An outbreak of mumps that began on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus has spread to individuals with no connections to the school, according to a Reuters report.
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Four years after its passage, most Americans disapprove of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and many believe it will negatively affect them, according to a poll conducted by The Morning Consult, a digital media company.
Twenty confirmed cases of measles have been reported in New York City, and investigators suggest the source of the outbreak was city hospitals, according to a New York Times report.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday premiums will likely increase in 2015 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a report from The Hill.
Mid-January budget cuts to HHS' Hospital Preparedness Program could have significant effects on capacity for emergency departments in public health emergencies, according to a report from Emergency Management.
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The percentage of Americans who support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has risen in recent months, although a majority of those polled continue to oppose the healthcare reform law, according to a CNN/ORC International survey.
More than 4.2 million people selected health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces from Oct. 1 through March 1, according to HHS.
Bank of America has given a grant of $10,000 to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital toward a program to combat childhood obesity.
The percentage of Americans who don't have health insurance has fallen to 15.9 percent, down from 17.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.
Previously uninsured people account for a relatively small portion of health insurance exchange enrollees so far, according to a survey conducted by the consulting firm McKinsey & Co.