The proposal would increase residency slots, boost mental health services, and streamline licensing for healthcare workers in a state where patients often wait months for appointments.
A pregnant woman in Georgia who was declared brain-dead is being kept alive by ventilators because of the state’s law banning abortions, the woman’s mother says, telling local news that the family has no say in the matter. April Newkirk said her 30-year-old daughter, Adriana Smith, began experiencing intense headaches in early February. Smith was nine weeks pregnant at the time with her second child, NBC affiliate WXIA-TV of Atlanta reported.
The Trump administration wants to bring the production of more drugs, including medicines like antibiotics that may be in short supply, closer to the patient — including inside the hospital. The partnership between some of the nation's top health agencies and a handful of companies, including the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company, is intended to use artificial intelligence and other tools to make eight drugs in the places where people actually get medical care.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promising to 'do more with less' — with the help of AL. 'The AI revolution has arrived, and we are already using these new technologies to manage health care data more efficiently and securely,' he told the House Appropriations Committee at this week's hearing on HHS’ budget.
UnitedHealth Group stock fell as much as 17% Thursday and closed down over 11% lower, touching its lowest levels in five years and marking a more than 50% drop over the last month as negative headlines for the insurance giant continue to add up.
Medicare's innovation center plans to put more emphasis on empowering consumers to make personal choices in health care, and on promoting healthier lifestyles to prevent diseases, officials wrote in a strategy memo released Tuesday.