# healthcarebriefing.com


## Posts

- [Study Clearly Identifies Nutrients as a Driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-clearly-identifies-nutrients-as-a-driver-of-the-great-atlantic-sargassum-belt/): Woods Hole, Mass. — Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of types of organisms.
- [Sister Study Turns 20](https://healthcarebriefing.com/sister-study-turns-20/): What: This October marks the 20th anniversary of the Sister Study, the nation’s largest and longest ongoing study of women with a close family history of breast cancer.
- [Global Call to Action on Sleep Health Published in The Lancet Public Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/global-call-to-action-on-sleep-health-published-in-the-lancet-public-health/): ROCHESTER, Minn., September 29, 2023 — A global call to action was published in The Lancet Public Health on September 28 that urges decisionmakers to recognize sleep health as a foundation of human health.
- [AI and Machine Learning Can Successfully Diagnose Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, New Study Confirms](https://healthcarebriefing.com/ai-and-machine-learning-can-successfully-diagnose-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-new-study-confirms/): Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can effectively detect and diagnose Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which is the most common hormone disorder among women, typically between ages 15 and 45, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health.
- [NIH Awards $50.3 Million for “Multi-Omics” Research on Human Health and Disease](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-awards-50-3-million-for-multi-omics-research-on-human-health-and-disease/): The National Institutes of Health is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium, with approximately $11 million awarded in the consortium’s first year of funding.
- [High Levels of Particulate Air Pollution Associated With Increased Breast Cancer Incidence](https://healthcarebriefing.com/high-levels-of-particulate-air-pollution-associated-with-increased-breast-cancer-incidence/): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that living in an area with high levels of particulate air pollution was associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer.
- [Wayne State University Researchers Improve Environmental Monitoring Applications](https://healthcarebriefing.com/wayne-state-university-researchers-improve-environmental-monitoring-applications/): DETROIT – A research team from Wayne State University’s National Institutes of Health-funded Superfund Research Program, the Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research (CLEAR), recently published a paper that describes a new technique they developed that couples the Internet of Things sensor network with Edge Computing (IoTEC) to improve environmental monitoring.
- [Why Ongoing Worker Safety Training Is Critical to Effective Disaster Response](https://healthcarebriefing.com/why-ongoing-worker-safety-training-is-critical-to-effective-disaster-response/): When it comes to disaster response and recovery operations, it is crucial that workers are prepared before there is an emergency, according to Rutgers researchers.
- [Women Treated for Breast Cancer May Age Faster Than Cancer-free Women](https://healthcarebriefing.com/women-treated-for-breast-cancer-may-age-faster-than-cancer-free-women/): Women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer have increased biological aging compared to women who remain free of breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators.
- [Human Health Is Suffering Because of Climate Change](https://healthcarebriefing.com/human-health-is-suffering-because-of-climate-change/): When people hear the words climate change, many might picture a lonesome polar bear on a melting ice cap.
- [NIH Launches $140 Million Effort to Investigate Genetic Variation in Normal Human Cells and Tissues](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-launches-140-million-effort-to-investigate-genetic-variation-in-normal-human-cells-and-tissues/): The National Institutes of Health is launching a new program, the Common Fund’s Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network, that aims to transform our knowledge of how much genetic variation there is in the cells and tissues throughout our bodies.
- [NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2023](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-statement-on-world-asthma-day-2023/): Today, the National Institutes of Health recognizes World Asthma Day and the innovative research that is helping to shed light on the disease, pave the way for effective treatments, and improve the lives of people who have asthma.
- [URI Researcher Contributes to Study Confirming Link Between PFAS – Forever Chemicals — in Drinking Water and Weight Gain](https://healthcarebriefing.com/uri-researcher-contributes-to-study-confirming-link-between-pfas-forever-chemicals-in-drinking-water-and-weight-gain/): KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND – April 19, 2023 — A University of Rhode Island researcher leads a study that confirms a direct link between certain chemicals in drinking water and human obesity – specifically that increased PFAS content in blood promotes weight gain and makes it harder to keep a lower body weight after weight loss.
- [Air Pollution May Increase Risk for Dementia](https://healthcarebriefing.com/air-pollution-may-increase-risk-for-dementia/): Boston, MA—Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H.
- [Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Helps Lead Groundbreaking Study on the Human and Ocean Health Impacts of Ocean Plastics](https://healthcarebriefing.com/woods-hole-oceanographic-institution-helps-lead-groundbreaking-study-on-the-human-and-ocean-health-impacts-of-ocean-plastics/): Woods Hole, Mass.
- [New Study: Abatacept Therapy Offers Promising Results Treating Juvenile Dermatomyositis](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-study-abatacept-therapy-offers-promising-results-treating-juvenile-dermatomyositis/): Newswise — WASHINGTON (March 8, 2023)--Juvenile dermatomyositis, a rare but often severe and chronic systemic autoimmune disease, includes a large number of patients who are treatment resistant, requiring long term immunosuppressive therapy.
- [Keck School of Medicine Study Finds “Forever Chemicals” Disrupt Key Biological Processes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/keck-school-of-medicine-study-finds-forever-chemicals-disrupt-key-biological-processes/): Exposure to a mixture of chemicals called PFAS leads to alterations in biological processes associated with a broad range of diseases.
- [Toxic Protein Linked to Muscular Dystrophy and Arhinia](https://healthcarebriefing.com/toxic-protein-linked-to-muscular-dystrophy-and-arhinia/): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have found that a toxic protein made by the body called DUX4 may be the cause of two very different rare genetic disorders.
- [Apple Women’s Health Study Advances Understanding of Menstrual Cycles and Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/apple-womens-health-study-advances-understanding-of-menstrual-cycles-and-health/): February 1, 2023 – Over the past three years, researchers with the Apple Women’s Health Study have been able to shed light on topics such as pregnancy attempts during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on menstrual cycles.
- [Researchers Discover Why Only Some People Experience Long-term Benefits From Peanut Allergy Treatments](https://healthcarebriefing.com/researchers-discover-why-only-some-people-experience-long-term-benefits-from-peanut-allergy-treatments/): New research by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), University of Paris Saclay, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reveals why oral immunotherapy, which treats food allergies through incremental increases in consumption of the allergen, can lead to sustained tolerance in some individuals but only transient tolerance in others.
- [Texas A&M Researchers Developing New Approach for Analyzing Chemical Mixtures](https://healthcarebriefing.com/texas-am-researchers-developing-new-approach-for-analyzing-chemical-mixtures/)
- [Public Health Research Team Makes Strides in Studying Impact of Plastic Pollution](https://healthcarebriefing.com/public-health-research-team-makes-strides-in-studying-impact-of-plastic-pollution/): In a nondescript room in the recesses of the Willard A. Silcox Physical Education and Health Center, four students sit around a lab table dissecting small fish.
- [Household Air Cleaners Improve Heart Health Among Individuals With COPD, Researchers Find](https://healthcarebriefing.com/household-air-cleaners-improve-heart-health-among-individuals-with-copd-researchers-find/): A six-month study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that the use of portable home air purifiers can improve some markers of cardiovascular health in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.
- [PFAS Levels Lower in Buildings With Healthier Furnishings](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pfas-levels-lower-in-buildings-with-healthier-furnishings/): Boston, MA – Buildings renovated with healthier furnishings had significantly lower levels of the entire group of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS)—toxic chemicals linked with many negative health effects—than buildings with conventional furnishings, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H.
- [NIH’s Climate and Health Initiative Tackles Global Health Effects Associated With a Changing Climate](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nihs-climate-and-health-initiative-tackles-global-health-effects-associated-with-a-changing-climate/): What: Leaders from the National Institutes of Health discuss the agency’s plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a commentary published in The Lancet.
- [New 3D Model Shows How Cadmium Exposure May Affect Heart Development](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-3d-model-shows-how-cadmium-exposure-may-affect-heart-development/): Researchers have developed a three-dimensional model that shows how exposure to cadmium might lead to congenital heart disease.
- [Hair Straightening Chemicals Associated With Higher Uterine Cancer Risk](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hair-straightening-chemicals-associated-with-higher-uterine-cancer-risk/): Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk for uterine cancer compared to women who did not report using these products, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.
- [Link Between Commonly Used Chemicals, Gestational Diabetes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/link-between-commonly-used-chemicals-gestational-diabetes/): Pregnant people may have increased risk of gestational diabetes if they have higher exposure to phenols, common chemicals used in food packaging and many consumer products, according to Kaiser Permanente research.
- [Yale Superfund Research Center to Investigate Water Contaminants Linked to Cancer](https://healthcarebriefing.com/yale-superfund-research-center-to-investigate-water-contaminants-linked-to-cancer/): A new Superfund Research Center at Yale will conduct extensive analysis of emerging water contaminants that have been linked to liver cancer.
- [$11.3 Million NIH Superfund Award to Address Environmental Health Issues Caused by VOCs](https://healthcarebriefing.com/11-3-million-nih-superfund-award-to-address-environmental-health-issues-caused-by-vocs/): Melissa Runge-Morris, M.D.
