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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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