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Employers Want to Pay Medicare Prices to Cut Health-Care Costs

Employers that directly pay their employees’ health claims are increasingly pegging the prices to Medicare to rein in out-of-control costs, though in some cases hospital systems are pushing back by balance-billing the plan participants.

Novartis Must Face Regeneron Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules

A district court erred in dismissing an antitrust lawsuit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals brought by its competitor Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, an appeals court ruled in a decision to revive the monopolization claims.

Health Hack Will Burden US With Hundreds of Millions in Costs

Insurance executives and US health officials believe the worst effects of the Change Healthcare hack are easing and that the industry is in the last mile of the crisis.

Intermittent Fasting Linked to Heart Risk in Study Surprise

The safety of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/nse%20%22intermittent%20fasting%22%20bn","_id":"0000018e-538e-d509-adee-5bdfc6570000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">intermittent fasting, a popular strategy to lose weight by limiting food intake to certain times, was called into question by a surprise finding from research presented at a medical meeting.

Anti-Abortion Groups Defend Century-Old Mailing Law in Pill Case

The anti-abortion movement is rallying behind the argument that a more than 150-year-old law prohibits the mailing of abortion pills—a question before the Supreme Court that reproductive health lawyers say threatens to restrict abortion access nationwide.

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AstraZeneca to Buy Fusion Pharma for Up to $2.4 Billion

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Only 10 Countries Had Healthy Air Quality in 2023, Report Finds

The average person can go up to two months without food, three days without water, but only a few minutes without air. Breathable air is essential to life. Yet a new analysis found that last year, only 10 countries and 9% of global cities had air quality that met World Health Organization guidelines for harmful fine-particle, or PM2.5, pollution.

Health Care Hack Exposes Flaws and Danger of Apathy: Dave Lee

As senators squabble about the theoretical vulnerability of those who use TikTok, they might want to find more time to give greater consideration to a clear and present danger erupting within the US health-care system: the continuing cyberattack that has put at risk the medical data of 79 million Americans and thrown health-care services into disarray.

Intermittent Fasting Linked to Heart Risk in Study Surprise

The safety of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/nse%20%22intermittent%20fasting%22%20bn","_id":"0000018e-538e-d509-adee-5bdfc6570000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">intermittent fasting, a popular strategy to lose weight by limiting food intake to certain times, was called into question by a surprise finding from research presented at a medical meeting.

Beyond Abortion: The Fight Over Fetal Personhood Is Here

When do legal rights begin, at birth or before that? This video looks at the fetal personhood movement, and what it could mean for the future of abortion. We explore its history and the constitutional argument underpinning it.

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Nvidia Unveils Successor to Its All-Conquering AI Processor (3)

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-567f-d509-adee-5fff49290001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Jensen Huang showed off new chips aimed at extending his company’s dominance of artificial intelligence computing, a position that’s already made it the world’s third-most-valuable business.

AstraZeneca to Buy Fusion Pharma for Up to $2.4 Billion (3)

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Covid Vaccine & Personal Data: Does HIPAA Still Matter?