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The companies hope to further expand access to sexual health, particularly in women, who are underserved when it comes to HIV prevention.

UnitedHealth Group's shares tumbled premarket as the company reported $10 million in profit for the fourth quarter of 2025.

The Trump administration has released proposed payment rates in Medicare Advantage and Part D for the 2027 plan year, estimating an additional $700 million in payments to MA plans.

The House on Tuesday passed a massive funding package that ends a brief government shutdown and provides full-year funding for the federal government through the end of the year.

A new report from the House Judiciary Committee alleges that CVS Health may have violated antitrust laws by preventing independent pharmacies from tapping into alternative pharmacy-hub options.

Hormonal changes through major life phases like puberty, pregnancy and menopause, WellTheory executives argue, are a major driver of new diagnoses or flare-ups.

ECRI also sounded the alarm on insufficient planning for system outages, substandard medical products and missed recalls of home diabetes management devices.

Bystander videos show a man, identified as Veterans Affairs ICU nurse Alex Pretti, being wrestled to the ground by several agents before being shot multiple times. Nursing groups have since condemned the killing and called for accountability, while several major local healthcare employers urged de-escalation.

With a newly expanded set of indications, Aidoc hopes to relieve bottlenecks in the emergency department and in clinics.

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Humana is teaming up with the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine to fund scholarships that aim to address the shortage of healthcare workers in the region.

The nonprofit hospital sector in 2025 stabilized a multiyear trend of credit rating downgrades outpacing upgrades, per a review of major credit agencies' rating actions.

Micro applications embedded directly into the workflows of EHRs and other platforms can ease cognitive burden for clinicians and allow them to spend more time with patients, writes Ascension's Samit Desai, M.D.

The new chairman of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Kirk Milhoan, M.D., Ph.D., recently took to the podcast “Why Should I Trust You?” to answer exactly that.

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The nonprofits signed a letter of intent to explore a deal for three CHI St. Alexius Health hospitals and are a little more than a month away from closing a separate deal for another.

The survey reached more than 500 doctors and administrators. One in 10 respondents said they’ve used an unauthorized AI tool for direct patient care.

Express Scripts and the Federal Trade Commission have officially reached a settlement in an ongoing case over insulin prices, with the PBM agreeing to a slew of business changes.

The eastern Pennsylvania system's Medicare Advantage patients will no longer be in network on Jan. 26, with employer-sponsored commercial plans and VACCN set to follow in April with no deal.

Judgements and settlements under the False Claims Act topped $6.8 billion in the last fiscal year, according to new data from the Department of Justice.