| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | BREAKING: OMB receives CMS rules overhauling Medicaid | | | The rules would cap insurer profits, require states to more rigorously supervise the adequacy of plans' provider networks, encourage states to establish quality rating systems for plans, allow more behavioral healthcare in institutional settings and... |
| EPA head says providers are key to informing public about pollution | | Thursday, February 18, 2016 2:00 PM | |
| | The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said emergencies such as the lead contamination in Flint, Mich., underscore the need to build stronger relationships between environmental protectionists and public health stakeholders. |
| World Bank pledges $150 million to help fight Zika | | Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:14 PM | |
| | The spread of Zika will have a modest drag on economies in Latin America, with tourism-dependent Caribbean nations most at risk, the World Bank said Thursday. It made $150 million immediately available to help fight the virus. |
| Soon-Shiong's Cancer MoonShot forms pediatric partnerships | | Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:25 PM | |
| | The Cancer MoonShot 2020 program, a coalition led by biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, is teaming up with 11 pediatric institutions focused on applying immunotherapy to treat childhood cancers. |
| Pope suggests contraception can be condoned in Zika crisis | | Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:15 PM | |
| | Pope Francis suggested Thursday that women threatened with the Zika virus could use artificial contraception but not abort their fetus. Catholic Health Association CEO Sister Carol Keehan said the pope "clearly appreciates the human factor in... |
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