| China's illegal opioids enter U.S. through Postal Service gaps: probe | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Illegal shipments of the powerful and addictive opioid fentanyl are pouring into the United States by mail from China and the U.S. Postal Service must step up the use of high-tech detection methods to fight the problem, according to a congressional report unveiled on Wednesday. |
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| U.S. sued over approval of Kentucky Medicaid work provisions | | | (Reuters) - A group of Kentucky residents has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's approval of new state requirements that people must work or get jobs training if they are to receive benefits from the Medicaid health insurance program. |
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| U.S. warns against unproven opioid addiction products | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven companies selling products to help people addicted to opioids have no proof to support claims that their pills and treatments aid in overcoming an opioid addiction, two government agencies said on Wednesday. |
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| Baxter to import IV saline bags from Mexico to ease U.S. shortage | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Baxter International informed customers on Wednesday that it has been given approval by U.S. regulators to import large saline bags from its plant in Mexico in an effort to ease hospital shortages of the product as the nation faces a severe flu season. |
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| Flu increases the risk of heart attack | | | (Reuters Health) - Influenza is already known to be deadly, but a new study suggests that the risk of heart attack is six times greater than normal while people are ill with the flu. |
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