STAT+: HCA reports almost $1 billion more in charity care to Medicare than to its shareholders, drawing more taxpayer money
The country’s biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare, told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
The country’s biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare, told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
A new analysis published Sunday challenges the clinical trial endpoint the cancer screening firm Grail…
SAN DIEGO — For decades, the Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval pathway has helped…
SAN DIEGO — Cancer cases among younger people have been rising for years, a trend…
A controversial heart pump from Abiomed reduced the number of deaths in severe heart attack…
ATLANTA — Beta blockers are a mainstay in cardiovascular treatment, frequently given to patients after…
ATLANTA — New trial results show that a drug candidate from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals can lead…
ATLANTA — Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy improved symptoms and physical function in patients who had obesity,…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged medical practitioners on Friday to be on…
In a decision that surprised Wall Street analysts, Teladoc Health announced that long-time CEO Jason…
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
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Johnson & Johnson on Friday announced it would acquire heart device firm Shockwave Medical for…
Dogs, our sunny, selfless shadows, crave little more than a daily walk, a treat or…
News that H5N1 avian influenza has breached another mammalian species — this time dairy cows…
When Francis Collins, then-director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, testified before Congress in…
Should Prince Harry be deported from the United States due to his past drug use?…
It began with injecting monkeys with sewage to see if they developed polio. Building off…
The oversight division of a U.S. government agency tasked with ensuring the safe use of…
WASHINGTON — Boehringer Ingelheim is laying off or relocating its sales staff for its Humira biosimilar…
A federal judge this week dealt a major and likely decisive blow to Safehouse, a…
Why is it surprising when drug executives stay true to their word? And can neoantigen…
Cochlear implants have successfully improved hearing loss for decades, but few people who qualify for…
Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves…
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On Thursday morning, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced that it would withdraw its ALS drug, Relyvrio, after…
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. After two days…
Amylyx Pharmaceuticals will take its ALS drug Relyvrio off the market in the U.S. and…
Humans have long tinkered with the evolutionary trajectories of other species. Thousands of years ago…
Here’s just the tip of the iceberg: $722.50 for a nurse to push a drug…
For more than a century, the United States has been the undisputed leader in medical…
In the next 24 hours, more than 130 people will die from opioid-related drug overdoses….
The leading causes of death haven’t changed since 1990 — with one glaring, pandemic-sized exception. …
Abortion access organizations say they are confronting an imminent crisis with Florida’s forthcoming six-week ban…
The booming class of GLP-1 drugs that includes Ozempic and Wegovy is not only effective…
Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday slammed Steward Health Care and its embattled…
LONDON — Moderna may be best known for its Covid-19 vaccine, but since its start,…
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new device from Abbott meant to treat tricuspid…
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Investors have funneled $275 million into a revamped biotech developing new psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis…
For around 20 years, Avi Veidman spent his days in the Israeli intelligence community, analyzing…
The latest weight loss drugs are good. Really good. They can save lives and could…
The discovery of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. cattle — and the news that at…
Health care was once moderately immune to the anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion craze. Not anymore….
LONDON — The Danish firm Genmab said Wednesday it would acquire ProfoundBio for $1.8 billion…
WASHINGTON — The White House at long last published a plan to stem drug shortages,…