- [Air Pollution Heightened COVID Risk in Low-Income Pregnant New Yorkers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/air-pollution-heightened-covid-risk-in-low-income-pregnant-new-yorkers/): Pregnant, low-income New Yorkers living in neighborhoods with higher levels of air pollution were 60 percent more likely to test positive for COVID-19, according to a new study led by scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
- [Release: NIH Awards $100 Million for Autism Centers of Excellence Program](https://healthcarebriefing.com/release-nih-awards-100-million-for-autism-centers-of-excellence-program/): The National Institutes of Health has awarded a total of $100 million over the next five years to support nine Autism Centers of Excellence (ACEs).
- [Tiny Antibodies May Provide New Tool to Fight COVID-19](https://healthcarebriefing.com/tiny-antibodies-may-provide-new-tool-to-fight-covid-19/): An NIH-led team of scientists built a library of small antibodies, called synthetic nanobodies, and used it to find promising new therapeutic leads for halting SARS-CoV-2 infection.
- [Oil Spill Cleanup Workers More Likely to Have Asthma Symptoms](https://healthcarebriefing.com/oil-spill-cleanup-workers-more-likely-to-have-asthma-symptoms/): Researchers from the Gulf Long-term Follow-up Study (GuLF STUDY) found that workers involved in cleaning up the nation’s largest oil spill were 60% more likely than those who did not work on the cleanup to be diagnosed with asthma or experience asthma symptoms one to three years after the spill.
- [Air Pollution and Stress Alter Brains and Social Behavior of Male Mice](https://healthcarebriefing.com/air-pollution-and-stress-alter-brains-and-social-behavior-of-male-mice/): Naval oceanographer Carina Block had a hunch that the jet exhaust fumes she and her fellow female sailors were regularly exposed to, combined with unavoidable job stress, was leading to adverse health outcomes for their children.
- [NIH First to Develop 3D Structure of Twinkle Protein](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-first-to-develop-3d-structure-of-twinkle-protein/): Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have developed a three-dimensional structure that allows them to see how and where disease mutations on the twinkle protein can lead to mitochondrial diseases.
- [New York City Switch to Clean Buses Cut Air Pollution](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-york-city-switch-to-clean-buses-cut-air-pollution/): The transition of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) bus fleet in New York City to cleaner fuels and engines was followed by declines in air pollution, particularly nitrous oxide.
- [Lactating Mice Pass Along Common Antimicrobial to Pups, Initiating Liver Damage](https://healthcarebriefing.com/lactating-mice-pass-along-common-antimicrobial-to-pups-initiating-liver-damage/): In mouse studies, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that lactating mothers expose their feeding pups to triclosan, an antimicrobial commonly used in consumer products, resulting in early signs of liver damage that can eventually lead to more serious impairment and illness, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
- [UK Researchers Develop Antiviral Face Mask](https://healthcarebriefing.com/uk-researchers-develop-antiviral-face-mask/): LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2022) — A team of University of Kentucky researchers led by College of Engineering Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., and his Ph.D.
- [Preterm Birth More Likely With Exposure to Phthalates](https://healthcarebriefing.com/preterm-birth-more-likely-with-exposure-to-phthalates/): Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new research by the National Institutes of Health.
- [Risk of Death Surges When Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Coincide](https://healthcarebriefing.com/risk-of-death-surges-when-extreme-heat-and-air-pollution-coincide/): Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers used a new analytic approach to study more than 1.5 million deaths across the state of California.
- [HHS Announces Programs to Join President Biden’s Justice40 Initiative](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hhs-announces-programs-to-join-president-bidens-justice40-initiative/): You don't have permission to access "http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2022/06/24/hhs-announces-programs-to-join-president-bidens-justice40-initiative.html" on this server.
- [UTHSC Team Receives $2.19 Million to Study Neurotoxicity of Commonly-used Chemical Solvent](https://healthcarebriefing.com/uthsc-team-receives-2-19-million-to-study-neurotoxicity-of-commonly-used-chemical-solvent/): A team of University of Tennessee Health Science Center researchers has been awarded $2.19 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for their investigation of the neurotoxic effects of toluene, a common chemical found in many household products.
- [Gene Linked to Severe Learning Disabilities Governs Cell Stress Response](https://healthcarebriefing.com/gene-linked-to-severe-learning-disabilities-governs-cell-stress-response/): Like superheroes of the cell, the protein Rad6 (red), and its partner Uba1 (blue) respond to environmental stress by modifying the protein-producing ribosomes (purple) to stop their maintenance program.
- [Depression, Loneliness Associated With Increased Hospitalization Risk After COVID-19, NIH-funded Study Suggests](https://healthcarebriefing.com/depression-loneliness-associated-with-increased-hospitalization-risk-after-covid-19-nih-funded-study-suggests/): People who reported in a survey that they felt worried, depressed or lonely had a greater chance of being hospitalized after a COVID-19 diagnosis, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
- [New Findings Enable Monitoring for Harmful Toxin in Freshwater Environments](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-findings-enable-monitoring-for-harmful-toxin-in-freshwater-environments/): Researchers have identified the genes involved in biosynthesis of guanitoxin, a potent neurotoxin produced by some freshwater harmful algal blooms.
- [NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2022: Toward Improved Asthma Care](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-statement-on-world-asthma-day-2022-toward-improved-asthma-care/): Today on World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health reaffirms its commitment to biomedical research aimed at preventing the onset of asthma, understanding its underlying causes, and improving the treatment of it.
- [Study Suggests Black, Hispanic Women With Low Vitamin D More Likely to Develop Breast Cancer](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-suggests-black-hispanic-women-with-low-vitamin-d-more-likely-to-develop-breast-cancer/): Among women who identified as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latina, those with low blood levels of vitamin D were more likely to develop breast cancer than those with adequate levels.
- [Environment and Health Experts Gather for Wyatt Symposium April 22](https://healthcarebriefing.com/environment-and-health-experts-gather-for-wyatt-symposium-april-22/): Aubrey K. Miller, senior medical advisor to the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), will present the noon keynote at the 2022 John P.
- [Historically Redlined Neighborhoods Burdened by Excess Oil and Gas Wells](https://healthcarebriefing.com/historically-redlined-neighborhoods-burdened-by-excess-oil-and-gas-wells/): Across the United States, historically redlined neighborhoods that scored lowest in racially discriminatory maps drawn by the government-sponsored Home-Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930s had twice the density of oil and gas wells than comparable neighborhoods that scored highest.
- [Amygdala Overgrowth That Occurs in Autism Spectrum Disorder May Begin During Infancy](https://healthcarebriefing.com/amygdala-overgrowth-that-occurs-in-autism-spectrum-disorder-may-begin-during-infancy/): The amygdala — a brain structure enlarged in two-year-old children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — begins its accelerated growth between 6 and 12 months of age, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
- [CHOP and Penn Medicine to Lead Philadelphia Regional Center for Children's Environmental Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/chop-and-penn-medicine-to-lead-philadelphia-regional-center-for-childrens-environmental-health/): Children in the Greater Philadelphia area face a number of environmental threats to their health, including lead poisoning, asthma from air pollution, and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals.
- [Hurricanes and Other Tropical Cyclones Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths From Several Major Causes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hurricanes-and-other-tropical-cyclones-linked-to-rise-in-u-s-deaths-from-several-major-causes/): Over recent decades, hurricanes and other tropical cyclones in the U.S.
- [NC State’s Jane Hoppin Wins Holshouser Award](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nc-states-jane-hoppin-wins-holshouser-award/): Biological Sciences Professor Jane Hoppin has been honored with the 2021 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service.
- [NIH Awards $4 Million Grant to Improve Health in Diverse Communities](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-awards-4-million-grant-to-improve-health-in-diverse-communities/): ATLANTA – Many Black communities in Metro Atlanta face high levels of environmental exposures that can negatively impact the health of Black children, and scientists are faced with the challenge of effectively communicating the dangers of environmental exposures to diverse communities.
- [UMass Amherst Researcher Wins $3 Million ‘Outstanding New Environmental Scientist’ Award](https://healthcarebriefing.com/umass-amherst-researcher-wins-3-million-outstanding-new-environmental-scientist-award/): A University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiologist has received a five-year, $3 million Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) in his ongoing effort to discover more about the origins and risk factors of autism.
- [Eight Substances Added to 15th Report on Carcinogens](https://healthcarebriefing.com/eight-substances-added-to-15th-report-on-carcinogens/): Eight substances have been added to the Report on Carcinogens, bringing the total list to 256 substances that are known, or reasonably anticipated, to cause cancer in humans.
- [Chronic Exposure to Air Pollution May Increase Risks for ICU Admission or Death Among COVID-19 Patients, Study Finds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/chronic-exposure-to-air-pollution-may-increase-risks-for-icu-admission-or-death-among-covid-19-patients-study-finds/): You don't have permission to access "http://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2021/chronic-exposure-to-air-pollution-may-increase-risks-for-icu-admission-or-death-among-covid-patients-study-finds" on this server.
- [Researchers Target a Mouse’s Own Cells, Rather Than Using Antibiotics, to Treat Pneumonia](https://healthcarebriefing.com/researchers-target-a-mouses-own-cells-rather-than-using-antibiotics-to-treat-pneumonia/): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia in rodents.
- [NIH Awards Nearly $75m to Catalyze Data Science Research in Africa](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-awards-nearly-75m-to-catalyze-data-science-research-in-africa/): Data scientists at work.
- [Balbus Elected to National Academy of Medicine](https://healthcarebriefing.com/balbus-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine/): The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting.
