The New England Journal of Medicine invited both major presidential candidates to write articles about their healthcare policies, but only one took the editors up on the offer.

Community Health Systems (CHS), one of the largest hospital chains in the U.S., has announced the sale of four rural hospitals as it tries to relieve some of its $15 billion debt.

Medtronic has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a potentially revolutionary device that monitors glucose levels and delivers insulin automatically. The MiniMed 670G works as an “artificial pancreas," because its sensors constantly monitor insulin levels within the body and inject the dose needed accordingly.

The months-long battle in Congress over funding to help combat the Zika virus has ended, as both the House and Senate approved a $1.1 billion package Sept. 28 as part of a larger government spending bill.

Consolidating health systems is an ongoing trend as the industry moves toward value-based care, but it doesn’t always work. Just ask Integrated Health Network of Wisconsin.

The World Health Organization confirmed that both North and South America are free of endemic measles, the first region to be certified as such, according to a recent report from The New York Times.

Before prescribing potentially addictive drugs, California physicians will be required to check whether patients have gotten the same drugs from other doctors in the state.

GE Healthcare has launched its five.eight accelerator program for improving healthcare in developing countries. The program will assist healthcare startups in improving the quality and accessibility of healthcare technologies for patients otherwise unable to receive care.