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(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year

The Million Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Model

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has selected 516 physician practices with expected participation of nearly 20,000 healthcare practitioners to

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will begin awarding nearly $60 million from the funds that were reallocated in

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Scientists in China plan to use the genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 in patients as early as

Sean Harper, Amgen’s executive vice president of research and development said ABP 980 was found as effective Roche’s Herceptin (used

On Thursday, Humana announced that it will stop marketing Obamacare exchange plans in several states and will exit many off-exchange

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Young people with diabetes were four times more likely to be hospitalized for

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) Despite objections from Congress and the hospital industry, the Obama administration said it

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Nearly 100 national and state medical societies from around the United States are backing a

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced on Thursday the Justice Department is suing to block both Anthem’s$54 billion takeover of Cigna