Health Headlines for Tuesday, July 26
5 health and medicine issues to watch for at the Democratic convention
Stat
Hillary Clinton led a health care reform effort in the 1990s, promoted medical research as a senator, and has been bashing price-hiking drug companies on the campaign trail and in TV ads.
U.S. health officials update Zika transmission and testing guidance
Reuters
U.S. health officials issued updated recommendations for preventing and testing for Zika infection on Monday, warning that the virus can be transmitted through unprotected sex with an infected female partner.
A Google-backed health insurer wants to disrupt insurance by…limiting patient choice?
Vox
The health insurer Oscar launched in 2014 with $40 million in venture capital and a plan to disrupt America’s $1.8 trillion health care industry.
Feds investigating Mayor de Blasio’s involvement in sale of Long Island College Hospital
New York Daily News
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is looking into Mayor de Blasio’s involvement in the sale of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, the Daily News has learned.
The latest nail in ObamaCare’s coffin
New York Post Editorial
Count it as another nail in ObamaCare’s coffin: Humana, one of the country’s top insurers, announced Thursday that it’s pulling out of ObamaCare exchange plans in all but a few states next year.
Mercy Hospital addition approved by Buffalo board
Buffalo Business First