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Rising Cost Of PrEP To Prevent HIV Infection Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many

Gilead Sciences makes Truvada, a medicine known generically as "pre-exposure prophylaxis," or PrEP. Consistent, daily doses of the drug are thought to reduce the risk of getting HIV from sex by more than 90 percent. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption

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Rising Cost Of PrEP To Prevent HIV Infection Pushes It Out Of Reach For Many

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Many people at high risk for HIV can't afford PrEP, though it's more than 90 percent effective. The HIV medicine's list price, close to $2,000 for a 30-day supply, has risen 45 percent in six years.

Friday

Jahi McMath, Teen At Center Of Medical And Religious Debate On Brain Death, Has Died

Nailah Winkfield (left) and Omari Sealey, the mother and uncle of Jahi McMath, listen to doctors speak during a news conference in San Francisco in 2014. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption

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Jahi McMath, Teen At Center Of Medical And Religious Debate On Brain Death, Has Died

McMath was put on life support in 2013 after a tonsillectomy. Doctors said she had irreversible brain damage, and a coroner issued a death certificate. Her mother never agreed with that assessment.

Teaching Parents Of Kids With Disabilities To Fight Back

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Teaching Parents Of Kids With Disabilities To Fight Back

A nationwide program helps parents of children with developmental disabilities — and people with disabilities themselves — advocate for their rights, from the school yard to Congress.

Teaching Parents Of Kids With Disabilities To Fight Back

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Father's And Son's Hand Injuries Lead To The Mother Of All Occupational Therapy Bills

Angel Dean Lopez and his son Theo both sustained serious injuries to their hands that required surgery and months of occupational therapy. Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health News hide caption

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Father's And Son's Hand Injuries Lead To The Mother Of All Occupational Therapy Bills

After surgery for separate hand injuries, a father and son endured lengthy occupational therapy, which their insurer considered to be an alternative treatment. The family owed more than $8,500.

Father's And Son's Hand Injuries Lead To The Mother Of All Occupational Therapy Bills

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Thursday

'Fundamental Shift' Needed To Protect Miners From Deadly Black Lung

A roof bolter secures the roof of a newly mined section of a coal mine. Studies show roof bolters sometimes have high exposure to the silica dust that is especially toxic to lungs. Thorney Lieberman/Getty Images hide caption

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Black Lung Returns To Coal Country

'Fundamental Shift' Needed To Protect Miners From Deadly Black Lung

Coal mines comply with new dust control regulations at a near perfect rate, but that may not lead to lower rates of the deadly disease black lung, according to a new report.

What Justice Kennedy's Retirement Means For Abortion Rights

Abortion-rights proponents protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy set the stage for a battle over abortion rights unlike any in a generation. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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What Justice Kennedy's Retirement Means For Abortion Rights

Advocates on both sides of the abortion debate agree that the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy sets the stage for a battle over abortion rights unlike any in a generation.

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Wednesday

Saving Moms' Lives During Childbirth Just Got Easier

A mother holds her newborn twins at a Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, a public health facility in India. Paula Bronstein/The Verbatim Agency/Getty Images hide caption

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Saving Moms' Lives During Childbirth Just Got Easier

A new formulation of an old drug could save tens of thousands of women each year, the World Health Organization says, by preventing them from bleeding to death after labor.

Read The Fine Print Before Picking An Association Plan For Your Small Business

If you own a small business, a new rule governing association health plans could mean a more affordable health insurance option. But there are some limitations. Asawin Klabma/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption

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Read The Fine Print Before Picking An Association Plan For Your Small Business

KFF Health News

Federal officials say loosening the regulation of association plans will give small businesses a more affordable health insurance option, but critics are wary.