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UnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance

For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are included in an insurer’s network one year but not the next. Getting someone on the phone to help can be next to impossible. ...
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Hospital founded by Spanish conqueror persists 500 years later in Mexico’s capital

MEXICO CITY (AP) — In Mexico City’s bustling historic center, the Hospital de Jesus covers most of a city block. Its faded unassuming yellow facade, characteristic of the middle of the last century, obscures the medical center within founded 500 years ago by Spanish ...
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BioAge scraps mid-stage trial of experimental obesity drug, shares fall

(Reuters) -BioAge Labs said on Friday it is discontinuing the mid-stage trial of its experimental obesity drug after high levels of certain liver enzymes were observed in some patients, sending its shares down nearly 73% to $5.40 in after-market trading. The drug developer was studying ...
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What to know about abortion access in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood wanted to resume offering abortions in several Missouri clinics on Friday, immediately after a newly passed constitutional amendment rolling back the state’s near-total ban took effect, but they remain on hold as a complicated court battle drags ...
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BioAge discontinues mid-stage trial of obesity drug

(Reuters) -BioAge Labs said on Friday it is discontinuing its mid-stage trial studying its experimental drug as a monotherapy and in combination with Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide for the treatment of obesity. The drug developer decided to stop the trial after liver transaminitis, or high levels ...
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USDA orders nationwide testing of milk for bird flu to halt the virus

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in dairy cows. Raw or unpasteurized milk from dairy farms and processors nationwide must be tested on request starting Dec. 16, ...
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Mexico study’s surprising finding: Killer heat hit harder for the young than the elderly

A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat. Researchers found at higher temperatures and humidity, the heat kills far more young people under 35 than those older than 50. For decades, health and ...
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Health insurer shares fall after UnitedHealth exec murder

By Sriparna Roy (Reuters) – Shares of health insurance companies including UnitedHealth Group continued to fall on Friday, two days after Brian Thompson, the CEO of the company’s health insurance unit, was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel by a ...
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Gunman’s steps after killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO gives police new clues in hunt for the killer

NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer made sure to wear a mask during the shooting yet left a trail of evidence in view of the nation’s biggest city and its network of security cameras ...
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Health Rounds: Experimental CG Oncology immunotherapy shows promise in bladder cancer

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) An experimental immunotherapy drug is a ...
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Exclusive-US issues order mandating bird flu testing of milk supply

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – The U.S. issued a federal order on Friday mandating that the national milk supply be tested for bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters, as authorities seek to grapple with rapid spread of the virus ...
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USDA issues order for raw milk samples nationwide to be tested for bird flu

(NEW YORK) -- Raw samples nationwide will now be collected and shared with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to test for bird flu, according to a new federal order issued by the agency on Friday.The new federal order by the USDA ...
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