Tag Archives: health

White House Summons Feuding Health Officials for Counseling Session

The acting White House chief of staff has summoned President Trump’s top two health policy officials to the White House on Thursday to assess whether the president’s health secretary and his Medicare chief can continue to work together, a senior administration official confirmed on Tuesday. White House aides said President Trump is still standing by… Read More »

Senators urge health orgs to combat racial bias in AI algorithms

United States Senators Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, and Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, are urging the Trump administration and some of the nation’s biggest health insurers – Humana and Blue Cross among them – to be aware of potential racial bias in healthcare data algorithms. The letters were sent to leaders at the Centers for Medicare and… Read More »

Health Spending Grew Modestly, New Analysis Finds – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The burdensome costs of medical care, prescription drugs and health insurance have become dominant issues in the 2020 presidential campaign. But a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services shows the nation remains in a period of relatively slow growth in health spending. Health spending in the United States rose… Read More »

Are sleep aids bad for your health

Or to block the noise of snoring partners, we use earplugs to protect from office noise and get a good night’s sleep. Dogs barking and any other bothersome sounds that prevent a good night’s sleep. People ask whether are sleep aids bad for your health so can cause tinnitus — earplugs become stickier and can… Read More »