Monday, June 26, 2017

California to list glyphosate as cancer-causing; Monsanto vows fight

Reuters: Health News
(Reuters) - Glyphosate, an herbicide and the active ingredient in Monsanto Co's popular Roundup weed killer, will be added to California's list of chemicals known to cause cancer effective July 7, the state's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said on Monday.
BOSTON (Reuters) - A former Massachusetts pharmacy executive was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday after being convicted of racketeering and fraud charges for his role in a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak in 2012.
ABC News: Health
Threats of opposition from three Republican senators are casting doubt on whether GOP leaders have enough support to move ahead on the Senate health care bill
Threats of opposition from three Republican senators are casting doubt on whether GOP leaders have enough support to move ahead on the Senate health care bill
CBO estimates the Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama's health care law.
Health - CBSNews.com
At a plant 80 miles upstream from Wilmington, North Carolina, a substance called GenX is manufactured by DuPont and Chemours. Company officials recently revealed that the chemical has been released into the river for nearly four decades.
Sen. John McCain said he's staying on the fence after congressional number crunchers determined that the Senate GOP health care bill would result in 22 million more Americans going without coverage by 2026. According to the CBO, the biggest drop in coverage would come in 2018, when 15 million more people would be uninsured. Nancy Cordes reports.
Hundreds of cases of fungal meningitis were traced to unsanitary conditions in preparing doses of steroids at New England Compounding Center. In March, Barry Cadden was convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges, but not on acts of second degree murder related to racketeering. Jim Axelrod has more.
CBC | Health News
Nunavut Facebook/suicide prevention plan

The Nunavut government is spending $35 million, and working with Facebook, to make its largest push yet toward fighting back against suicide.

APTOPIX Congress Health Overhaul

The Senate health-care bill would result in 22 million more uninsured Americans over the next decade compared with the current law, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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