Health Headlines for Monday, December 7
NY to provide information on health exchange at pharmacies
Albany Times Union
The New York health exchange says it’s partnering with CVS Pharmacy, Kinney Drugs and TOPS Markets around the state to educate New Yorkers about insurance coverage available through the online exchange.
De Blasio launching effort to reduce painkiller overdose deaths on Staten Island
Statin Island Live
Mayor Bill de Blasio will launch a citywide effort to reduce painkiller overdose deaths on Staten Island Monday.
Syracuse hospital finds bacteria that can cause Legionnaire’s in cooling towers
Syracuse Post Standard
A small amount of bacteria that can cause Legionnaire’s disease has been found in water in cooling towers at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center.
Penis Transplants Being Planned to Help Wounded Troops
New York Times
Within a year, maybe in just a few months, a young soldier with a horrific injury from a bomb blast in Afghanistan will have an operation that has never been performed in the United States: a penis transplant.
Mylan Receives Justice Department Subpoena About Generic Pricing
Wall Street Journal
Mylan NV said Friday that it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division related to the marketing and pricing of its generic antibiotic Doxycycline.
Harnessing The Immune System To Fight Cancer: ‘Now We Can Offer Hope’
Forbes
In the quest for a cancer cure, 2015 may well be remembered as the renaissance of immunotherapy. For most of the last century, cancer researchers have been trying to harness the immune system to kill cancer, with limited success—until recently.
Health centers to get $5M in federal funding
Rochester Business Journal
A federal program is sending more than $5 million to provide local health care to underserved people, Rep. Louise Slaughter announced Friday.