Healthcare

Anthropic says that its new tool can help scientists more quickly uncover and develop new drugs. But FDA approval still takes a long time.

Indiana and Vermont have passed legislation capping what hospitals can charge patients with private insurance, using Medicare rates as a benchmark.

It may not always feel that way, but only 20 cents of your dollar goes to insurers.

States are spending rural health dollars on tech startups, betting that untested companies will succeed where doctors have vanished and hospitals have collapsed.

Only about one-third of employers cover GLP-1s to treat obesity, leaving many patients facing prohibitively high drug costs on their own.

Insurance broker Aon says employer-sponsored plans are poised to increase 9.5% next year, to average more than $19,000 per worker.

Major pharmaceutical companies like Eli Lilly are exploring how psychedelics might be used to treat mental health disorders like PTSD or treatment-resistant depression.

It’s the first wave of terminations under new federal work requirements. And it may portend what’s to come for the rest of the country.

The University of Maryland Medical System is addressing retention issues through a program that offers apprenticeships, resume writing classes, and other support for employees facing transportation, childcare, and housing barriers.

Lincoln Hospital would be the 12th rural Maine hospital in a decade to lose its labor and delivery unit.