President-elect Donald Trumps choice of celebrity doctor and failed Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) marks the latest potential shakeup of federal health agencies, and adds new uncertainty to the future of Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. If confirmed, Oz would take the helm of...

As many as 136 million adult Americans may be eligible for Ozempic, researchers estimate. According to a study published Monday in JAMA Network, among the 25,531 participants, 8,504 were eligible for semaglutide. Semaglutide, the active medicine found in the drug, has become a popular option for people looking to lose weight. Ozempic, along with Wegovy,...

RFK junior, Dr Oz and co. have the potential to do harm, but also some good

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent selection of physician and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services adds another pro-medical-marijuana voice to the forthcoming administration. While federal prohibition means the move is unlikely to have any immediate impact on cannabis availability for patients covered by the health assistance programs, ...

President-elect Donald Trumps pick to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has reported owning as much as $600,000 in stock from companies benefiting from private Medicare services.

On Wednesday, the A-lister playing the Wizard of Oz in Jon M. Chu's movie performed an intimate rendition of a 'Wicked' number and two Christmas tunes as travelers and shoppers watched on.

Today's health news includes Mehmet Oz as Trump's pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, rising alcohol deaths, and more.

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said he will vote to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz to serve as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator if Oz is committed to protecting Medicare and Medicaid.

Trump tapped the failed GOP Senate candidate to run the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which is the department responsible for investigating hospitals if they fail to provide emergency abortion services. 

On Tuesday, November 19, President-elect Donald Trump announced another pick for his incoming administration: television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, ...

President-elect Donald Trump is moving forward with more Cabinet selections, choosing former WWE CEO and Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon to be his education secretary and TV doctor Mehmet Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid. CBS News political reporter Katrina Kaufman has the latest on Trump's incoming administration and the ongoing controversy surrounding Trump's attorney general pick,...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are injectable medicationsbut a strange new market has emerged selling oral compounded versions online, despite a lack of evidence that they work.

Donald Trump’s leftfield cabinet choices have continued with the nomination of WWE co-founder Linda McMahon for Education Secretary. Trump announced the pick just after he chose TV doctor Mehmet Ozto serve as administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services on his Truth Social app last night, saying that McMahon would “use her decades of […]

President-elect Donald Trump also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, and named Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.

Oz has made his preference known for privatized Medicare, which could substantially disrupt the current system.