gettyimages 2268629399

Trump administration halts $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of fraud crackdown

Washington — The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota as part of its crackdown on fraud in federal programs, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday. The pause comes after reviews conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS,…

Read More
cbsn fusion what to know about medicare covering glp 1 drugs thumbnail

Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over “maliciously and deceptively false” GLP-1 ads

Novo Nordisk sued competitor Eli Lilly on Tuesday, alleging the drugmaker engaged in false advertising by claiming its GLP-1 drugs are superior to Novo’s. The lawsuit accuses Eli Lilly of misleading consumers by using outdated clinical trial data to make Zepbound and Mounjaro appear more effective than Novo’s drugs, Wegovy and Ozempic, for weight loss…

Read More
ap26201703569947

Supreme Court will review Alaska’s bid to seize pilot’s plane over 6-pack of beer: “This case isn’t just about me”

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. The pilot, Kenneth Jouppi, sued to block his plane’s seizure after he was convicted of an…

Read More
untitled design 10

Melinda French Gates on perimenopause: “It took me 3 doctors to really diagnose what I was going through”

Despite access to the best healthcare, Melinda French Gates said it took three doctors to diagnose and treat her when she started perimenopause in her early 40s. French Gates opened up about her menopausal experience on “Healthful,” Norah O’Donnell’s new podcast, which launches Wednesday. She said she “kind of couldn’t believe it” when she started…

Read More
ap26169190307785

Arizona Republicans vote for a candidate to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs, and more races to watch today

Arizona voters will go to the polls Tuesday to choose who will take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, and key congressional districts are also holding primaries as the heated battle to control the House continues.  Arizona has traditionally been a heavily Republican state, and six of its nine House representatives are Republicans. But the state…

Read More
cbsn fusion united airlines employee threatens to call ice on passenger video appears to show thumbnail

United Airlines employee appears to threaten to call ICE on passenger: “You don’t act like a citizen”

A United Airlines employee appears to have been caught on video threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a customer during a ticketing dispute last week at San Francisco International Airport. East Bay resident Julio Varela, who was traveling with his family, told CBS News Bay Area that the incident began when an…

Read More
gettyimages 2285918456

What to know about Taylor Farms, the produce giant tied to the cyclospora outbreak

Produce giant Taylor Farms is under renewed scrutiny after it voluntarily recalled iceberg lettuce linked to the nation’s unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak. Food safety experts say that while recalls are inevitable for a produce supplier the size of Taylor Farms, the current outbreak is unusual because of its scale and the number of people sickened….

Read More