Employers aren’t expanding coverage of GLP-1 obesity drugs: survey
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news…
Utah now lets AI refill prescriptions but doctors are wary
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off…
Ebola outbreak: Experts say USAID closure made virus harder to contain
Doctors Without Borders health workers wearing personal protective equipment move through the isolated red zone to monitor patients,…
Cuba’s healthcare system, once a source of national pride, is in decline
BATABANO, Cuba (AP) — After two surgeries and several rounds of radiation therapy over the past four years…
Trump administration plans new rule to cut drug prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is proposing a new rule on Thursday to keep hospitals from charging…
Newsom signs a $352B spending plan that delays some healthcare cuts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a nearly $352 billion spending plan Monday that delays…
Trump administration suspends funding for New York’s Medicaid fraud unit
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday said it would freeze federal funding for New York’s…
Barbers bring personal grooming therapy to Kenya’s mental health hospital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At Kenya ’s largest mental health referral hospital, male patients encounter a different kind…
Medicare obesity drug GLP-1 coverage starting July 1
Millions of older Americans in Medicare are about to receive a benefit that has never existed before: coverage…
Abivax stock soars after new data on bowel disease medicine
Shares of French biotech company Abivax soared Tuesday after it released fresh data on its lead drug for…
Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program
Eli Lilly and Regeneron are among the first seven companies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration selected for…
Millions drop Obamacare health plans after subsidies expire and costs rise
NEW YORK (AP) — About 3 million fewer people in the United States had Affordable Care Act health…