- [NIH Study Illuminates Origins of Lung Cancer in Never Smokers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-study-illuminates-origins-of-lung-cancer-in-never-smokers/): Illustration of lungs made up of DNA sequences. A magnifying glass hovers over a portion of a DNA sequence showing a mutational change.
- [NIH Researchers Find Many People Want Secondary Genomic Findings After Initially Refusing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-researchers-find-many-people-want-secondary-genomic-findings-after-initially-refusing/): A study published today by researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed that about half of individuals who said they don’t want to receive secondary genomic findings changed their mind after their healthcare provider gave them more detailed information.
- [Male Hormones Regulate Stomach Inflammation in Mice](https://healthcarebriefing.com/male-hormones-regulate-stomach-inflammation-in-mice/): Scientists at the National Institutes of Health determined that stomach inflammation is regulated differently in male and female mice after finding that androgens, or male sex hormones, play a critical role in preventing inflammation in the stomach.
- [Oregon State Researchers Discover New Class of Cancer Fighting Compounds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/oregon-state-researchers-discover-new-class-of-cancer-fighting-compounds/): CORVALLIS, Ore.
- [NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2021](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-statement-on-world-asthma-day-2021/): On World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health reaffirms its commitment to research to improve the lives of people with asthma.
- [NIEHS Earns WELL Building Rating Amid Pandemic](https://healthcarebriefing.com/niehs-earns-well-building-rating-amid-pandemic/): On March 30, 2021, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) became the first federal agency to achieve the International WELL Building Institute’s Health-Safety Rating.
- [Study Links Prenatal Phthalate Exposure to Altered Information Processing in Infants](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-links-prenatal-phthalate-exposure-to-altered-information-processing-in-infants/): Susan Schantz and her colleagues found a relationship between prenatal exposure to phthalates and slower processing speed in 7.5-month-old infants.
- [STAT+: HHS announces new efforts to speed up, expand clinical trials with AI](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-hhs-announces-new-efforts-to-speed-up-expand-clinical-trials-with-ai/): WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced a set of new initiatives aimed at speeding up clinical trials by incorporating more artificial intelligence and computational models and moving away from sharply delineated trial phases.
- [STAT+: What health tech leaders are talking about in Washington policy circles](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-what-health-tech-leaders-are-talking-about-in-washington-policy-circles/): Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter.
- [Rural MAHA Followers Say Trump Health Policies Haven’t Reached Their Communities](https://healthcarebriefing.com/rural-maha-followers-say-trump-health-policies-havent-reached-their-communities/): About half of rural voters identify with Make America Healthy Again, a sprawling political movement championed by the Trump administration, but most said President Donald Trump’s healthcare policies have not benefited their communities, according to a new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF.
- [These 100 Nursing Homes Face Perilous Flood Risk. Minnesota Shows What Can Happen.](https://healthcarebriefing.com/these-100-nursing-homes-face-perilous-flood-risk-minnesota-shows-what-can-happen/): NEW RICHLAND, Minn. — Floodwater seeped through the nursing home’s front door just before sunrise.
- [STAT+: Anthropic joins ARPA-H clinical AI moonshot, will hold closed-door health care event](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-anthropic-joins-arpa-h-clinical-ai-moonshot-will-hold-closed-door-health-care-event/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [PubMed Update: Data Updates Scheduled for 2027 Baseline](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pubmed-update-data-updates-scheduled-for-2027-baseline/): There will be no change to the PubMed DTD for 2027.
- [STAT+: The last ‘breakthrough’ devices to get special treatment from Medicare](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-the-last-breakthrough-devices-to-get-special-treatment-from-medicare/): Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses.
- [Why MAHA wants to make health data much more accessible](https://healthcarebriefing.com/why-maha-wants-to-make-health-data-much-more-accessible/): WASHINGTON — The Make America Healthy Again movement wants your health data.
- [Risk from toxic metals can persist months after wildfires, Maui study finds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/risk-from-toxic-metals-can-persist-months-after-wildfires-maui-study-finds/): Metal mixtures found in the leftover smoke, ash and debris from the deadly 2023 Maui wildfires were harmful to the lung health of people living nearby long after the burning ended, a new study says.
- [Introducing Linked Discoveries!](https://healthcarebriefing.com/introducing-linked-discoveries/): Linked Discoveries™ is an experimental pilot resource developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) that helps users explore how articles with PubMed® abstracts connect to the surrounding literature.
- [STAT+: The rise of the AI-native radiology practice](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-the-rise-of-the-ai-native-radiology-practice/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [How we're using Proxygen to transform API development](https://healthcarebriefing.com/how-were-using-proxygen-to-transform-api-development/): Jonathan Eagle explains how the NHS England API Management team tackled some of the biggest pain points in API development in the NHS – and how a new tool called Proxygen is cutting integration time with the NHS API Platform from weeks to days.
- [STAT+: In radiology, AI is blurring the line between technology development and clinical practice](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-in-radiology-ai-is-blurring-the-line-between-technology-development-and-clinical-practice/): Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses.
- [Design for understanding: Lessons from the NHS Healthy Choices Quiz](https://healthcarebriefing.com/design-for-understanding-lessons-from-the-nhs-healthy-choices-quiz/): Adeline describes the lessons learned from the design process of the NHS Healthy Choices Quiz.
- [STAT+: AI doomerism: Here’s how to make sense of it](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-ai-doomerism-heres-how-to-make-sense-of-it/): This is the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our guide to artificial intelligence in health care and medicine.
- [STAT+: UnitedHealth, CVS push back on Medicare plan to curb remote patient monitoring](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-unitedhealth-cvs-push-back-on-medicare-plan-to-curb-remote-patient-monitoring/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [STAT+: Scientists made mice with half a brain. Then they filled them with human organoids](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-scientists-made-mice-with-half-a-brain-then-they-filled-them-with-human-organoids/): For the last decade, scientists have been steadily getting better at growing “cerebral organoids,” miniature, three-dimensional brain-like structures, from human stem cells in the lab.
- [NLM Launches Semantic Precision for AI Retrieval of Knowledge (SPARK) Challenges](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nlm-launches-semantic-precision-for-ai-retrieval-of-knowledge-spark-challenges/): The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is pleased to announce the launch of the Semantic Precision for AI Retrieval of Knowledge (SPARK) Challenges.
- [Judge blocks Trump administration plans to limit visa length for grad students, postdocs](https://healthcarebriefing.com/judge-blocks-trump-administration-plans-to-limit-visa-length-for-grad-students-postdocs/): A federal judge on Monday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from upending a long-standing policy that allows foreign students and scholars to stay in the U.S.
- [Platinum-based chemotherapy in childhood causes mutations that age the liver](https://healthcarebriefing.com/platinum-based-chemotherapy-in-childhood-causes-mutations-that-age-the-liver/): Platinum-based chemotherapy — in particular cisplatin and carboplatin — are a lifeline for children with certain cancers.
- [Why linking data effectively is crucial for analysing clinical trial outcomes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/why-linking-data-effectively-is-crucial-for-analysing-clinical-trial-outcomes/): Professor Matthew Sydes, Head of Data-Driven Clinical Trials and Cohorts at NHS England is co-author of new research, which finds that ensuring researchers can analyse data as though it were held in a single location is a key step to faster and more efficient clinical trials.
- [How we're protecting the NHS from cyber threats 24/7](https://healthcarebriefing.com/how-were-protecting-the-nhs-from-cyber-threats-24-7/): James Hutton explains how we protect critical NHS services by monitoring for cyber threats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- [Protecting the NHS from cyber threats: Intelligence at the frontline](https://healthcarebriefing.com/protecting-the-nhs-from-cyber-threats-intelligence-at-the-frontline/): Dan Taylor explores our vital role in protecting healthcare services from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
- [STAT+: The Ig Nobel Prizes, long held in the U.S., head to Europe due to Trump policies](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-the-ig-nobel-prizes-long-held-in-the-u-s-head-to-europe-due-to-trump-policies/): It usually takes 10 minutes for Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, to walk from his home in Cambridge, Mass., to the annual award ceremony — a world-renowned spectacle celebrating quirky scientific achievements.
- [STAT+: House votes to temporarily block Trump plan to politicize federal grants](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-house-votes-to-temporarily-block-trump-plan-to-politicize-federal-grants/): John writes about the politics of health care, and he is the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter.
- [STAT+: Will House delay Trump plan to politicize NIH grants? ](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-will-house-delay-trump-plan-to-politicize-nih-grants/): You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.
- [STAT+: NIH proposal to cap research grants draws mixed reception, agency says](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-nih-proposal-to-cap-research-grants-draws-mixed-reception-agency-says/): Under the Trump administration, competition for government funding for biomedical research has reached new heights.
- [STAT+: After a rough stretch, mRNA gets a boost — at least for now](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-after-a-rough-stretch-mrna-gets-a-boost-at-least-for-now/): Angus reports on the basic research, clinical science, and drug development that may transform survival and quality of life for patients, as well as developments affecting the cancer community.
- [A new chapter for the Advisory Group for Data](https://healthcarebriefing.com/a-new-chapter-for-the-advisory-group-for-data/): Dr Jon Fistein reflects on the current position and future direction of NHS England's Advisory Group for Data.
- [Keeping research data safe: safe people and safe organisations](https://healthcarebriefing.com/keeping-research-data-safe-safe-people-and-safe-organisations/): Sally Stewart, Programme Director, North West Secure Data Environment, reflects on the importance of public trust when health data is used for research, and how a focus on security and transparency shapes the work of the NHS Research Secure Data Environment Network, including its newly launched Registration Service.
