Richard Franki

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Hospitalizations for opioid poisoning tripled in preschool children

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: November 1, 2016

From 1997 to 2012, the annual number of hospitalizations for opioid poisoning rose 178% among children aged 1-19 years, according to data from over...

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United States nears 3,000 Zika-infected pregnancies

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 28, 2016

There were 54 new cases of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika virus in the 50 states and D.C. reported during the week ending Oct. 20 ...

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Smoking-attributable cancer mortality highest in Kentucky

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 24, 2016

Almost 29% of cancer deaths among U.S. adults aged 35 years and older were attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014

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Zika increase slows slightly in pregnant women

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 21, 2016

The total number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection in the United States and its territories rose by 142 for the week end...

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Uninsured rate lowest in Massachusetts

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 20, 2016

Massachusetts had the nation’s lowest uninsured rate in 2015, and Texas had the highest

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High-risk deliveries much more likely to be C-sections

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 18, 2016

Cesarean section rates for low-risk deliveries are 4.7 times lower than for deliveries that had a medical indication for the procedure listed in th...

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Number of Zika-infected pregnant women continues to climb

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 14, 2016

The number of pregnant women with laboratory evidence of Zika infection increased by 209 for the week ending Oct. 6, the second-largest weekly incr...

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United States nears 2,500 Zika cases in pregnant women

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 7, 2016

The number of Zika virus cases continues to rise, with 177 more pregnant women showing laboratory evidence of infection in the United States for th...

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Teen birth rates continue to decline in the United States

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 5, 2016

The teen birth rate has fallen 64% since 1991, according to new government figures.

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Zika virus shows no signs of slowing down

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: October 3, 2016

The Zika virus had another big week as the number of new cases among pregnant women topped 200 again for the week ending Sept. 22, according to the...

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Zika cases in pregnant women hit new weekly high

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: September 23, 2016

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EpiPen cost increases far exceed overall medical inflation

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: September 22, 2016

Total Medicare part D spending on EpiPen auto-injectors rose from $7.0 million in 2007 to $87.9 million in 2014, according to the Kaiser Family Founda...

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Number of Zika-infected pregnancies jumps in states/D.C.

Author:: Richard Franki

Publish date: September 15, 2016

There were 60 more pregnant women in the 50 states and the District of Columbia with laboratory evidence of Zika infection for the week ending Sept. 8...