OSPIRG, Oregon Consumer Justice and Health Care for All Oregon say that the deal is likely to raise prices and hurt consumers if approved without stronger protections dictated by state officials. The university says it's addressed the concerns already in its application.
State AGs have reached a new opioid settlement worth $7.4 billion with Purdue Pharma and its owners. The settlement does not give Sackler family members immunity from future opioid lawsuits.
UnitedHealth Group on Thursday announced that a longtime employee in the company has been named the new leader of its health insurance arm, nearly two months after the killing of former CEO Brian Thompson. Tim Noel, who joined UHG in 2007 and most recently served as UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement's CEO, will become UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
If you want to build a company that truly lasts, you have to see where this is going. You are going to be hiring AI agents, building with AI agents, and competing against them. Here’s what’s coming:
Health monitoring is a key part of technology, from the brilliant Oura Ring to the many health and fitness features on the Apple Watch. Now, Samsung has announced that it is working on a feature many have seen as the holy grail for wearable tech: a non-invasive glucose monitor.
In case you missed it — and how could you? — President Donald Trump earlier this week held an event with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Oracle chairman Larry Ellison, and Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, to announce Stargate, a new venture that promises to invest $500 billion in U.S.-based AI infrastructure. It’s early days, but still the whole thing is somewhat nebulous. The assembled executives praised Trump for facilitating the deal, but besides providing space for a press conference, he has only said his role in all this will be aiding the effort through emergency declarations.