Healthy Returns: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill may affect some drugmakers more than others

Healthy Returns: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill may affect some drugmakers more than others

U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care … Read more

Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel’s votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots

Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel’s votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots

Biostatistician and epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff, MD, PhD, and Dr. Mina Zadeh, ACIP Executive Secretary, CDC, look on as people present their information to members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory panel for vaccines convenes, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 25, 2025. Megan Varner … Read more

Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide … Read more

Healthy Returns: New weight loss drug data show Eli Lilly is gaining ground

Healthy Returns: New weight loss drug data show Eli Lilly is gaining ground

A sign with the company logo sits outside of the headquarters of Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 17, 2024. Scott Olson | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Competition in … Read more

Major U.S. health insurers say they will streamline controversial process for approving care

Major U.S. health insurers say they will streamline controversial process for approving care

UnitedHealthcare signage is displayed on an office building in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 19, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Health plans under major U.S. insurers said Monday they have voluntarily agreed to speed up and reduce prior authorizations – a process that is often a major pain point for patients and … Read more

Healthy Returns: What to know about the FDA’s plan to speed up some drug reviews

Healthy Returns: What to know about the FDA’s plan to speed up some drug reviews

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland November 4, 2009.  Jason Reed | Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. The Food … Read more

FDA approves Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, offering a powerful and convenient new option

FDA approves Gilead’s twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, offering a powerful and convenient new option

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead’s twice-yearly antiviral injection for preventing HIV – a milestone that the company and some experts say could help bring the world closer to ending the decades-long epidemic caused by the virus.  But the launch of the injectable drug, which will be marketed under the name Yeztugo, … Read more

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care

People hold rainbow-coloured umbrellas and flags at a demonstration as the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments over an appeal by U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s decision upholding a Republican-backed ban in Tennessee on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, outside the court in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2024.  Benoit Tessier | … Read more

Oura, Maven Clinic team up to bring biometric data into clinical care

Oura, Maven Clinic team up to bring biometric data into clinical care

Kate Ryder, CEO of Maven, speaking at the CNBC Changemakers Summit in New York on April 18th, 2024. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Women’s and family health platform Maven Clinic is partnering with smart ring maker Oura, a step forward in the integration of the increasing amount of data being collected by wearable devices and clinical … Read more

Democrats press Pfizer, J&J and others over low tax bills and lobbying as Senate debates Trump’s plan

Democrats press Pfizer, J&J and others over low tax bills and lobbying as Senate debates Trump’s plan

The Johnson & Johnson logo displayed on a monitor. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Two Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday pressed five of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies about their low tax bills and whether they support extending massive tax cuts for the industry in the GOP reconciliation bill. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and … Read more