STAT+: Despite earnings celebration, UnitedHealth signals more financial pain for employers
Insurance giant UnitedHealth signals the cost of providing workers with health insurance will climb even higher.
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Tracking Medicare news, policy, and coverage changes.
Pete Hegseth’s announcement of annual testosterone screenings for service members divides medical experts
Medical experts are divided on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that U.S. service members will undergo annual testosterone screenings.
Read full article →WHO: Uganda is silent on updates following disclosure of Marburg outbreak
The government of Uganda has gone quiet on an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus that it reported late last month, the WHO acknowledged.
Read full article →STAT+: Brain implant restores the sensation of touch in a person with quadriplegia
A brain-computer interface helped restore movement and sensation in a 48-year old man with quadriplegia, researchers say.
Read full article →STAT+: Medicare wants to shake up how it pays for clinical AI
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes major changes to RPM, clinical AI payment models.
Read full article →FDA Approves First PCSK9 Inhibitor in Pill Form
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved enlicitide (Lipfendra) as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering cholesterol. Enlicitide is now approved as an adjunct to diet and exercise to reduce LDL cholesterol in adults with high cholesterol or heterozygous...
Read full article →Nurse Found Dead at Home; Doc's Manslaughter Charges; Emergency Nurse Missing
(MedPage Today) -- A Missouri nurse whose anesthesiologist husband had admitted to assaulting a woman was found dead in her home in June. Her husband, Andrew Hummel, MD, has not been accused in her death. (Fox News) Samuel Lee, MD, of Florida...
Read full article →Nerve Stimulation for Sleep Apnea Linked to Some Long-Term Heart Benefits
(MedPage Today) -- Hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have some longer-term cardiovascular benefits, but its effects in the short term painted a different picture, according to a retrospective cohort study...
Read full article →America Tried Permanent Daylight Saving Time but It Didn't Last. Could It Work Now?
(MedPage Today) -- It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come -- again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the U.S. could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes...
Read full article →Sam Neill's Cause of Death; RFK Jr.'s Polio Shot Plan; Female Hair-Loss Pill
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Sam Neill's cause of death was pneumonia, his agent said. The "Jurassic Park" actor had been in remission from his rare lymphoma following CAR T-cell therapy. (AP...
Read full article →Large funding rounds help boost digital health investment in H1
Venture capital funding deals worth $100 million or more made up nearly half of all money invested so far this year, according to Rock Health.
Read full article →Healthcare sector faces persistent supply-chain security, identity management challenges
A new report says doctors and nurses should train for cyberattacks the way firefighters train for major blazes — even if they expect them to be rare.
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