This Viewpoint describes the Million Hearts initiative, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services program aimed at preventing 1 million acute cardiovascular (CV) events by improving key cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, and summarizes two 2018 CDC reports describing the burden of preventable CVD deaths and the slow rate of improving population-level measures of CV health.
Month: September 2018
Another Case Is Threatening Obamacare. Democrats Hope It Will Help Them.
Republican and Democratic states clash in oral arguments over whether the health law is unconstitutional now that Congress has eliminated the tax penalty for not having insurance.
Wildcard judge signals he’s doubtful Obamacare is legal without individual mandate
Legal scholars, even Obamacare’s loudest critics, believe the health law can stand without the individual mandate — and yet, a Texas federal judge appears to be skeptical.
Federal Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee and wildcard who’s ruled against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the past, listened to oral arguments Wednesday in Texas v. United States, the latest attempt to eliminate the 2010 health care law. O’Connor hasn’t formal...
We’re just learning how exposure to air pollution degrades our brains
There are all kinds of impurities from industrial activities like manufacturing and transportation that can poison the air. The smallest seem to be the most sinister.
Particles called PM2.5, which come from burning fossil fuels, in...
No immediate ruling in GOP’s latest ‘Obamacare’ lawsuit
A federal judge in Texas didn't immediately rule on the latest push by Republicans to end the Affordable Care Act
McConnell: No plan to try again on ObamaCare repeal soon
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled to reporters on Wednesday that he doesn't have any plans to move again this year to repeal ObamaCare, even though Republicans might now have a better chance of succe...
The Kavanaugh Senate confirmation fight is actually the first race of the midterms
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a US Supreme Court justice should be a shoe-in, but lobbying groups are still spending millions trying to convince American voters to support or oppose him.
The Senate remains controlled by the Republicans, who hold a 51-49 margin as...
The Delaware Senate primary could be the biggest get for progressives this primary season
From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York to Andrew Gillum in Florida, it’s been a primary season marked by progressive upsets — and Thursday’s Senate primary in Delaware could bring one more.
The openly LGBTQ Harris, like Ocasio-Cortez and Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who took down Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) in Massachusetts this week, is another younger woman of color aiming to topple an older white incumbent. She, too, has presented a full-throated progr...
Tuesday’s primaries were a mixed bag for Massachusetts progressives
More than 500,000 Massachusetts Democrats and unrolled voters participated in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in a blue state where the primary is often much more competitive than the general election. While progressive activists score a couple of historic wins, some of the most conservative Bay State Democrats were able to hold off more liberal challengers.
The marquis victory came in the overwhelmingly Democratic Massachusetts 7th Congressional District, where progressive pri...