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The company says it is protecting nursing home residents by curbing unnecessary hospital transfers. Whistleblowers allege cost-cutting tactics have endangered the elderlyThree nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare gia…
Change marks an abrupt end to 30 years of established medical guidance and follows vote earlier this monthThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all US newborns receive the hepatitis…
Order classifies opioid as potential chemical weapon amid administration’s attempts to combat drug smugglingDonald Trump signed an executive order on Monday designating fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” – classifying the synthetic opioid not o…
Senator Bill Cassidy urges collaboration between Democrats and his party after Senate rejected dual healthcare billsUS senator Bill Cassidy said on Sunday that “there’s a deal to be had” on tackling the rising cost of healthcare, suggesting he remained…
End of subsidies after failed legislation will have serious and damaging impact on entire sector, policy experts sayWith subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance set to expire, Americans who rely on them will probably switch to plans wi…
Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn against AI as a cost-cutting measureFor states to receive certain funding stipulated in the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful” bill, they must meet three of 10 criteri…
A year-long investigation into the Free Birth Society reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors.Lucy Hough talks to the investigative correspondent Lucy Osborne about her …
This live blog is now closed.Trump news at a glance: More Epstein estate photos released as White House decries ‘Democrat hoax’The admiral in charge of US military forces in Latin America will retire two years early, AP reports, amid rising tensions wi…
Announcement, and lack of details in the weeks following, represents major departure from previous FDA prioritiesAs the US’s top vaccine officials come under pressure from lawmakers and former leaders, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it …
Thanksgiving travel and low vaccination rates have contributed to 27 new cases in state during past weekSouth Carolina health officials have reported an “accelerating” measles outbreak in the state in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vacci…