- [Chemo drug supply crisis hits cancer care](https://healthcarebriefing.com/chemo-drug-supply-crisis-hits-cancer-care/): Hospitals are reporting dwindling stocks, while patients and their families are being forced to hunt for pharmacies and distributors which have the drugs with them.
- [The NHS App, from digital front door to lifelong companion](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-nhs-app-from-digital-front-door-to-lifelong-companion/): Liz and Rachel set out the NHS App’s journey from digital front door to lifelong companion – meeting people where they are, at home and on demand.
- [PubMed Update: New & Noteworthy RSS Feed Has a New URL](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pubmed-update-new-noteworthy-rss-feed-has-a-new-url/): PubMed Update: New & Noteworthy RSS Feed Has a New URL. NLM Tech Bull. 2026 Mar-Apr;(469):e2.
- [One design system is better than 2](https://healthcarebriefing.com/one-design-system-is-better-than-2/): Frankie and Ananda explain why the NHS design system is not just for public-facing services, with an overview of recent changes to meet the needs of staff-facing services.
- [PubMed Update: Article Type Filters Updated to Reflect MeSH Changes to Publication Types](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pubmed-update-article-type-filters-updated-to-reflect-mesh-changes-to-publication-types/): The article type filters in PubMed have been updated to reflect Annual MeSH Processing (AMP) updates to Publication Types, including discontinued publication types from the past several years.
- [Your weight-loss drugs set to become cheaper](https://healthcarebriefing.com/your-weight-loss-drugs-set-to-become-cheaper/): India's anti-obesity market is set for a price revolution as multiple pharmaceutical companies prepare to launch affordable generic versions of blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic following patent expiry.
- [PubMed 2026 Baseline Released](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pubmed-2026-baseline-released/): The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released the 2026 production year PubMed Baseline files.
- [UK drugs giant AstraZeneca announces $15 bn investment in China](https://healthcarebriefing.com/uk-drugs-giant-astrazeneca-announces-15-bn-investment-in-china/): China is AstraZeneca's second-largest market after the United States, where the company has recently invested heavily under pressure from President Donald Trump.
- [Yellow Fertility partners CARE IVF to expand presence in east, northeast India](https://healthcarebriefing.com/yellow-fertility-partners-care-ivf-to-expand-presence-in-east-northeast-india/): The initiative is aimed at improving access to affordable in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and assisted reproductive technology (ART) services, particularly in areas where patients often need to travel long distances for treatment.
- [Novo Nordisk's US public affairs head leaves company, memo shows](https://healthcarebriefing.com/novo-nordisks-us-public-affairs-head-leaves-company-memo-shows/): The departure, previously unreported, sees U.S. public affairs head Jennifer Duck leave the firm.
- [Health push makes nutraceuticals India’s fastest-growing consumer segment, says Earthful](https://healthcarebriefing.com/health-push-makes-nutraceuticals-indias-fastest-growing-consumer-segment-says-earthful/): The company that sells nutrition supplements, is starting a community initiative focused on menopause awareness, offering stipends to women over 40 to lead conversations at the local and digital level.
- [Alzheimer's drug hunt learns from cancer fight's multi-target playbook](https://healthcarebriefing.com/alzheimers-drug-hunt-learns-from-cancer-fights-multi-target-playbook/): Blood and genetic tests to accurately identify biomarkers of the disease are becoming available, but most diagnoses require a spinal tap or expensive PET scan.
- [MeSH and PubMed Baseline Release Scheduled for January 2026](https://healthcarebriefing.com/mesh-and-pubmed-baseline-release-scheduled-for-january-2026/): You will be able to download 2026 MeSH from links on the NLM Data Distribution page for MeSH Data the week of January 5, 2026.
- [What Holds the Future of Pharma in the Middle East?](https://healthcarebriefing.com/what-holds-the-future-of-pharma-in-the-middle-east/): At the Economic Times Healthcare Leaders Summit Middle East 2025, pharmaceutical experts examined the shifting dynamics of the region’s drug market, discussing emerging trends, regulatory developments, and challenges that will shape the sector’s next phase of growth.
- [Co-creating the digital front door to the NHS](https://healthcarebriefing.com/co-creating-the-digital-front-door-to-the-nhs/): The NHS App enables millions of people to access essential healthcare services, but some struggle to use it.
- [Dr. Kyle Walsh Selected to Lead the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences](https://healthcarebriefing.com/dr-kyle-walsh-selected-to-lead-the-national-institute-of-environmental-health-sciences/): Kyle Walsh, Ph.D., was selected as the director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
- [What’s powering Mounjaro’s rise to the top of Indian drug market](https://healthcarebriefing.com/whats-powering-mounjaros-rise-to-the-top-of-indian-drug-market/): Top officials and industry insiders attribute this ascent to a flurry of reasons – from the US drug maker’s shrewd marketing strategy and smart brand positioning as a weight-loss drug first to superior patient experience with faster and higher weight-loss efficacy and precise timing.
- [Lilly partners with Nvidia on AI supercomputer to speed up drug development](https://healthcarebriefing.com/lilly-partners-with-nvidia-on-ai-supercomputer-to-speed-up-drug-development/): Using the supercomputer, scientists at Lilly will be able to train AI models on millions of experiments to test potential medicines, expanding the scope of drug discovery efforts, the company said.
- [Trump administration plans new probe into global drug pricing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trump-administration-plans-new-probe-into-global-drug-pricing/): Bengaluru: President Donald Trump's administration is preparing a new probe into drug pricing practices among U.S.
- [HC bins Roche's injunction plea, allows generic version of only drug for SMA](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hc-bins-roches-injunction-plea-allows-generic-version-of-only-drug-for-sma/): A division bench of Delhi high court Thursday rejected the appeal of pharma giant, Roche, seeking an injunction against Indian pharma company Natco Pharma launching a generic version of Risdiplam, the only available drug to treat a rare genetic disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
- [CDSCO to inspect cough syrup manufacturing units](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cdsco-to-inspect-cough-syrup-manufacturing-units/): New Delhi: The central drug regulator is set to launch nationwide inspections and auditing of cough syrup manufacturing units even as the World Health Organization sought clarification from India on recent child deaths allegedly after consuming toxic syrup.
- [US FDA approves first treatment for rare, life-threatening disease in males](https://healthcarebriefing.com/us-fda-approves-first-treatment-for-rare-life-threatening-disease-in-males/): Bengaluru: The U.S.
- [4 dead in gas leak at pharma firm](https://healthcarebriefing.com/4-dead-in-gas-leak-at-pharma-firm/): Mumbai: Four workers were killed and two others hospitalised after inhalation of nitrogen gas that leaked at a pharmaceutical company in Tarapur MIDC of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Thursday, officials said.
- [Recent Changes to References, Search Tools, Related Citations, and Sharing Features](https://healthcarebriefing.com/recent-changes-to-references-search-tools-related-citations-and-sharing-features/): As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, PubMed recently introduced several updates designed to improve usability and consistency across the platform.
- [Breast Cancer Risk in Younger Women May Be Influenced by Hormone Therapy](https://healthcarebriefing.com/breast-cancer-risk-in-younger-women-may-be-influenced-by-hormone-therapy/): Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that two common types of hormone therapy may alter breast cancer risk in women before age 55.
- [US FDA approves Gilead's twice-yearly injection for HIV prevention](https://healthcarebriefing.com/us-fda-approves-gileads-twice-yearly-injection-for-hiv-prevention/): Los Angeles: The U.S.
- [Weight-loss surgery more effective than drugs in real world study](https://healthcarebriefing.com/weight-loss-surgery-more-effective-than-drugs-in-real-world-study/): London: Bariatric surgeries led to about five-times more weight loss than weekly injections of popular GLP-1 drugs, according to data from a real-world comparison study presented on Tuesday at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery scientific meeting in Washington.
- [FTP Improvements Available for Testing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/ftp-improvements-available-for-testing/): In response to user feedback, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is announcing an upcoming update to the data provided through PubMed's public FTP servers.
- [Changes to Email Feature](https://healthcarebriefing.com/changes-to-email-feature/): PubMed Update: Changes to Email Feature. NLM Tech Bull. 2025 May-Jun;(464):e4.
- [Trump administration proposes cutting FDA budget by 5.5%](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trump-administration-proposes-cutting-fda-budget-by-5-5/): Washington: The Trump administration is proposing a $6.8 billion budget request for the U.S.
- [Vertex misses quarterly results on weaker-than-expected demand for cystic fibrosis drug](https://healthcarebriefing.com/vertex-misses-quarterly-results-on-weaker-than-expected-demand-for-cystic-fibrosis-drug/): Bengaluru:: Vertex Pharmaceuticals missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly results on Monday, due to lower-than-expected sales of its cystic fibrosis (CF) drug Trikafta.
- [Latest Literature on PubMed homepage will be replaced with PubMed Updates](https://healthcarebriefing.com/latest-literature-on-pubmed-homepage-will-be-replaced-with-pubmed-updates/): PubMed Update: Latest Literature on PubMed Homepage Will Be Replaced with PubMed Updates. NLM Tech Bull. 2025 Jan-Feb;(462):e2.
