
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Read MoreWith Mom’s Green Card On The Line, Family Forgoes Autism Services For Citizen Child
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Drug companies are offering bigger discounts to the middlemen who manage prescriptions for health plans, which means less of a
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The success rate was still low — less than 20 percent — but researchers were pleased with the results. “We
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