FILE PHOTO: Mehmet Oz speaks at his campaign rally in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, on November 7, 2022. Caroline Gutman | The Washington Post | Getty Images Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Medicare and Social Security taxes in recent years, according to […]
The White House has pulled President Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, former Rep. Dave Weldon, the Senate’s health committee confirmed Thursday. The move came just hours before the Republican former Florida lawmaker, a vaccine critic, was set to appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. […]
We are making a handful of more trades Tuesday. Selling 75 shares of GE Healthcare at roughly $86 each; following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 550 shares of GEHC, decreasing its weighting to about 1.43% from about 1.62% We are buying 50 shares of TJX at roughly $116; following the trade, the […]
The “Wegovy” brand slimming syringe is sold in the Achat pharmacy in Mitte. The “Wegovy” slimming syringe has been available in Germany for a year. Jens Kalaene | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. […]
Hinge Health’s Enso product. Courtesy: Hinge Health Hinge Health, a provider of digital physical therapy services, filed to go public on Monday, the latest sign that the IPO market is starting to crack open. Hinge Health uses software to help patients treat musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain and carry out post-surgery rehabilitation remotely. The company’s revenue last […]
A mural depicting Samsui women in Chinatown in Singapore. Edwin Koo | Getty Images From listening devices that detect falls to “patient sitter” systems in hospitals and robots helping with exercise in care homes, Singapore is looking to artificial intelligence to help manage the health of its elderly population. By 2030, a quarter of Singaporeans […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on the day he is sworn in as secretary of Health and Human Service in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 13, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The nation’s new top health official could further erode already falling U.S. vaccination rates against once-common childhood […]
Hinge Health’s TrueMotion feature. Courtesy: Hinge Health Digital physical therapy startup Hinge Health is gearing up to file for an initial public offering, potentially as soon as next week, CNBC has learned. Hinge Health helps patients with musculoskeletal injuries ranging from minor sprains to chronic pain recover from the comfort of their own homes. Its IPO […]
Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage on Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed to CNBC. The agency said “all users” of the company’s Federal EHR, including the VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were […]