Shannon Sharpe was having one of those 15-minutes-of-internet-infamy moments. Social media blew up in September after the retired Denver Broncos tight end — accidentally, he later said — broadcast some of his intimate activities online.

On January 15, 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) released a proposed rule entitled Special Registrations for Telemedicine and

The struggling genetic-testing 23andMe is looking for a buyer for the virtual-care business it acquired in 2021, Business Insider has learned.

Instead, people on Medicare won’t get the two years of continued coverage for telehealth appointments and five years’ for acute hospital at home programs that were in the bill Congress nearly voted into law in December 2024.

The new notice of proposed rulemaking adheres to calls from Congress and industry for the agency to create a special telemedicine registration system. Its three-tiered approach could cost telehealth companies over $40,

At the pace of our lives these days, the mobile phone has increasingly stopped being merely the quick way to keep in touch-it acts as a doorway into primary health care. If setting a doctor’s appointment,

Physicians would have to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for telehealth prescribing of certain controlled substances under a proposed rule issued Wednesday by the agency. "DEA's goal is to provide telehealth access for needed medications while ensuring patient safety and preventing the diversion of medications into the illicit drug market,

Long-term care providers who prescribe controlled substances via telehealth may soon be subject to a tiered federal registration system.

At the close of 2024, Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law, a long-awaited Continuing Resolution that temporarily extends

PRIMARY CARE, urgent care, emergency care, telehealth. Confused about which to use? Sometimes the choice isn't obvious. One thing is certain, according to medical experts: When you're away from home or traveling,

Nationally, telehealth claim lines increased from 4.80% of medical claim lines in September to 4.89% in October, marking a 2% rise. Regional increases varied, with the West seeing the largest growth at 2.8%, while the Midwest experienced a 3.7% decrease.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally and in Brazil. The provision of quality healthcare faces challenges due to resource scarcity and unequal distribution, particularly affecting rural areas.