Globally, more people receive the essential health care they need and a smaller share of the population experienced health-related financial hardship compared to two decades ago. However, progress has ...
SALT LAKE CITY — University of Utah engineers have given a bionic hand a mind of its own. Post-doctoral researcher Marshall Trout said a large percentage of amputees who get bionic hands — maybe 20% ...
Modern bionic hand prostheses nearly match their natural counterparts when it comes to dexterity, degrees of freedom, and capability. And many amputees who tried advanced bionic hands apparently ...
CINCINNATI — Thousands of Tri-State patients are caught in the middle of a heated contract dispute between TriHealth and UnitedHealthcare that could result in significantly higher medical costs if the ...
This is a preview of the December 4 edition of Access Health—Tap here to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox on Thursday mornings. Good morning. If you’re in the U.S., I hope you had ...
A year ago, the fatal shooting of a health insurance executive on a Manhattan sidewalk unleashed many Americans’ pent-up frustration with insurers’ delays and denials of care. UnitedHealthcare CEO ...
After his shocking death in 2024, many are looking at the family he left behind. Learn more about Brian Thompson’s wife and ...
Researchers have built a prosthetic hand that, with the help of artificial intelligence, can act a lot more like a natural one. The key is to have the hand recognize when the user wants to do ...
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...
Louisiana is ending its Medicaid contract with United Healthcare, affecting more than 300,000 patients. The state will reassign these patients to other Medicaid plans before the start of 2026. The ...
The UnitedHealthcare CEO was killed outside of a Manhattan hotel one year ago on Dec. 4, 2024 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...