Plenty of sci-fi movies feature a trope about humans with microchips implanted in them that track our health from the inside, well now technology has caught up with our imaginations with the introduction of nano-sensors developed by engineers at Tufts University engineers. 

In Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming, reviewing health insurance marketplaces rates is left up to the federal government, which could be a big challenge in a year where insurers are proposing 60 percent hikes in premiums.

Here’s a roundup of the state healthcare news, including: a proposal in Connecticut to consolidate health agencies, a Michigan hospital telling Pokémon Go players to stay away, a patient-dumping lawsuit in California, a $2.7 million settlement over patient data breaches in Oregon and the end of a Colorado court case involving a surgery tech who could have exposed thousands to HIV.

Racial disparities in health among Americans generally has not been understood very well, often because clinical research trials historically didn’t focus on non-white subjects, according to Forbes. 

Members of Congress left Washington, D.C., for a seven-week recess without settling disputes over emergency funding to combat the Zika virus, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said has been documented spreading from a woman to a man for the first time.

Amid growing public health concerns about antibiotic resistance, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) said July 14 that gonorrhea could be the next infection to see significantly decreased treatability.  

OLATHE, Kan., July 06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hooper Holmes, Inc. (NYSE MKT:HH) today announced the addition of MinuteClinic, the walk-in medical clinics located inside select CVS Pharmacy and Target stores, to its national health screening network. Also, Hooper Holmes will be adding flu shots to its onsite screening services offering.

TORONTO, July 06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOVADAQ® Technologies Inc. ("NOVADAQ" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NVDQ) (TSX:NDQ), the leading developer and provider of clinically relevant imaging solutions for use in surgical and diagnostic procedures, announced today the appointment of Rick Mangat, Ph.D. as its President and CEO.