Category: 4. Health

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at Aetna’s withdrawal from the ACA exchanges, the potential for digital health consolidation, high error rates from new AI models, a radioisotope deal and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.

Health insurer Aetna is leaving the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplaces starting in 2026. The move marks the second time Aetna withdrew from the space: It previously pulled out in…

Millions of people around the world have an autoimmune disorder known as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which can cause serious joint pain, swelling, and damage, among other symptoms. The disease is thought to arise when the immune system erroneously attacks the body’s tissues, but the triggers and mechanisms underlying the disease are not known. Some research has suggested that problems with the community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract – the gut…

PetMed Express Inc., the parent company of PetMeds and PetCareRx has entered a strategic partnership with virtual veterinary care provider Dutch to expand its provider ecosystem with affordable, accessible pet healthcare options. The new partnership will enable pet owners to leverage Dutch’s technology and veterinary team to secure prescriptions for PetMeds’ medications.

Pet owners, through the partnership, can sign…

In 1985, contaminated milk in Illinois led to a Salmonella outbreak that infected hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and caused at least 12 deaths. At the time, it was the largest single outbreak of foodborne illness in the U.S. and remains the worst outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning in American history.

Many questions circulated during the outbreak. How could this contamination occur in a modern dairy farm? Was it caused by a flaw in engineering or…

Globally, measles is on the rise across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America and parts of Europe. In 2025, North and South America saw 11 times more cases than during the same period last year. In Europe, measles rates are at their highest point in 25 years.

In the U.S., as of May 2, 2025, health authorities have confirmed 935 cases of measles affecting 30 states. This is a huge surge compared with the 285 cases reported in 2024. A large measles outbreak is happening in Canada, too,…

The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has been sending letters to a handful of influential medical journals asking questions concerning influence from funders, competing viewpoints and misinformation.

Among the journals targeted include the New England Journal of…

Congressional Republicans are under pressure to find savings to make the math in their budget reconciliation package add up.

Medicaid, which accounts for just under 10% of federal spending, has become an obvious target. But instead of addressing the flawed incentives driving the…

When lives hang in the balance, there’s no script. The Pitt captures the controlled chaos of emergency medicine, with detailed accuracy and documentary-level hyperrealism. Like 24, this Max series unfolds in real time, set in the frenetic, unforgiving realm of a Pittsburgh ER — affectionately called “The Pitt.” Here, the…

Oscar Health reported a $275 million first quarter profit as the health insurer’s enrollment hit yet another record, surpassing two million individual and small group members.

The provider of individual coverage under the Affordable Care Act, also known…

The findings remained unaltered by the girls’ body mass index (BMI) or height, both of which have been associated with the earlier onset of periods.

The study has implications for health in later life as it is well known that women who started their periods at an early…