- [Pharma companies must file compliance strategy](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pharma-companies-must-file-compliance-strategy/): New Delhi: Drugmakers that want to extend the timeline for implementation of Schedule M must carry out a gap analysis and file an application with the drug regulator, detailing their strategy to comply with the revised manufacturing standards.
- [PubMed 2025 Baseline Released](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pubmed-2025-baseline-released/): PubMed 2025 Baseline Released. NLM Tech Bull. 2025 Jan-Feb;(462):e1.
- [Floods Linked to Rise in U.S. Deaths From Several Major Causes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/floods-linked-to-rise-in-u-s-deaths-from-several-major-causes/): Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 25 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S.
- ["Forever Chemicals" In Wastewater Far More Widespread Than Previously Known, New Multi-university Study Reveals](https://healthcarebriefing.com/forever-chemicals-in-wastewater-far-more-widespread-than-previously-known-new-multi-university-study-reveals/): The "forever chemicals" flowing from U.S.
- [Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Dementia Risk](https://healthcarebriefing.com/wildfire-smoke-exposure-and-dementia-risk/): Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5), a type of air pollution, has been linked to an increased risk of dementia.
- [Study Finds Folic Acid May Protect Mothers and Children Against Liver Damage From Prenatal Chemical Exposure](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-finds-folic-acid-may-protect-mothers-and-children-against-liver-damage-from-prenatal-chemical-exposure/): You don't have permission to access "http://www.mountsinai.org/about/newsroom/2024/mount-sinai-study-finds-folic-acid-may-protect-mothers-and-children-against-liver-damage-from-prenatal-chemical-exposure" on this server.
- [Research Reveals How Fructose in Diet Enhances Tumor Growth](https://healthcarebriefing.com/research-reveals-how-fructose-in-diet-enhances-tumor-growth/): Fructose consumption has increased considerably over the past five decades, largely due to the widespread use of high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener in beverages and ultra-processed foods.
- [Study: Even Low Levels of Arsenic in Drinking Water Raise Kidney Cancer Risk](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-even-low-levels-of-arsenic-in-drinking-water-raise-kidney-cancer-risk/): Arsenic occurs naturally and is found in groundwater in Texas and elsewhere.
- [Pharmacological Action Term Mapping](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pharmacological-action-term-mapping/): Searches in All Fields [all] for terms matching a Pharmacological Action now follow PubMed syntax rules for Automatic Term Mapping (ATM).
- [Research Shows Promise to Alleviate Gut Health Issues Caused by a High-Sugar Diet](https://healthcarebriefing.com/research-shows-promise-to-alleviate-gut-health-issues-caused-by-a-high-sugar-diet/): New research shows that a key regulatory enzyme inhibitor discovered in the laboratory of Bruce Hammock, Ph.D.
- [Researchers Develop Novel Framework Leveraging Multi-omics Data to Advance Environmental Precision Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/researchers-develop-novel-framework-leveraging-multi-omics-data-to-advance-environmental-precision-health/): The novel framework integrates multi-omics data to discover biomarkers of environmental disease, improve insights on mechanisms of environment-related diseases, and identify individuals at high-risk of disease development.
- [NIH Investigates Influences of Environmental Exposures on Type 2 Diabetes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-investigates-influences-of-environmental-exposures-on-type-2-diabetes/): The new study will look at how environmental exposures can affect risk for type 2 diabetes and related complications in the U.S.
- [Filters Interface Improvements](https://healthcarebriefing.com/filters-interface-improvements/): The PubMed filters interface on the search results page will soon be updated to provide a more intuitive, user-friendly experience.
- [Two New Medical Tests Added to MedlinePlus](https://healthcarebriefing.com/two-new-medical-tests-added-to-medlineplus/): This test measures a protein, calprotectin, in your stool (poop). High levels are a sign of inflammation in your intestines that may cause severe diarrhea.
- [Study Finds Forever Chemicals Are More Toxic As Mixtures](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-finds-forever-chemicals-are-more-toxic-as-mixtures/): A first-of-its-kind study has measured the toxicity of several types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), better known as “forever chemicals,” when mixed together in the environment and in the human body.
- [‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked to Poor Sleep Among Young Adults in First-of-its-kind Study](https://healthcarebriefing.com/forever-chemicals-linked-to-poor-sleep-among-young-adults-in-first-of-its-kind-study/): High levels of four types of PFAS showed effects on sleep, with related genes identified for the first time, through Keck School of Medicine of USC research.
- [Common Consumer Product Chemicals Now Tied to Cardiac Electrical Changes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/common-consumer-product-chemicals-now-tied-to-cardiac-electrical-changes/): Environmental phenols are found in a wide range of common consumer products.
- [Girls May Start Puberty Early Due to Chemical Exposure](https://healthcarebriefing.com/girls-may-start-puberty-early-due-to-chemical-exposure/): Girls exposed to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may be more likely to start puberty early, according to new research published in Endocrinology, the flagship basic science journal of the Endocrine Society.
- [Pesticide Exposure Linked to Stillbirth Risk in New Study](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pesticide-exposure-linked-to-stillbirth-risk-in-new-study/): Increased rates of stillborn births were seen among people who lived near areas where pesticides were used during their first trimester of pregnancy or pre-conception.
- [With Kids at Risk, Parents Need Better Wildfire Smoke Warnings](https://healthcarebriefing.com/with-kids-at-risk-parents-need-better-wildfire-smoke-warnings/): Air pollution infographics currently used by U.S.
- [Microbes Found to Destroy Certain ‘Forever Chemicals’](https://healthcarebriefing.com/microbes-found-to-destroy-certain-forever-chemicals/): A UC Riverside environmental engineering team has discovered specific bacterial species that can destroy certain kinds of “forever chemicals,” a step further toward low-cost treatments of contaminated drinking water sources.
- [First Study to Measure Toxic Metals in Tampons Shows Arsenic and Lead, Among Other Contaminants](https://healthcarebriefing.com/first-study-to-measure-toxic-metals-in-tampons-shows-arsenic-and-lead-among-other-contaminants/): Additional authors include: Kristen Upson of the College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; Milo Gordon, Vivian Do, Olgica Balac, and Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; and Khue Nguyen and Beizhan Yan of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
- [New Model Could Help Provide Expectant Mothers a Clearer Path to Safe Fish Consumption](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-model-could-help-provide-expectant-mothers-a-clearer-path-to-safe-fish-consumption/): Fish consumption during pregnancy is a complex scientific topic.
- [Related Citation Links in Search Results](https://healthcarebriefing.com/related-citation-links-in-search-results/): PubMed Update: Related Citation Links in Search Results. NLM Tech Bull. 2024 May-Jun;(458):e6.
- [Wildcard Search Improvements](https://healthcarebriefing.com/wildcard-search-improvements/): PubMed search syntax now supports expanded use of the asterisk (*) wildcard character.
- [Irregular Periods Linked With Increased Risk for Cardiometabolic Conditions](https://healthcarebriefing.com/irregular-periods-linked-with-increased-risk-for-cardiometabolic-conditions/): May 23, 2024—Having persistently irregular menstrual cycles appears to put women at heightened risk for cardiometabolic conditions including heart attack, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes, according to a large study from the Apple Women’s Health Study (AWHS).
- [NIH Invites Press to Discuss New Investments in RNA Research](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-invites-press-to-discuss-new-investments-in-rna-research/): Media are invited to attend an expert panel discussion on current and future investments in RNA research.
- [Biden-Harris Administration Reports Significant Progress Toward Protecting Children From Lead Poisoning](https://healthcarebriefing.com/biden-harris-administration-reports-significant-progress-toward-protecting-children-from-lead-poisoning/): You don't have permission to access "http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/05/09/biden-harris-administration-reports-significant-progress-protecting-children-lead-poisoning.html" on this server.
- [Exposure to Wildfire Smoke During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Preterm Birth](https://healthcarebriefing.com/exposure-to-wildfire-smoke-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-preterm-birth/): Additional authors include: ShihMing Huang, Frederick Lurmann, Nathan Pavlovic, Shih Ying Chang, and Anondo Mukherjee, from Sonoma Technology, Inc.; Dana E.
- [Microplastics, Algal Blooms, Seafood Safety Are Public Health Concerns Addressed by New Oceans and Human Health Centers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/microplastics-algal-blooms-seafood-safety-are-public-health-concerns-addressed-by-new-oceans-and-human-health-centers/): To address plastics and other problems that could affect human health, NIH and the U.S.
- [$3.8M Grant Will Fund Study of Firefighter Risks, Interventions in Wildland-urban Blazes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/3-8m-grant-will-fund-study-of-firefighter-risks-interventions-in-wildland-urban-blazes/): Researchers from the Zuckerman College of Public Health, working with fire service partners, will explore the health effects of fire exposure in the unique burn space of the wildland-urban interface.
- [Filters and Digital Health Program Reduced Participants' Arsenic Levels by Nearly Half in American Indian Households Relying on Well Water](https://healthcarebriefing.com/filters-and-digital-health-program-reduced-participants-arsenic-levels-by-nearly-half-in-american-indian-households-relying-on-well-water/): A community-led water-testing project made up of households that rely on private well water with high arsenic levels saw on average a 47 percent drop in participants’ urinary arsenic levels after filters were installed and a digital health program was implemented, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
- [Study: Trees, Bushes Near Highways Can Significantly Reduce Air Pollution](https://healthcarebriefing.com/study-trees-bushes-near-highways-can-significantly-reduce-air-pollution/): Associate Professor Roby Greenwald of the Georgia State University School of Public Health and Master of Public Health student Nadia Alhadidi demonstrate the air quality monitoring equipment that was used to assess the role that trees and bushes play in reducing air pollution near highways.
