Minnesota's government-run insurance exchanges feature high degree of cost-sharing with HIV and hepatitis C patients, the Star Tribune reports.
Staying with insurance: The newest enrollees in Obamacare are sicker than their predecessors and thus likely to cost insurers more, which the administration says just proves how much the nation needs the Affordable Care Act. (The New York Times)
Was your institution a winner in the CDC's "Healthcare-Associated VTE Prevention Challenge"?
MedStar Health's computer system was still down on Tuesday as technical staff spent a second day trying to eliminate a malicious computer virus that attacked the DC-area hospital system. (Reuters)
California charter school closed due to measles outbreak.
The CDC announced it'll be hosting a Zika Action Plan Summit on April 1, in Atlanta.
The Supreme Court is asking the parties involved for additional material in the Zubik v. Burwell case detailing how employees might obtain contraceptive coverage if their employer is not willing to sign a form saying they won't be providing it.
Maybe that extra information will help SCOTUS avoid what Reuters is predicting: a 4-4 split on the polarizing case.
Congress pushes makers of prostate cancer drug Xtandi (enzalutamide) to lower price on grounds it was developed at publicly-funded university. (AP)
Washington state takes the lead in regulating e-cigs.
Johns Hopkins University to receive $125 million from Michael Bloomberg and others for immunotherapy research. (Washington Post)
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