Humana Inc. is considering selling itself after receiving multiple expressions of takeover interest, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, highlighting the potential for further consolidation in the U.S. health insurance industry. Humana is working with investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc on the potential sale, the person said, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Medicaid Policy––and Now His Position Not to Save Insurance Subsidies if the Supreme Court Strikes Them…
Speaking to a conservative group in Wisconsin this week, presumptive presidential candidate Scott Walker said he would not move to establish a state exchange in order to preserve the Obamacare federal insurance exchange subsidies if the Supreme Court strikes them down in an expected June ruling: We’re going to push back. The President of the United States––they’ve got to come up with a solution.
End European agreements with tobacco industry designed to curb smuggling, urge experts
The agreements drawn up between the European Union and the four major transnational tobacco companies, to crack down on cigarette smuggling and recoup lost tax revenues, are failing to meet their stated aims, concludes research.
NIH research: Think globally
NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., address the importance of continuing to pursue research on a global scale amid fiscal constraints.
NIH Director’s presentation on the NIH FY2016 Budget Request
Slides of the NIH Director’s NIH FY2016 Budget Roll-Out
Dry mouth: Acupuncture-like electrical nerve stimulation may help
Phase III results indicate that acupuncture-like, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation may be equally effective as pilocarpine, the current prescription medication in a pill, to treat radiation-induced xerostomia (dry mouth), according to a new study published.
Volunteers recruited to trial treatment to Hendra virus
A human trial of a treatment for the potentially deadly Hendra virus is about to begin in Brisbane.
Human Hendra drug, treatment not prevention
In a world first in the battle against the deadly Hendra virus, volunteers are being recruited to trial a human treatment for the virus.
Appointment of Adrienne A. Hallett as the Associate Director for Legislative Policy and Analysis, NIH
Ms. Hallett will join NIH on May 4, 2015.
Dr. Collins interview with Medscape’s Dr. Eric Topol
In an interview with Medscape, Dr. Collins discusses the Precision Medicine Initiative and its potential long-term impact on science and medicine.
Moffitt Cancer Center research aims to reduce health care disparities
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning and intersex (LGBTQI) population has been largely understudied by the medical community.