Health Care

Gadi Nir began as a physiotherapist but now finds himself as one of the first Israeli CEOs to make a deal with a company in the United Arab Emirates.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered the state to cut ties with Quest Diagnostics over delayed coronavirus test data reporting that turned into a data dump as Quest Diagnostics blames a technical issue it says has already been resolved.

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Tuesday said it will subpoena biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Inc. in its investigation of the company's drug-pricing practices.

Airbnb said in a blog post on Thursday that more than 1 million listings around the world have been granted the rental company's “Enhanced Clean” distinction since June, as hosts have stepped up to meet its cleaning and sanitization guidelines to support safer travel.

The drug was authorized in May for use in patients with a severe form of the illness

While the COVID-19 pandemic has marked the and of weekly traditions like Taco Tuesdays, Wine Wednesdays, and Sunday brunches, new habits like ordering Friday night takeout and delivery may be bringing economically-devastated restaurants back from a point of no return.

Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk showcased pigs with computer brain chips at an event updating the world on his neuroscience technology program Neuralink.

Thin sheets of brown plywood are holding American businesses together. 

Some alcohol-based sanitizers were being sold with cartoons for children.

Madison Cawthorn, a real estate investment CEO who beat out a Trump-backed U.S. House candidate in North Carolina’s Republican primary runoff election to replace former Rep. Mark Meadows in June, told “Mornings with Maria” on Wednesday that he wants to be “the face for the Republican Party for health care reform” since he is “pretty much the principal consumer of health care in our country.”

A Trump administration rule to require additional price transparency from hospitals, which is set to take effect on Jan. 1 of next year, is still up in the air as the American Hospital Association (AHA) pursues an appeal of a lower-court decision from June that upheld the rule. 

The government agency has advised businesses and retailers to implement procedures from mandating masks be worn by employees and customers, asking customers to follow social distancing rules and limiting the number of customers allowed inside a business at one time in order to limit the virus spread. 

All of the affected products were distributed to Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, according to the notice.

With health officials urging flu vaccination this fall amid the coronavirus crisis, Stop & Shop recently announced it secured more flu vaccines as it anticipates higher demand.

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said there are risks in rushing out a vaccine despite the urgent need.

Google Cloud is investing $100 million into telehealth provider Amwell as part of a new partnership to equip providers, insurers, patients with technology required for high quality and more affordable virtual care.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. is selling its subsidiary in Japan focused on consumer healthcare to U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group.

With states changing voting regulations to fit stringent coronavirus guidelines, many voters will go online this year to find out how to cast their ballots for president.

New daily coronavirus cases continued to drift down from July highs this week, but deaths remained elevated, a legacy of the surge of new infections that swept the South and West last month.