By PAM BELLUCK from NYT Health His pay raised eyebrows because it was much higher than his predecessors. It was granted under a special provision to attract top scientists. https://ift.tt/2rbspH1
By PAULA SPAN from NYT Health Citing state laws, assisted living facilities often turn away residents in wheelchairs. A lawsuit in New York seeks to end the practice. https://ift.tt/2rgfkx9
By ABBY GOODNOUGH from NYT Health A life-threatening heart infection afflicts a growing number of people who inject opioids or meth. Costly surgery can fix it, but the addiction often goes unaddressed. https://ift.tt/2I0Wvay
By GINA KOLATA and HEATHER MURPHY from NYT Health The arrest of a suspect has set off alarms among some scientists and ethicists worried that consumer DNA may be widely accessed by law enforcement. https://ift.tt/2I2fjWS
By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health Senate Democrats and watchdog agencies question the use of a statute to authorize paying Dr. Robert R. Redfield nearly twice as much as his predecessor. https://ift.tt/2r5yvZn
By GINA KOLATA from NYT Health If Dr. Ronny Jackson gave sleeping pills to reporters and staff on long flights abroad, he broke the law, a DEA spokesman said. “You could be prosecuted.” https://ift.tt/2Fk9j6s