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Centene’s ‘Insatiable Appetite’ For Deals Remains After WellCare Purchase

Health insurer Centene will be on the lookout for potential acquisitions after integrating its biggest-ever purchase in WellCare Health Plans.

Fragility Of Football: Super Bowl Brain Summit Tackles Medical And Mental Health Issues Impacting Athletes

Difficulty with simple math, impulsive outbursts, forgetting your child’s name or how to tie your shoelaces, slow and abnormal gait.

Baby Boomers Have High Incidence Of Hepatitis C Virus: What Does This Mean, Boomer?

In the 1960’s-1980’s, the years before utilization of universal precaution and infection control, transmission of the Hepatitis C virus, via contaminated medical equipment, or contact with contaminated blood products, led to easy transmission of this v…

Upbeat Music Boosts The Benefits Of Exercise, New Study Shows

There’s been a lot of buzz about high-intensity training in recent years, but a new study finds that simply listening to high-tempo music during a workout could also produce added health benefits.

WHO Says Coronavirus Is Not A Pandemic, Despite Increase In Cases And Deaths

A pandemic is classified as a “worldwide spread of a new disease.”

Coronavirus, Global Aging & How Future Contagions May Affect Your Life In Retirement

The Novel Coronavirus, and other contagions, are on a collision course with global aging. That collision poses a looming public health infrastructure crisis and introduces a constant news cycle of fear – fear that impacts the wellbeing of retirees and …

Escalate Federal Action Against The Coronavirus Before It’s Too Late

The 2019 coronavirus is spreading faster and further each day. Why, then, is the response of the United States government lagging so far behind?

What US Healthcare Can Learn From Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes could teach American healthcare a valuable lesson about living up to the hype.

Stress Less: Tech Companies In The Mental Health Space Are Finally Going Mainstream

Anxiety, depression, and stress are deeply engrained in our culture. However, a growing field of technology startups are tackling mental health challenges thanks to changing social norms and increasing venture capital.

Centene CEO: We’re Now A $100 Billion-Plus Enterprise

Health insurer Centene said the addition of WellCare Health Plans means the company now serves “1 in every 15 Americans” as a national provider of government-sponsored healthcare including Obamacare.