Friday, April 7, 2017

Short Answers to Hard Questions About HPV by PAM BELLUCK


By PAM BELLUCK

A new report suggests that almost half of Americans between 18 and 59 are infected with HPV. What does that mean?

Published: April 6, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

F.D.A. Will Allow 23andMe to Sell Genetic Tests for Disease Risk to Consumers by GINA KOLATA


By GINA KOLATA

Lifting an earlier moratorium, the agency said the company could report the risks for 10 diseases under certain controls.

Published: April 5, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Close to Half of American Adults Infected With Genital HPV, Study Finds by NICHOLAS BAKALAR


By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

High-risk strains of the virus — a cause of cervical and vaginal cancers, and cancer of the penis — infect 25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women.

Published: April 5, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

One in 10 Pregnant Women With Zika in U.S. Have Babies With Birth Defects by PAM BELLUCK


By PAM BELLUCK

A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforced evidence that women infected in the first trimester were at greater risk of having babies with birth defects.

Published: April 3, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Monday, April 3, 2017

The Campaign to Lead the World Health Organization by DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.


By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

The new director general of the World Health Organization, to be selected in May, will take over at a pivotal time.

Published: April 2, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Iowa’s Largest Insurer Says It Will Withdraw From Obamacare Exchanges by REED ABELSON


By REED ABELSON

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield blamed the uncertain future of the federal health care law and the ensuing market instability for its decision.

Published: April 2, 2017 at 08:00PM

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Kansas House Narrowly Upholds Governor’s Veto of Medicaid Expansion by ABBY GOODNOUGH and MITCH SMITH


By ABBY GOODNOUGH and MITCH SMITH

Despite phone calls and in-person pleas from constituents, legislators fell three votes shy of the two-thirds majority needed to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto.

Published: April 2, 2017 at 08:00PM

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