Health News Roundup: Trump admin considers September unveiling of healthcare plan; Bulgaria swine fever outbreak


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 05-08-2019 10:34 IST | Created: 05-08-2019 10:29 IST
Health News Roundup: Trump admin considers September unveiling of healthcare plan; Bulgaria swine fever outbreak

Following is a summary of current health news briefs.

Bulgaria to compensate owners who cull pigs to help stamp out swine fever

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said the Balkan state's government will compensate owners who voluntarily cull their domestic pigs, as the country works to stamp out an outbreak of the highly contagious African swine fever. Almost 130,000 pigs have been killed on six breeding farms in the Black Sea country in the past two weeks. Authorities have so far detected 30 incidents of the incurable disease, which is deadly to pigs but harmless to humans, at industrial or backyard farms.

Trump administration considers September unveiling of healthcare plan: WSJ

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering unveiling, as early as September, his healthcare plan as part of his presidential re-election campaign strategy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The plan would lay out an alternative to former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, which has been challenged by Republicans in court, and could include coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and a variety of insurance options, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources.

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(With inputs from agencies.)

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