Health Headlines for Friday, January 29
Drug Shortages Forcing Hard Decisions on Rationing Treatments
New York Times
In the operating room at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Brian Fitzsimons has long relied on a decades-old drug to prevent hemorrhages in patients undergoing open-heart surgery. The drug, aminocaproic acid, is widely used, cheap and safe. “It never hurt,” he said. “It only helps.”
Nearly 1,000 Canadians treated at WNY hospitals
Buffalo Business First
Western New York continues to be a popular place for Canadians to access health care.
New report offers options for insuring undocumented immigrants
Capital New York
It would cost about $462 million to provide health insurance to the state’s low-income undocumented immigrants, according to an analysis from the Community Service Society, which advocates on behalf of immigrants and low-income New Yorkers.
Zika Virus ‘Spreading Explosively’ in Americas, W.H.O. Says
New York Times
The World Health Organization rang a global alarm over the Zika virus on Thursday, saying that the disease was “spreading explosively” in the Americas and that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year.
EPA recommends more-stringent rules in Hoosick Falls
Capital New York
The federal Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday recommended a more-stringent water quality standard in Hoosick Falls.
Medical marijuana dispensary opens in JC
Press Connects
The state’s long-awaited and protracted medicinal cannabis rollout reached Broome County on Thursday, as Vireo Health of New York cut the ribbon on its medical marijuana dispensary in Johnson City.
Proposals for developing Women & Children’s Hospital site unveiled at public forum
Buffalo Business News
The battle over the future of a prime section of the Elmwood Village began in earnest Thursday night, as four developers put forth competing visions for what should be done with the longtime home of Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.