Imagine you’re sitting in the doctor’s office, trusting a vaccine to shield you from cancer — only to wonder later if it’s really working, or suffer serious side effects as a result. That’s the big question about Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine sold as your cervical cancer protector. Cervical cancer hits thousands of U.S.… Read More: Gardasil’s Ability to Prevent Cervical Cancer Challenged in Court »
A former Sydney doctor’s jail term for harassing the partner of an ex-Tinder flame has been overturned as a judge took aim at “tone deaf” comments from the magistrate who sentenced her and the “invasive” media storm surrounding the case. Radiologist Denise Jane Lee was in March handed a nine-month prison sentence for a relentless… Read More: Tinder doctor ‘unfairly vilified’: court »
In a win for the Trump Administration, an appeals court on Friday ruled that the sale of plans that don’t comply with the Affordable Care Act can continue. In the 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the sale of short-term limited duration insurance plans is neither contrary… Read More: Appeals court upholds sale of short-term limited duration insurance plans »
Dive Brief: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of commercial health insurers arguing they are owed $ 12 billion under the Affordable Care Act’s risk corridor program. The 8-1 decision, with only Justice Samuel Alito dissenting, found that the ACA “established a money-mandating obligation, that Congress did not repeal this obligation” and… Read More: Supreme Court rules for payers in $12B risk corridors case »