Shareholders of Cigna have approved a $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager.

Gene therapy company bluebird bio and cancer immunotherapy company Gritstone Oncology are working together to research, develop and produce a cancer treatment product that will use cell therapy.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is more popular than the recently enacted tax law, according to a poll from Fox News.

Using electronic stimulation, researchers were able to stimulate the recovery of neuron cells grown in a petri dish—a method they hope individuals can use while recovering from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).

While the healthcare market has evolved to better cater to consumers’ demands and offer specialized care, physicians are still referring patients in outdated ways. This costs health systems by increasingly sending patients to receive out-of-network services, according to a recent study by Kyruus, which surveyed 100 primary care providers and 100 specialists affiliated with U.S. health systems.

A team of engineers has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can find lung cancer on CT scans with 95 percent accuracy.

Earlier this month, the FDA approved a contraception app for smartphones that claims to help users prevent pregnancy by monitoring body temperature and menstrual cycles. But critics are questioning the FDA’s move, pointing out that dozens of users got pregnant while using the app.

CMS is cracking down on how it calculates budget neutrality in Medicaid demonstration projects, according to an update from the agency.

Cell phones and smartphone apps may be the solution when it comes to matching medical records to patients correctly, according to a report by the RAND Corporation.

Attorney General Jeff Session is preventing two Ohio doctors from prescribing opioids because they allegedly dispensed the medications without a legitimate medical purpose.