Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement has enrolled only 1,343 residents in 3 months
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's new health plan for low-income adults has enrolled only 1,343 people through the end of September about...
Affordable Care Act provisions codified under Michigan law by Gov. Whitmer as a hedge...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Federal law that prohibits insurers from denying healthcare based on preexisting conditions, or kicking dependents off their parent’s coverage until...
Health providers say AI chatbots could improve care. But research says some are perpetuating...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records, a...
Australia’s Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths said Friday that it will temporarily shut down most of its operations in Malaysia...
California tech CEO convicted in COVID-19 and allergy test fraud case sentenced to 8...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Silicon Valley executive who lied to investors about inventing technology that tested for allergies and COVID-19 using only...
Employer-sponsored health coverage costs jumped this year. More hikes may be coming
The cost of health coverage through work jumped this year, in part because of inflation, according to a survey of U.S. employers.Premiums for both...
People of African ancestry are poorly represented in genetic studies. A new effort would...
Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest...
Maryland medical waste incinerator to pay $1.75M fine for exposing public to biohazardous material
BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines...
Rite Aid’s bankruptcy plan stirs worries of new ‘pharmacy deserts’
Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority...
A Tonga surgeon to lead WHO’s Western Pacific after previous director fired for racism,...
LONDON (AP) — Health ministers in the Western Pacific nominated a surgeon from Tonga, Dr. Saia Ma'u Piukala, to lead the World Health Organization's...