- [Wildfires Linked to Surge in Mental Health-related Emergency Department Visits, Study Shows](https://healthcarebriefing.com/wildfires-linked-to-surge-in-mental-health-related-emergency-department-visits-study-shows/): An Emory University study published Feb.
- [Usability improvement: Links now underlined on mouseover](https://healthcarebriefing.com/usability-improvement-links-now-underlined-on-mouseover/): The .gov means it’s official.
- [Radon-associated Cardiovascular Risks Highlight Need for Household Testing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/radon-associated-cardiovascular-risks-highlight-need-for-household-testing/): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill utilizes numerous security controls.
- [Reduced Blood Lead Levels Linked to Lower Blood Pressure in American Indians](https://healthcarebriefing.com/reduced-blood-lead-levels-linked-to-lower-blood-pressure-in-american-indians/): Researchers have linked a decade-long decline in the blood lead levels of American Indian adults to long-term cardiovascular health benefits, including reduced blood pressure levels and a reduction in a marker associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and heart failure.
- [Largest Study of Its Kind Suggests Physical Activity Reduces a Woman’s Risk of Developing Breast Cancer Before Menopause](https://healthcarebriefing.com/largest-study-of-its-kind-suggests-physical-activity-reduces-a-womans-risk-of-developing-breast-cancer-before-menopause/): Regular leisure time physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women before menopause, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now.
- [WHO unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker in Russia](https://healthcarebriefing.com/who-unsure-what-caused-pneumonia-that-killed-plague-lab-worker-in-russia/): Bengaluru: The World Health Organization said on Saturday that it still does not know what caused the pneumonia that killed a Russian lab worker at an anti-plague research center in Siberia this month, and that no case of plague had been registered.
- [Doctors find new scan better at detecting ovarian cancer spread](https://healthcarebriefing.com/doctors-find-new-scan-better-at-detecting-ovarian-cancer-spread/): Bengaluru: A group of Bengaluru doctors has found that a newer PET scan using a tracer called Fibroblast Activation Protein Inhibitor (FAPI) can detect the spread of ovarian cancer inside the abdomen more accurately than conventional contrast-enhanced CT scans.
- [Americans trust science more than peers around the world, survey shows](https://healthcarebriefing.com/americans-trust-science-more-than-peers-around-the-world-survey-shows/): Americans have more trust in science than most of the rest of the world, according to a new survey of people in 140 countries, a finding that may seem difficult to explain in a country deeply divided by issues such as the benefits and harms of vaccines.
- [World Mental Health Day: The toll of endless scrolling on young minds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/world-mental-health-day-the-toll-of-endless-scrolling-on-young-minds/): Mumbai: For most, the day begins with checking the phone.
- [After drugs, demand grows for capping Med device markups](https://healthcarebriefing.com/after-drugs-demand-grows-for-capping-med-device-markups/): Mumbai: A day after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) approved a cap on the markup of anti-cancer drugs at 30 per cent of their MRP, the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AiMeD) has pushed for a similar measure to rationalise markup on medical devices.
- [Prolonged sitting may raise blood clot risk in young people: Experts](https://healthcarebriefing.com/prolonged-sitting-may-raise-blood-clot-risk-in-young-people-experts/): New Delhi: Prolonged sitting while gaming, binge-watching OTT content or attending online classes may increase the risk of blood clots in the legs among young people, vascular specialists have warned, citing evidence linking sedentary behaviour to a higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).
- [UP rolls out single shot iron injection to fight anaemia-linked maternal deaths](https://healthcarebriefing.com/up-rolls-out-single-shot-iron-injection-to-fight-anaemia-linked-maternal-deaths/): Lucknow: Strengthening efforts to cut preventable maternal and newborn deaths, the Uttar Pradesh health department has rolled out one-shot iron injections to tackle anaemia among pregnant women.
- [US measles cases rise to 4,080, CDC says](https://healthcarebriefing.com/us-measles-cases-rise-to-4080-cdc-says/): Bengaluru: The US CDC on Friday reported 4,080 confirmed measles cases in the country as of October 8, up 193 from a week earlier.
- [Blindness treatment based on Nobel-winning research shows promise](https://healthcarebriefing.com/blindness-treatment-based-on-nobel-winning-research-shows-promise/): New York: Patients with blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa who received a treatment based on research that won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine had their ability to detect objects restored in a small trial that demonstrated the potential of the novel approach.
- [TRrexBio’s IPO Bags $116M to Bring the Immune System Back Into Balance](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trrexbios-ipo-bags-116m-to-bring-the-immune-system-back-into-balance/): Immunology research continues to draw investment for new ways to suppress excessive immune responses.
- [STAT+: Pharma’s free lunches for doctors boost inappropriate prescribing, analysis finds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmas-free-lunches-for-doctors-boost-inappropriate-prescribing-analysis-finds/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [STAT+: Life Biosciences share glaucoma study updates for its cellular reprogramming drug](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-life-biosciences-share-glaucoma-study-updates-for-its-cellular-reprogramming-drug/): Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77.
- [STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-up-and-down-the-ladder-the-latest-comings-and-goings/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [What Life Sciences Commercial Teams Can Learn from Digital Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/what-life-sciences-commercial-teams-can-learn-from-digital-health/): A cursory glance across job descriptions at most major pharmaceutical companies will, if one is being unkind, look essentially identical to the 2010s: the same divisional divide of analytics, field, launch, CRM, and content, to name just a few, with essential requirements listing a relevant degree and a set number of years in the subdivision.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a setback for Argenx, Lilly suits over copycat versions of an obesity drug, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-a-setback-for-argenx-lilly-suits-over-copycat-versions-of-an-obesity-drug-and-more/): And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes?
- [Humana soars, Alignment plummets in 2027 Medicare Advantage star ratings](https://healthcarebriefing.com/humana-soars-alignment-plummets-in-2027-medicare-advantage-star-ratings/): A Healthcare Dive analysis of highly anticipated stars data shows a mixed bag of winners and losers, though — as expected — the quality scores slipped overall.
- [AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room](https://healthcarebriefing.com/ai-tech-leaders-are-lobbying-trump-health-officials-in-a-government-run-chat-room/): A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and rapid campaign to persuade Americans to use apps and other artificial intelligence-powered tools to manage their healthcare and medical records.
- [The fall of Roe dramatically changed abortion access. This researcher used Reddit to capture how](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-fall-of-roe-dramatically-changed-abortion-access-this-researcher-used-reddit-to-capture-how/): Betsy Pleasants was studying one historic disruption to abortion access when a more seismic one emerged.
- [Startup Arboretum Sprouts, Bringing a Precision Medicine Approach to Common Diseases](https://healthcarebriefing.com/startup-arboretum-sprouts-bringing-a-precision-medicine-approach-to-common-diseases/): The career of Anthony Philippakis has tracked with the evolution of molecular medicine.
- [HHS launches new plan to strengthen vaccine injury research, reporting](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hhs-launches-new-plan-to-strengthen-vaccine-injury-research-reporting/): Spearheaded by vaccine skeptic Robert F.
- [Vitalize Secures $31M To Help Hospitals Manage Labor, Capacity](https://healthcarebriefing.com/vitalize-secures-31m-to-help-hospitals-manage-labor-capacity/): Vitalize, an AI platform that helps hospitals manage labor and capacity, announced Tuesday that it raised $31 million in Series A funding.
- [Healthcare organizations are underprepared for quantum computing threats](https://healthcarebriefing.com/healthcare-organizations-are-underprepared-for-quantum-computing-threats/): Once scientists are able to develop practical quantum computers, the technology could quickly break the encryption methods protecting patient data.
- [STAT+: AI for breast cancer risk prediction goes DTC, regulatory cloud over Utah sandbox, and AI psychosis](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-ai-for-breast-cancer-risk-prediction-goes-dtc-regulatory-cloud-over-utah-sandbox-and-ai-psychosis/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [STAT+: Roche goes beyond licensing in deal with Chinese biotech](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-roche-goes-beyond-licensing-in-deal-with-chinese-biotech/): Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector.
- [Outpatient shift accelerates as hospital margins rebound](https://healthcarebriefing.com/outpatient-shift-accelerates-as-hospital-margins-rebound/): Patient demand and payer pressures have been nudging procedures out of expensive inpatient settings, according to a new report.
- [AI Can Flag Cognitive Decline Earlier — Health Systems Still Own What Happens Next](https://healthcarebriefing.com/ai-can-flag-cognitive-decline-earlier-health-systems-still-own-what-happens-next/): A patient completes a brief cognitive assessment during a routine primary care visit. The result shows a pattern associated with possible impairment.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about PhRMA suing Trump, biotech frustration over tariffs, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-phrma-suing-trump-biotech-frustration-over-tariffs-and-more/): Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is.
- [Medicare penalizes more hospitals for readmissions](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medicare-penalizes-more-hospitals-for-readmissions/): About 80% of hospitals are having their Medicare payments shaved down over high readmission rates this fiscal year, compared with 78% the year prior, according to new CMS data.
