Will Ozempic Crush the Junk-Food Business?
Trinian Taylor, a 52-year-old car dealer, pushed his cart through the aisles of a supermarket as I pretended not to…
Kennedy’s Views Mix Mistrust of Business With Unfounded Health Claims
Seven years after Americans celebrated the licensing of Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, President John F. Kennedy called on Congress to…
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked NHS bed request
11 November 2024ShareSaveJim ReedHealth reporter, BBC NewsShareSaveCovid inquiryBoris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at…
Will Trump Have a New Opening to Repeal the ACA?
President-elect Donald J. Trump never revealed the “concepts” of the plan he said he had to replace the Affordable Care…
Despite Covid ‘Amnesia,’ the Pandemic Simmers Beneath the 2024 Race
Dueling Trump and Harris rallies outside Atlanta offer a case study in how anger and anxiety over Covid-19, a proxy…
How Taxpayers Are Helping Health Insurers Make Even Bigger Profits
Health insurers have made an enticing pitch to local governments across the country: When your workers see doctors outside your…
Fatal Drug Overdoses Are Dropping. Not Everyone Is Spared.
Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people…
Medicare or Medicare Advantage? A Guide for 2025
Medicare — the federally funded health care program — has been in place since 1965. Since then, an expanding array…
‘No Smoking’ Sign on Planes Won’t Need Off Switch After FAA Rule Change
The Federal Aviation Administration did away with a rule that had required an off switch for the sign even though…
Biden to Propose That Insurers Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control
The new rules under the Affordable Care Act would include emergency contraception, a newly approved nonprescription birth control pill, spermicides…