Health Headlines for Monday, February 27
Health care, Supreme Court on agenda as Congress returns
Associated Press/The Big Story
Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump’s presidency.
Opioid prescriptions are dropping, signaling a potential shift in heroin crisis
Politico
There is new evidence that the country’s opioid epidemic may be waning, even as political leaders from President Donald Trump to Gov. Andrew Cuomo warn of a worsening crisis.
Funding cuts for health programs come under fire as governor’s office defends budget
Watertown Daily Times
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently came under fire for health program cuts proposed in the fiscal year 2017-18 executive budget.
Fatal drug overdoses in US on the rise, CDC says
Stat news
Fatal drug overdoses continued their depressing climb in 2015, while the opioid crisis shifts from taking lives with painkillers like oxycodone to more lethal compounds like heroin and fentanyl, new data released Friday show.