The nation’s largest health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that often leads to care delays and complications. UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health-care claims subject to prior authorization, standardize parts of the process and expand responses [...]
The implementation of a work requirement for many able-bodied people to get health insurance coverage under Medicaid is part of President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful” bill that cleared the House last month and is now up for consideration in the Senate. Trump is seeking to have it passed by July 4. The bill as it [...]
A salmonella outbreak linked to a large egg recall has made dozens of people sick in seven states in the West and Midwest, federal health officials said. The August Egg Company recalled about 1.7 million brown organic and brown cage-free egg varieties distributed to grocery stores between February and May because of the potential for [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials have changed their advice to international travelers about measles, saying that Americans should be vaccinated against the virus no matter where they’re going. United States residents are recommended to get measles-mumps-rubella shots, anyway. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously emphasized the importance of vaccination for travelers [...]
The doctor is in — the mailbox, that is. You can now do self-administered tests for everything from thyroid function to HIV in the privacy of your own home, and that list continues to grow, as the Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first at-home cervical cancer test. While the tests can make it [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna but with limits on who can use it. The new vaccine, mNexspike, is a step toward next-generation coronavirus vaccines. It’s made in a way that allows for a lower dose — a fifth of the dose of its current [...]
The Trump administration has canceled $766 million awarded to drugmaker Moderna Inc. to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic influenza viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu. The company said it was notified last week that the Health and Human Services Department had withdrawn funds awarded in July 2024 and in January to pay for development [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this week announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal government advisers last week were split on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season. The Food and Drug Administration’s outside researchers have met annually since the launch of the first COVID-19 vaccines to discuss tweaking their recipes to stay ahead of the virus. The challenge is trying [...]
Excess body weight can raise the risk of certain cancers, leading researchers to wonder whether blockbuster drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound could play a role in cancer prevention. A new study of 170,000 patient records suggests there’s a slightly lower risk of obesity-related cancers in adults with diabetes who took those popular medications compared [...]