UNITEDHEALTH TO BUY DAVITA PRIMARY CARE UNIT FOR $4.9 BILLION

DaVita's medical group had 4.11 billion in sales last year, or 30 percent of the total... READ MORE›

WHY LEO VARADKAR COULD HAMMER OUT GAINS IN A GRIM ELECTION

The newly-minted Fine Gael leader will know that the who-knew-what-and-when, around Sergeant Maurice McCabe emails, would play for just a few days in any election campaign... READ MORE›

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IRELAND SET TO HAVE FIRST GAY PM

Leo Varadkar is set to become the Republic of Ireland's next taoiseach prime minister after winning the leadership of the Fine Gael party... READ MORE›

RURAL HOSPITALS IN CRITICAL CONDITION

The closings threaten to decimate a network of rural hospitals the federal government first established beginning in the late 1940s to ensure that no one would be without health care... READ MORE›

WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49

A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›

WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE WORLD'S BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?

Treatment in public hospitals is completely covered by Medicare, though people with private health insurance often elect to use private hospitals... READ MORE›

NHS 'WILL FAIL' THIS WINTER WITHOUT CASH INJECTION, DOCTORS TELL THERESA MAY

Hospital doctors have warned Theresa May that the NHS will fail this winter and patient care will suffer unless she provides an emergency cash injection... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS OF PATIENTS POTENTIALLY HARMED BY UNDELIVERED NHS MAIL

Of the 1,788 patients who may have been harmed as a result, 333 have since died... READ MORE›

NORWEGIAN EBOLA PATIENT 'GIVEN LAST DOSE OF ZMAPP'

Please read our A Norwegian woman infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is to be given the last remaining dose of ZMapp in the world... READ MORE›

LENGTHY WAITS TO SEE GPS MAY POSE SERIOUS RISK TO PATIENTS, SAYS TOP DOCTOR

People with non-urgent conditions may be neglected amid long waiting times, leading to acute problems, warns head of GPs' body... READ MORE›

AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE DISAPPEARING

One of the beneficiaries is Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which bought the former Kingston hospital in March... READ MORE›

HOSPITALS TO RECEIVE ?21M TO INCREASE CYBERSECURITY AT MAJOR TRAUMA CENTRES

The WannaCry attack began on 12 May and disabled computers in organisations across the world, including the NHS... READ MORE›

A KUSHNER BETS ON OBAMACARE IN THE ERA OF TRUMP

Josh Kushner's health insurer, Oscar, lost more than 300 million on Obamacare insurance plans. Then came Donald Trump. Its latest gamble A deal with the Cleveland Clinic... READ MORE›

IRISH WATER BOSS WILL GET EUR300K TAX-FREE PAY-OFF

Prior to joining Irish Water, Mr Tierney was Dublin City manager up to 2013 and worked for 36 years in local government... READ MORE›

ISRAELI HOSPITALS DEMAND FUNDS TO CONTINUE TREATING SYRIANS

The Health Ministry says that since 2013, four Israeli hospitals have treated a total of 2,278 Syrians... READ MORE›

MEDSTAR HEALTH TURNS AWAY PATIENTS AFTER LIKELY 'RANSOMWARE' CYBERATTACK

MedStar officials have refused to characterize the attack as ransomware, a virus used to hold systems hostage until victims pay for a key to regain access... READ MORE›

AMERICAN WELL WILL ALLOW TELEMEDICINE PATIENTS TO PICK THEIR DOCTOR

Other health systems that have worked with American Well to offer telehealth to their patients are also contemplating joining the new marketplace... READ MORE›

THE 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

What is the deal that Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have reached on water charges?... READ MORE›

CHESHIRE CANCER PATIENTS 'COULD DIE SOONER' IF NHS CUTS ARE FORCED THROUGH

Macmillan Cancer Support said the plan was incredibly worrying for cancer patients ... READ MORE›

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC, whose disease detectives have investigated duodenoscope-transmitted infections since 2013... READ MORE›

MARTIN SEEKS END TO WATER CHARGES AS PRICE FOR FINE GAEL POWER

Election 2016 Martin seeks end to water charges as price for Fine Gael power... READ MORE›

WHO MAY DIE CALIFORNIA PATIENTS AND DOCTORS WRESTLE WITH ASSISTED SUICIDE

Patients must make multiple requests for the medication and have a prognosis of less than six months to live... READ MORE›

AND ENDA KENNY HAS FINALLY SCRAPED IN AS TAOISEACH

Video enda kenny receives seal as taoiseach from michael d higgins... READ MORE›

FINE GAEL TREATS PRO-LIFE VOTERS WITH CONTEMPT

Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny's party has told Fianna Fail that they cannot live with the idea of suspending charges... READ MORE›

KENNY TO SUSPEND WATER CHARGES IN DEAL TO BE RETURNED AS LEADER

Throughout yesterday, senior Fianna Fail figures warned Fine Gael that they will not alter their stance on charges... READ MORE›

'WE'LL DO DEAL ON USC IF FF WILL ROW BACK ON WATER'

Figures within Fine Gael say making major changes to the structure and operation of Irish Water is not an option... READ MORE›

BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN MOVED TO HOSPICE CARE

Despite the great medical care at numerous facilities Bobbi Kristina Brown's condition has continued to deteriorate the statement read... READ MORE›

CITIES, STATES SCRAMBLE AFTER DALLAS'S EBOLA MISSTEPS EXPOSE PLANNING GAPS

In New York City, several hospitals have run drills with actors portraying Ebola patients... READ MORE›

70 DAYS LATER - YOUR NEW GOVERNMENT MINISTERS REVEALED

In addition to their salary, ministers also receive a number of other entitlements, including a mobile phone allowance and the Parliamentary Standard Allowance PSA ... READ MORE›

TAOISEACH'S PLAN TO RETURN COALITION TO POWER TAKES MAJOR HAMMERING

Mr Kenny's Fine Gael is down three points to 28pc, while Tanaiste Burton's Labour Party has dropped two to just 8pc in the latest opinion poll... READ MORE›

FIANNA FAIL TRUCE WILL ALLOW KENNY TO CONTINUE AS TAOISEACH

Micheal Martin's party will not join Fine Gael coalition but will avoid bringing down minority government in Ireland... READ MORE›

MINISTER TAKES SWIPE AT TAOISEACH'S 'D4 INDIVIDUALS' WHO RAN ELECTION

And he said that Fine Gael's message of 'keeping the recovery going' was lost on the ground... READ MORE›