- [STAT+: Roche inks drug discovery deal with Chinese biotech, focused on molecular glue medicines](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-roche-inks-drug-discovery-deal-with-chinese-biotech-focused-on-molecular-glue-medicines/): Allison covers what hot startups are getting up to, and who’s financing them.
- [Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix.](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medical-debt-is-crushing-hospital-patients-in-los-angeles-health-officials-may-have-a-fix/): LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.
- [STAT+: Why this startup is taking its AI to predict breast cancer risk directly to patients](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-why-this-startup-is-taking-its-ai-to-predict-breast-cancer-risk-directly-to-patients/): Katie covers the impact of health technology on patients, clinicians, and businesses.
- [Opinion: How CMS plans to fix a major flaw in the 340B drug discount program](https://healthcarebriefing.com/opinion-how-cms-plans-to-fix-a-major-flaw-in-the-340b-drug-discount-program/): Mulligan is the chief economist and chief regulatory officer at HHS.
- [STAT+: Biotech companies are struggling to navigate Trump’s new tariffs](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-biotech-companies-are-struggling-to-navigate-trumps-new-tariffs/): WASHINGTON — A broad tariff on imported pharmaceuticals took effect at the end of September, and some biopharma companies and the industry group that represents them say many are being left in the dark on how to get exemptions.
- [Breast cancer can behave differently in older women. This physician is making more tailored treatments a reality](https://healthcarebriefing.com/breast-cancer-can-behave-differently-in-older-women-this-physician-is-making-more-tailored-treatments-a-reality/): Of all the factors that can increase a person’s risk of breast cancer, age is among the most significant.
- [Telehealth Was Built for Two. Interpreted Care Requires Three](https://healthcarebriefing.com/telehealth-was-built-for-two-interpreted-care-requires-three/): Telehealth was supposed to widen access. For patients who do not speak English, it narrowed access.
- [Trilliant Health: Misaligned Incentives Are Undermining US Healthcare](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trilliant-health-misaligned-incentives-are-undermining-us-healthcare/): The U.S. healthcare system is facing a tragedy of the commons, in which each stakeholder is incentivized to act in their own self-interest.
- [Teladoc Health Adds Contactless Vitals and Ambient AI Scribe to Virtual Visit Platform](https://healthcarebriefing.com/teladoc-health-adds-contactless-vitals-and-ambient-ai-scribe-to-virtual-visit-platform/): Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that it is launching two new AI-powered capabilities built into its Solo smart care platform for hospitals and health systems to be used during virtual visits.
- [STAT+: In small trial, optogenetics restores some vision lost to retinitis pigmentosa](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-in-small-trial-optogenetics-restores-some-vision-lost-to-retinitis-pigmentosa/): Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between.
- [Healthleap Raises $38M for Clinical AI Screening Platform Targeting Overlooked Inpatient Conditions](https://healthcarebriefing.com/healthleap-raises-38m-for-clinical-ai-screening-platform-targeting-overlooked-inpatient-conditions/): Clinical artificial intelligence platform Healthleap announced that it has raised $38M in combined seed and Series A financing backed by Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital, and Hummingbird Ventures (consisting of an $8M seed round co-led by Sequoia and First Round and a $30M Series A led by Hummingbird).
- [Caribou Bio’s Journey With Off-the-Shelf Cell Therapy Reaches the End of the Road](https://healthcarebriefing.com/caribou-bios-journey-with-off-the-shelf-cell-therapy-reaches-the-end-of-the-road/): Caribou Biosciences has an off-the-shelf cell therapy with encouraging clinical data to date and agreement with the FDA on the design of a pivotal study in advanced cases of a difficult-to-treat blood cancer.
- [STAT+: PhRMA sues over Trump policy mandating lower drug prices in Medicare](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-phrma-sues-over-trump-policy-mandating-lower-drug-prices-in-medicare/): John Wilkerson, a Washington correspondent, is the author of D.C. Diagnosis, a twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.
- [Constant Vigilance is the Watchword for Healthcare AI Governance ](https://healthcarebriefing.com/constant-vigilance-is-the-watchword-for-healthcare-ai-governance/): A webinar moderated by MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar delved into findings of the recently published Healthcare AI Readiness Index.
- [STAT+: Merck suffers a setback in Europe over its new Keytruda formulation](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-merck-suffers-a-setback-in-europe-over-its-new-keytruda-formulation/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [STAT+: Forbion raises $2.6 billion, its largest fundraise to date](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-forbion-raises-2-6-billion-its-largest-fundraise-to-date/): Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector.
- [PBM Transparency Is Still Too Opaque — How Can Employers Rein In Drug Costs?](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pbm-transparency-is-still-too-opaque-how-can-employers-rein-in-drug-costs/): Healthcare premiums are expected to jump another 9% in 2027. The cost of care is reaching a point where some are forgoing health insurance entirely.
- [STAT+: Why health AI pilots in Utah may be on a collision course with the FDA](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-why-health-ai-pilots-in-utah-may-be-on-a-collision-course-with-the-fda/): Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter.
- [Teladoc Health Unveils SoloVitals and SoloScribe: AI-Powered Contactless Biometrics and Enterprise Documentation](https://healthcarebriefing.com/teladoc-health-unveils-solovitals-and-soloscribe-ai-powered-contactless-biometrics-and-enterprise-documentation/): Enterprise virtual care leader Teladoc Health launches two native AI-powered capabilities integrated directly into its enterprise smart care platform, Solo: SoloVitals and SoloScribe.
- [From Distributor to Disruptor: Amazon’s Healthcare Flex](https://healthcarebriefing.com/from-distributor-to-disruptor-amazons-healthcare-flex/): Could this be Big Tech’s ultimate healthcare flex?
- [Texas attorney general investigates UnitedHealth over care denials](https://healthcarebriefing.com/texas-attorney-general-investigates-unitedhealth-over-care-denials/): Ken Paxton is on the hunt for evidence that UnitedHealth is breaking the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other Texas laws, citing “alarming reports” of denied care.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about WHO obesity guidelines for kids, DOJ targeting pharma, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-who-obesity-guidelines-for-kids-doj-targeting-pharma-and-more/): Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week.
- [Highmark Health taps Karen Hanlon as CEO](https://healthcarebriefing.com/highmark-health-taps-karen-hanlon-as-ceo/): Hanlon, who has worked in a variety of leadership roles at Highmark during nearly three decades with the company, will be the organization’s first-ever woman CEO.
- [STAT+: Justice Department targets drugmakers in new directive on combating white-collar fraud](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-justice-department-targets-drugmakers-in-new-directive-on-combating-white-collar-fraud/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [A health insurance agency’s journey from pilot to full-time voice AI agent](https://healthcarebriefing.com/a-health-insurance-agencys-journey-from-pilot-to-full-time-voice-ai-agent/): After struggling with high call volume — especially during Medicare open enrollment — eHealth turned to voice AI agents for help.
- [2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for ‘mirror image’ molecule research, with impact on pharmacology](https://healthcarebriefing.com/2026-nobel-prize-in-chemistry-awarded-for-mirror-image-molecule-research-with-impact-on-pharmacology/): Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for discovering how to manipulate “mirror image” molecules, paving the way for manufacturing more precise and safer drugs.
- [STAT+: In Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a promising therapy is available to a fortunate few](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-in-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-a-promising-therapy-is-available-to-a-fortunate-few/): There’s a boy like you in Minnesota, Yannick’s mom told him a few years ago. He has the same disease. He has the same kind of smile. Maybe you could talk?
- [Health Systems Can’t Optimize What They Can’t See: TeleTracking on Ambulatory Capacity, Leakage, and Operational AI](https://healthcarebriefing.com/health-systems-cant-optimize-what-they-cant-see-teletracking-on-ambulatory-capacity-leakage-and-operational-ai/): For decades, health systems have invested in creating operational visibility inside the hospital.
- [Cybersecurity Experts to Hospital Leaders: Think Beyond Traditional Disaster-Recovery Planning](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cybersecurity-experts-to-hospital-leaders-think-beyond-traditional-disaster-recovery-planning/): As healthcare organizations increasingly lean on connected technology, hospital leaders need to think beyond traditional disaster-recovery planning and prepare for prolonged technology outages.
- [FTC Sends Warning Letters to 24 Healthcare Organizations Over Price Transparency](https://healthcarebriefing.com/ftc-sends-warning-letters-to-24-healthcare-organizations-over-price-transparency/): The Federal Trade Commission sent warning letters to 24 of the “nation’s largest” healthcare services companies, citing concerns that they may be failing to provide transparent price information.
- [Forbion Bucks VC Fundraising Trends, Reeling In €2.3B for Two New Funds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/forbion-bucks-vc-fundraising-trends-reeling-in-e2-3b-for-two-new-funds/): Forbion, already one of Europe’s largest life sciences venture capital firms, now has more investment firepower with €2.3 billion (about $2.6 billion) raised for two new funds.
- [Vitalize Raises $31M to Scale Real-Time Hospital Workforce and Capacity AI](https://healthcarebriefing.com/vitalize-raises-31m-to-scale-real-time-hospital-workforce-and-capacity-ai/)
- [STAT+: AstraZeneca opens new Boston site ](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-astrazeneca-opens-new-boston-site/): Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector.
- [STAT+: Are stem cell treatments about to have their day?](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-are-stem-cell-treatments-about-to-have-their-day/): John writes about the politics of health care, and he is the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter.
