Category: healthcare

CVS Beats Amazon And Rivals For Signify Health With Winning $8 Billion Bid

CVS Health will acquire home care company Signify Health for $8 billion as retail drugstores add more primary care and in-home medical services.

MMA Fighter Claims NIH Added Ivermectin To Covid-19 Treatments List

Mixed martial arts fighter Jake Shields posted a tweet got re-tweeted over 15.5 thousand times.

New Bivalent Covid-19 Boosters: When Should You Get These BA.4, BA.5 Updated Vaccines

The FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent Covid-19 booster for those 12 years and older and the Moderna one for those 18 years and older.

Health Equity Action Must Advance Beyond Buzzwords And Data Collection

The two-year lovefest with health equity is slow to usher in tangible improvements in outcomes, innovation and access for people who need it most.

New Health Insurance Approach Could Unlock Benefits For Millions Of American Workers

This Labor Day, one of the best things employers can do for workers is to let them buy their own health insurance. A relatively new federal rule may make that easier.

What Will Happen To Coverage Of Covid-19 Tests, Vaccines, And Treatments Once The Government Is No Longer The Predominant Purchaser?

The federal government will stop being the predominant purchaser of Covid-19 vaccines, treatments, and tests at some point this fall. White House Covid-19 Response Team coordinator Dr Ashish Jha said his “hope is that in 2023 you’re going to see commer…

As Use Of The World’s Most Potent Psychedelic Skyrockets, New Site F.I.V.E. Fills An Education Void

This is your brain educated on drugs.

Moderna Sues Rivals Over Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Rights, After Saying They Wouldn’t. Too Bad.

One of the companies that developed mRNA vaccines for Covid-19, Moderna, has just sued the companies who make the other mRNA vaccine, Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming a violation of patents. Hey Moderna: don’t be so greedy.

Covid-19 Not The Only Cause Of England’s ‘Predictable’ Healthcare Woes

More than five million people would be waiting for hospital care in England even if the pandemic had never happened, expert analysis suggests.

With Assist From Health Plans, Biden Knocks Record Uninsured Rate Even Lower

As health insurers expand Obamacare into more states and counties, look for the nation’s uninsured rate to fall to record lows.