Category: pharma

The Amazon-One Medical, CVS-Oak Street Mashup: A Cautionary Note On Retail’s Incursion Into Healthcare Delivery

Amazon, CVS and other retailers have made big headlines in recent by acquiring companies and announcing partnerships to speed their push into healthcare delivery. The deals could transform the industry and the patient experience, but they could also be…

Savannah Guthrie Leaves TODAY Show Broadcast After Positive Covid-19 Test

Guthrie’s TODAY show co-host Hoda Kotb has been missing from TODAY since Monday, although it’s not clear whether this has been due to Covid-19.

Alignment Healthcare Eclipses 100,000 Medicare Advantage Members As Losses Narrow

Alignment Healthcare projects Medicare Advantage health plan membership of more than 100,000 in 2023.

AI-Driven Medical Care? A Health Data Reality Check

“The reality is that we have a disaggregated, fragmented system with a lack of organization around common, transparent, high-quality information.”

Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigellosis Has Risen This Much Since 2015, CDC Warns

On February 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning through its CDC Health Alert Network.

Lauren Boebert, George Santos Co-Sponsor Bill To Make AR-15 The ‘National Gun’

Rep. Barry Moore (R-Alabama) introduced the bill on February 17, 2023.

H5N1 Bird Flu Kills 11 Year Old Girl In Cambodia, Father Infected

A World Health Organization (WHO) official has called the global H5N1 avian influenza situation “worrying.”

Lee County, Florida, Republican Party Passes Resolution To Ban Covid-19 Vaccines

This “Ban the jab” resolution will now go to the desk of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) for his consideration.

Donald Trump Provides ‘Trump Water’ To East Palestine, Ohio, Here’s The Reaction

On February 22, Trump visited the Eastern Ohio site of the massive train and environmental accident, one day before U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg was scheduled to visit the town.

Humana Will Phase Out Employer Group Business To Focus On Medicare And Medicaid Health Plans

Humana will exit its employer group commercial health insurance business to focus on Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and other government-backed business.