The U.S. House Appropriations Committee may further delay implementation of the 2009 U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) breast cancer screening recommendations another year with draft legislation approved July 12.

With a stake in two post-acute care companies under its belt, health insurer Humana saw its share price hit a new record high last week.

Adam Boehler, the director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), has been appointed to serve as a senior adviser to for HHS’s Value-Based Transformation and Innovation.

Undergoing CT scans may increase the risk for brain cancer in children and young adults, according to a study of more than 150,000 pediatric patients in the Netherlands.

Retail giant Amazon is in early talk to invest in Medplus, India’s second-largest pharmacy chain, according to FactorDaily.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joined a handful of wealthy donors, July 17, saying he will pledge more than $30 million over three years to advance research aimed at early Alzheimer’s detection.

Radiologists are poorly equipped to deal with cases of physical elder abuse, researchers wrote in a Journal of the American College of Radiology editorial this month—and that’s likely the product of weak communication and a paucity of research on the subject.

President Donald Trump’s policy of “zero tolerance” on illegal immigration has led HHS to redirect millions in funding to house migrant children separated from their parents at the border.