Morning health reads - Tue, Sep 10 2019

The family has lots of company: Over six years ending in June 2018, the health system and its doctors sued former patients more than 36,000 times for over $106 million, seizing wages and bank accounts, putting liens on property and homes and…

Juul Labs, the dominant e-cigarette company, violated federal regulations by selling its vaping products as a safe alternative to traditional tobacco cigarettes without approval from the Food and Drug Administration, the agency said in a warning…

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The Joint Commission, based in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., is the largest of several private-sector organizations that vet the quality of health-care providers on behalf of the federal government — and the only one authorized to inspect…

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plan to lower drug costs is dramatically more aggressive than expected, according to copies shared with STAT by multiple lobbyists. The plan is sure to please House progressives who have agitated for…

Los Angeles Times – Melody Gutierrez – Sep 9, 1:56 PM

The California Assembly passed changes on Monday to a contentious bill that would crack down on school vaccine exemptions, taking action as protesters spent hours loudly chanting outside the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom and blocking key entrances to…

A month after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in a Manhattan jail cell, the number of people infected by his amorality and deceit remains unknown. The latest high-profile casualty is Joichi “Joi” Ito, the longtime head of the Media Lab at…

Local newspapers have always been the epicenter of local news ecosystems. While communities may have other sources of journalism, such as TV and radio stations and online-only outlets, the bulk of the reporting serving local communities has…