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Former television host and Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Linda McMahon, former head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and ex-WWE executive, as the new Secretary of Education. McMahon’s nomination aligns with Trump’s aim to reduce the federal government's...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, renowned heart surgeon and TV personality, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Oz, famous for his long-running show "The Dr. Oz Show," recently concluded an unsuccess...

Donald Trump appointed Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead a major US healthcare agency. The agency oversees health insurance for millions. Oz, a TV personality, ran for Senate in 2022. He will work with Robert F Kennedy Jr. The agency manages a large portion of ...

Following his election victory, President-elect Donald Trump has announced a wave of cabinet and high-ranking administration appointments. Trump's selections include familiar names like Marco Rubio as Secretary of State and controversial figures lik...

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The controversial pick has alarmed public health officials and sent ripples through the pharmaceutical...

Donald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, an environmental activist, pledged to prioritize Americans' health. His appointment sparked concerns due to his stance on vaccines and heal...

Wall Street's "fear gauge" - the VIX - tumbled the most since August to around 16. Trading on stocks spiked, with the S&P 500 volume 110% above the average of the past month.

Voters across the United States grappled with abortion rights, delivering a mixed bag of victories and defeats for both sides of the issue. While Missourians voted to overturn one of the nation's strictest abortion bans, similar efforts failed in Fl...

Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump 'unstable' and 'obsessed with revenge' in a major speech, contrasting her vision of unity and new leadership with his divisive tactics. She emphasizes protecting freedoms, expanding Medicare, women's reproductive rig...

Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz unveils a plan to enhance rural healthcare and economic policies, aiming to recruit 10,000 healthcare professionals and extend Medicare telemedicine. Targeting a Trump-leaning voting bloc, the plan also seeks funding f...

The Biden administration announced agreements with drug companies to lower the cost of 10 major Medicare medications, potentially saving taxpayers $6 billion and older Americans $1.5 billion. This historic deal under the Inflation Reduction Act coul...

President Joe Biden is focusing on his "moonshot" initiative to halve U.S. cancer deaths by 2047. Visiting New Orleans, Biden will promote advances by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. Despite his upcoming departure from office, Bide...

The Biden administration has released a directive allowing approximately 100,000 children of US immigrants to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year. The move falls short of Biden's initial proposal to allow these migrants to...

Officials from the US Department of Labor and the US Department of Health and Human Services urged UnitedHealth (UHG) to take "responsibility to ensure no provider is compromised by their cash flow challenges stemming from this cyberattack on Change...

Census Bureau surveys that Murphy and his colleague Aparna Jayashankar have studied show that nearly half of Americans say they're "very stressed" by inflation, little changed from a year earlier, even though inflation has tumbled since last year. E...

If you are planning to start a family and depending upon your corporate health insurance policy then you need to check whether it offers adequate coverage to meet all eventualities as in many cases these plans offer no coverage to new born baby or t...

The programme, named RxPass, includes more than 50 medications addressing over 80 chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, anxiety, diabetes and male pattern baldness, Vin Gupta, Amazon Pharmacy's chief medical officer, told Reuters.

The drugmaker said it expects that people with private health insurance or coverage through public programmes like Medicare or Medicaid will pay nothing.