Public Health

On Wednesday, CVS Caremark became the first national pharmacy chain to discontinue sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Despite Medicaid expansions in several states as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, encouraging patients to use clinics rather than emergency departments appears like it will take some time, according to a joint report from Kaiser…

A football rivalry is benefitting children's hospitals in Seattle and San Francisco, as Seahawks and 49ers fans raised tens of thousands of dollars for one another's hospitals, according to a San Francisco Examiner report.

Academic medical centers in New York City are seeing a wave of donations in support of cancer research, which may position the city as a premier location for scientists, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act marketplaces opened for enrollment, the importance of getting young, healthy people to sign up for coverage has been a point of concern.

Federal officials have extended the Pre-Existing Conditions Insurance Plan through March 31, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

Nearly 2.2 million people had selected health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act state-based and federal marketplaces by Dec. 28, according to an HHS report.

In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, health insurer Humana has indicated it expects the extension of health plans that don't meet the reform law's requirements to result in a more adverse risk mix than expected for people getting coverage…

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplaces have gotten off to a rough start.

Some health insurers have decided to give people who enrolled in health insurance through the new exchanges until the end of the month to pay their first premiums for plans with coverage retroactive to Jan. 1, according to a Reuters…