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Health Care Up Amid Deal Activity -- Health Care Roundup
Health-care companies rose amid deal activity. Merck has reached a nearly $6 billion cash deal to buy the cancer biotech Terns Pharmaceuticals and its promising leukemia treatment. Biotech firm Sarepta Therapeutics rallied as investors turned their…
Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering the Health Care sector. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 2257 GMT —Ramsay Health Care's bull at Macquarie sees an immediate pathway for it to improve performance…
Group floats 'Medicare by Choice' as a Democratic health care alternative
A coalition of former congressional staffers and federal health leaders is putting forward a health care policy proposal around which it hopes Democrats will coalesce ahead of the 2028 campaign, a position it is calling “Medicare by…
Vanguards of Health Care: Abridge Looking Beyond the Scribe
“I think 2026 is the year of fundamental, agentic transformation of the workflow.” Abridge co-founder and CTO Zack Lipton joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jonathan Palmer to share how the company grew from a research-heavy idea…
Trump's Health-Care Leadership Team Remains Chaotic
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Justice Department secures denaturalization of convicted gun trafficker and health care fraudster
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has secured the denaturalization of two criminals 'who obtained U.S. citizenship through fraud' and sued to revoke the citizenship of a third who carried out marriage fraud. Attorney General Pam…
The surging cost of health care in Kerala
Sunil Jose (name changed), a private company employee in Kozhikode, recently took his daughter to a corporate-run hospital in the city after she complained of fever, cold, and headache. The doctor suggested a battery of medical tests to diagnose…
West Lothian health care spend increasing as strict savings packages approved
West Lothian's health and care budget will top £326m next year, the county's Integration Joint Board agreed. With strict savings packages approved it will meet demands for a balanced budget this year, but early indications are that more money…
Anti-DEI health care bill raises concerns about patient outcomes from health care professionals
BOISE — The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Tuesday to send House Bill 928 for amendment to align an effort to remove diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from health care with federal civil rights statute. Under the…
Senate Democrats Offer Plan to Increase Insurance Coverage, Ease Healthcare Red Tape
A dozen Senate Democrats released a plan aimed at getting more Americans health insurance coverage and making insurance plans easier to navigate. 'America's for-profit health insurance system is fundamentally broken,' the senators said last…
Meet flags gaps in mental health, uneven care; calls for citizen-led reforms
2 min read Ahmedabad Make us preferred source on Google A multi-state stakeholder consultation held in Ahmedabad on Wednesday discussed the recommendations of the Lancet Commission report on a citizen-centred health system to create an integrated…
Healthcare Stocks To Consider - March 26th
MarketBeat Week in Review – 01/26 - 01/30 UnitedHealth Group, Johnson & Johnson, Cencora, Medtronic, and Hims & Hers Health are the five Healthcare stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Healthcare stocks are…
Infosys announces acquisition of Optimum Healthcare IT, Stratus at nearly ₹5,260 crore price tag
Infosys has announced plans to acquire healthcare digital transformation company Optimum Healthcare IT and insurance consulting technology company, Stratus, for a cumulative amount of about ₹5,260 crore. Infosys will acquire Optimum…
Oklahoma leaders propose plan to stabilize mental health care
Oklahoma leaders propose plan to stabilize mental health care Oklahoma health care leaders have unveiled a preliminary plan to stabilize mental health resources amid ongoing budget deficits, aiming to protect Medicaid and improve oversight. WEEK…
Infosys acquires Optimum Healthcare IT to boost healthcare digital transformation
Infosys has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Optimum Healthcare IT, a healthcare digital transformation and consulting firm, for $465 million, including upfront and earn-out payments, excluding management incentives and retention…
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