Babies who might otherwise be entirely eligible for health insurance under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program aren’t getting it after their first birthday. That hiccup is mostly bureaucratic, experts told Kaiser Health News. 

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a molecule that may hold the cure for both Gaucher and Parkinson’s diseases.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members now have access to urological care under a new agreement between the insurer and Metamark Genetics.

Patients in and around Newark, New Jersey, will now be able to receive healthcare through the use of telemedicine, thanks to the partnership of Rutgers School of Nursing and Rutgers Business School.

Provata Health’s implementation of its digital health promotion program, Healthy Team Healthy U (HTHU), has helped patients improve health outcomes and to sustain those results at a higher rate than without the program.

Some experts are now saying the “golden age of antibiotics” is behind us, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ability to stop a bacterial infection in its tracks is a thing of the past, because more and more antibiotic-resistant gene markers are showing up in bacteria in the U.S. 

Richland Hills, Texas-based National HME acquired Allcare Medical last week, a move that furthers National HME’s reach as the nation’s largest provider of technological medical equipment for the hospice industry. This is the second major acquisition for National HME this year.

Researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have developed a new method to treating spina bifida in utero, a patch comprised of a layer of the umbilical cord.