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California’s $250M Lifeline for Public Hospitals: A Fraction of What’s Needed to Absorb Federal Medicaid Cuts
State lawmakers touted new funding to offset a $1 trillion federal reduction to Medicaid, but local health systems warn ...
Same Knee Surgery, Double the Price: How Hospital Monopolies Are Inflating U.S. Healthcare Costs
Newly transparent hospital pricing data reveals staggering regional cost variations for identical procedures—driven by d...
Social Vulnerability Index Tied to Worse Ovarian Cancer Survival, Especially for Black Women
A study finds women with ovarian cancer living in highly vulnerable neighborhoods have a 20% higher risk of death, with ...
Trump Executive Order Splits Childhood Vaccines, Invokes Disproven Autism Link
President signs an order slashing universally recommended kids' shots, demanding separate MMR doses, and floating the de...
FDA Moves to Mandate GRAS Notifications and Define Ultraprocessed Foods
The FDA proposed a rule requiring food companies to notify the agency when they deem an additive safe, while sending a w...
Germany’s Nursing Care Funding Gap: The Reform Debate and the PKV’s Radical Alternative
A 7.6 billion euro deficit in Germany’s mandatory long-term care insurance is driving competing plans: the government’s ...
A Guide to the Different Types of COVID-19 Tests
From molecular to rapid antigen, here's how each COVID-19 test works, when to use them, and what accuracy to expect—plus...
COVID-19 Vaccine Protection: How Long Does Immunity Last?
A look at the latest data from Moderna, Pfizer, J&J, AstraZeneca, and Novavax on how long their shots guard against infe...
Dietitians Say This One Daily Habit Is Uniquely Tied to Cancer and Heart Risk
More than half of Americans drink sugary beverages daily, a habit dietitians call uniquely harmful. New insights link li...
VA Misses Brain Injury Evaluations for 142,000 Veterans, Watchdog Finds
An inspector general report uncovered that over 142,000 post-9/11 veterans who agreed to comprehensive TBI evaluations n...
Eating tomatoes daily may help reduce liver fat in MASLD patients, small study finds
An exploratory trial found daily tomato consumption modestly reduced hepatic steatosis in adults with MASLD, but experts...
Drinking Coffee Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Death Risk in New Study
A small, long-term study links higher polyphenol intake—particularly from coffee—with reduced breast cancer mortality an...
HHS Decertifies Kentucky Organ Procurement Organization After 'Persistent Patient Safety Failures'
The U.S. health department initiated the decertification of Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization for Ken...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Jalapeño Peppers from Mexico; Chipotle, QDOBA Remove Product
A multistate Salmonella outbreak has been traced to jalapeño peppers from Sinaloa, Mexico, distributed by Coast Citrus D...
AI Model Generates Entirely New Viruses, Opening Medical Promise and Biosecurity Fears
Stanford and Arc Institute researchers trained an AI model on 9 trillion nucleotides, then produced functional viruses n...
At-Home Tick Test Lets You Check for Lyme Bacteria in 30 Minutes
LymeAlert's $49.99 kit detects Borrelia burgdorferi in ticks within half an hour, aiming to reduce unnecessary antibioti...
560 Minutes of Weekly Exercise Needed for Major Heart Attack and Stroke Reduction, Study Finds
A large UK Biobank study finds that the current 150-minute guideline yields only an 8-9% lower cardiovascular risk. Subs...
Russia's Health Ministry Recommends 9 New Drugs for Vital List, Only 4 Made Locally
The proposal seeks to expand state-funded access to cancer, rare disease and diabetes treatments, with most therapies su...
NIH Appoints Genomics Pioneer Judy Cho to Lead National Human Genome Research Institute
Dr. Judy Cho, a translational geneticist known for pioneering IBD genomic discoveries, will head NIH's $660M National Hu...
Bank of America Spends $250 Million a Year on Weight-Loss Drugs for Employees, CEO Says
The disclosure from CEO Brian Moynihan underscores how GLP-1 medications are reshaping corporate healthcare budgets and ...
Court Fast-Tracks Challenge to Medicaid Work Rule’s Frailty Exemption
A Massachusetts federal judge has expedited a lawsuit by 25 states over a Medicaid work requirement’s medical frailty cl...
Warmer Storage Slashes Heart Transplant Complications, Spurring Calls for Practice Change
Donor hearts preserved at 10°C instead of near-freezing temperatures showed dramatically lower rates of early graft dysf...
Ipsen’s Cabozantinib Offers New Option for Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumours After EU Approval
The targeted therapy, which blocks tumour growth, showed a 77% reduction in progression risk for pancreatic neuroendocri...
Nigeria’s 33-Year Vaccine Gap Spurs Dangote’s Medical Sovereignty Push as Local Biologics Take Shape
NAFDAC confirms Nigeria has produced no human vaccines since 1993, while Aliko Dangote urges industrial-scale healthcare...
Mouse Study Hints Arginine Could Aid Immune Fight Against Cancer and Viruses
Low arginine levels may impair the immune system’s ability to spot tumors and infected cells, according to new research ...
Diabetes Market Surges Past $966 Billion as Patient Count Tops 537 Million
Global diabetes spending reached nearly $966 billion in 2021, driven by a disease burden affecting 10% of the world's po...
Excess Protein May Accelerate Aging in Sedentary People, Review Suggests
A review of over 350 studies finds that many people consume more protein than they need, potentially speeding up aging a...
As Megafires Multiply, France Staffs Up Mental Health Support for Firefighters
With nearly 6,000 psychological interventions recorded in 2024, France’s fire services are scaling up mental health care...
Kenya’s Community PrEP Champions Show Path to Closing Gender HIV Gap with Long-Acting Options
In Kisumu, volunteer PrEP champions like Brenda Odera are connecting at-risk women to discreet, long-acting HIV preventi...
How Smoking, High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease Directly Damage the Brain
A four-year Swedish study of nearly 500 older adults shows how common modifiable risk factors accelerate the brain chang...