Aetna’s $37 billion acquisition of Humana has been blocked by a federal judge, who ruled it would violate antitrust laws and seriously limit competition in the Medicare Advantage (MA) market and a handful of health insurance exchanges. 

The now-ex-administrator of CMS, Andy Slavitt, plans on staying in Washington, D.C., part-time to help save at least some parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to an exclusive interview with POLITICO.

The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has harnessed data collected from wearble devices to develop guidelines to identifying the key indications of quality sleep.

A surgeon from Loyola Medicine has improved the 2016 guidelines for preventing surgical site infections (SSI) for the 300,000 patients in the United States affected each year.

A study, published in Current Biology, delves into using non-invasive brain stimulation to improve precise memory.

Combing old science with new developments has led to a faster method of receiving results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious conditions.

While plenty of industry attention has been paid to President Donald Trump’s pick to run HHS, Georgia Rep. Tom Price, MD, another politician from the state will also have an impact on healthcare as Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture.

Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be staying on in the administration of President Donald Trump, at least temporarily.