- [STAT+: FDA spells out 2027 AI guidance plans](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-fda-spells-out-2027-ai-guidance-plans/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about U.S.-funded psychedelic trials, an AstraZeneca R&D center, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-u-s-funded-psychedelic-trials-an-astrazeneca-rd-center-and-more/): Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way.
- [Perimenopause Anxiety: Sometimes It’s a Progesterone Deficiency](https://healthcarebriefing.com/perimenopause-anxiety-sometimes-its-a-progesterone-deficiency/): When women suddenly start feeling anxious in their 40s, the conversation needs to shift from serotonin and estrogen to understanding what’s happening to their progesterone levels.
- [MedTech VC 2026: The Real Story vs. The Thesis](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medtech-vc-2026-the-real-story-vs-the-thesis/): One thing I love about investing is that the best research often disproves your own assumptions.
- [Hidden Risks and Costs of Maternal/Infant Health that Health Plans Miss](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hidden-risks-and-costs-of-maternal-infant-health-that-health-plans-miss/): Pregnancy and neonatal care are complex healthcare journeys requiring specialized insight to address and navigate the unique challenges involved.
- [Witnessing the Failed Execution of Christa Pike: ‘We Could All Hear Her Breathing’](https://healthcarebriefing.com/witnessing-the-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-we-could-all-hear-her-breathing/): On Sept. 30, I was one of the seven media witnesses who observed Tennessee fail to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike, the first woman to face the death penalty in the state in almost 200 years.
- [Before Saying Yes to the Medical Test, Know the Risks and Benefits](https://healthcarebriefing.com/before-saying-yes-to-the-medical-test-know-the-risks-and-benefits/): When Lori Baute first learned about precautionary full-body MRI scans, she dismissed the idea.
- [Opinion: I’m a doctor. Here’s what I want the public to know about AI tools and health care costs](https://healthcarebriefing.com/opinion-im-a-doctor-heres-what-i-want-the-public-to-know-about-ai-tools-and-health-care-costs/): When Blue Cross Blue Shield recently published research suggesting that hospitals use artificial intelligence tools to extract more money from insurers without providing additional care, people were mad.
- [Equitable Care Depends on Intelligent Infrastructure: Actuarial AI and Value-Based Risk Contracts](https://healthcarebriefing.com/equitable-care-depends-on-intelligent-infrastructure-actuarial-ai-and-value-based-risk-contracts/): Equitable access to health care is more than just about geographical coverage.
- [Investing in Community Health: A New Model for Safety-Net Healthcare Innovation](https://healthcarebriefing.com/investing-in-community-health-a-new-model-for-safety-net-healthcare-innovation/): Community health centers (CHCs) are one of healthcare’s most important yet overlooked care delivery establishments.
- [Shionogi Adds to Its Rare Disease Strategy With $2B IntraBio Acquisition](https://healthcarebriefing.com/shionogi-adds-to-its-rare-disease-strategy-with-2b-intrabio-acquisition/): The growth strategy of Shionogi & Co.
- [STAT+: Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-nobel-winning-optogenetics-research-has-led-to-experimental-treatments-for-blindness-and-alzheimers/): Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is focused on boys’ and men’s health: She looks into reproductive health, trending treatments, screening approaches, mental health, and everything in between.
- [Trump Administration Announces $90 Payments to Help Cover Medicare Part B Premiums](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trump-administration-announces-90-payments-to-help-cover-medicare-part-b-premiums/): On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that the federal government is making one-time payments of $90 per person for more than 20 million people to help them pay for Medicare Part B premiums.
- [STAT+: New Trump regulations would clean up health care pricing disclosures](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-new-trump-regulations-would-clean-up-health-care-pricing-disclosures/): Bob Herman is the author of Health Care Inc., an award-winning weekly newsletter about the business of health and medicine.
- [Vocca Raises $20M for Specialty-Specific AI Phone Agents Handle 1M+ Monthly Patient Calls](https://healthcarebriefing.com/vocca-raises-20m-for-specialty-specific-ai-phone-agents-handle-1m-monthly-patient-calls/): Healthcare conversational AI platform Vocca secures $20M Series A funding round led by Norrsken VC, bringing total cumulative funding to $25M.
- [STAT+: Prices, prices, prices](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-prices-prices-prices/): Bob covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals.
- [Bain & Bessemer 2026 Scorecard Reveals Healthcare AI Delivers 3.5x ROI in 12 Months](https://healthcarebriefing.com/bain-bessemer-2026-scorecard-reveals-healthcare-ai-delivers-3-5x-roi-in-12-months/): Bessemer Venture Partners and Bain & Company published their joint benchmark report, The 2026 Healthcare AI ROI Scorecard, surveying 226 healthcare C-suite executives across 65 discrete use cases spanning health systems, commercial payers, and biopharma enterprises.
- [STAT+: Utah plows ahead with more health AI pilots for prescriptions, women’s health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-utah-plows-ahead-with-more-health-ai-pilots-for-prescriptions-womens-health/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [Arcadia Unveils Ascent, CareJourney, and LifeScience to Operationalize Agentic Population Health](https://healthcarebriefing.com/arcadia-unveils-ascent-carejourney-and-lifescience-to-operationalize-agentic-population-health/): Healthcare data platform Arcadia announced a major product portfolio restructuring during its annual customer conference, Aggregate, introducing three core solutions: Arcadia Ascent™, Arcadia CareJourney™, and Arcadia LifeScience.
- [The Biggest Healthcare Fix Might Not Come From a Vendor](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-biggest-healthcare-fix-might-not-come-from-a-vendor/): Healthcare has one recurring diagnosis when it comes to software: the people who see the problem most clearly are almost never the ones allowed to fix it.
- [Strengthening Dental Payment Integrity Through Smarter Claim Editing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/strengthening-dental-payment-integrity-through-smarter-claim-editing/): Fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) continue to challenge dental plans as overtreatment, miscoding and inappropriate billing practices drive unnecessary costs and weaken payment integrity.
- [2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics](https://healthcarebriefing.com/2026-nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-for-brain-research-tool-called-optogenetics/): Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel are the joint recipients of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics,” the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden announced on Monday.
- [Medicare Is More Broken Than We Thought](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medicare-is-more-broken-than-we-thought/): Note: “An Arm and a Leg” uses speech-recognition software to generate transcripts, which may contain errors.
- [Opinion: Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine?](https://healthcarebriefing.com/opinion-will-claude-ever-win-a-nobel-prize-for-medicine/): On Monday morning, the Nobel Prize for medicine was announced.
- [Clinical Trial Site Selection and AI: Look-Alike Modeling Across Real-World Data and Care Delivery Signals](https://healthcarebriefing.com/clinical-trial-site-selection-and-ai-look-alike-modeling-across-real-world-data-and-care-delivery-signals/): Site selection and enrollment failures are persistent challenges for life sciences organizations.
- [GenAI’s First Steps Toward Measurable Therapeutic Impact in Mental Health: Reviewing the READI Framework](https://healthcarebriefing.com/genais-first-steps-toward-measurable-therapeutic-impact-in-mental-health-reviewing-the-readi-framework/): Over the past two years, generative AI has already shown its value in healthcare documentation and workflow support.
- [From Documentation to Decision-Making: How Technology Supports Modern Healthcare](https://healthcarebriefing.com/from-documentation-to-decision-making-how-technology-supports-modern-healthcare/): Healthcare has always run on two things at once: the care a clinician gives and the record that care leaves behind.
- [Immunology Startup ai3Bio Aims to Redefine What It Means to Reset the Immune System](https://healthcarebriefing.com/immunology-startup-ai3bio-aims-to-redefine-what-it-means-to-reset-the-immune-system/): Immune reset has become a particularly active area of immunology R&D as companies develop therapies intended to eliminate disease-driving immune cells, enabling the immune system to start anew with cells that don’t attack the body.
- [Trump’s ACA Fraud Crackdown: Experts Urge Going After Bad Actors, Not Patients](https://healthcarebriefing.com/trumps-aca-fraud-crackdown-experts-urge-going-after-bad-actors-not-patients/): Addressing fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare has been a major focus of the Trump Administration, particularly with the creation of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
- [NIH rolling out streamlined website to help public find information more easily](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nih-rolling-out-streamlined-website-to-help-public-find-information-more-easily/): Finding information from the National Institutes of Health about human health, disease, and biomedical research is about to look a lot different.
- [What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee](https://healthcarebriefing.com/what-its-like-to-wait-for-the-call-from-the-nobel-prize-committee/): Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.
- [Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups](https://healthcarebriefing.com/patient-dies-by-suicide-after-insurance-issue-delayed-medicine-for-lung-disease-flare-ups/): KYLE, Texas — Kenney Blewett was diagnosed with lung disease more than a decade ago but started experiencing flare-ups this year that made him feel like he couldn’t breathe.
- [STAT+: NIH awarded all its grant funding, but delayed and opaque decisions stymied researchers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-nih-awarded-all-its-grant-funding-but-delayed-and-opaque-decisions-stymied-researchers/): A STAT analysis of National Institutes of Health spending shows that in the 2026 fiscal year, which ended Wednesday, the agency continued reducing grant awards involving health disparities, race, and ethnicity but made little progress toward other Trump administration priorities, including disbursing funds more evenly across the country and expanding support for early-career scientists.
- [The MAHA Metamorphosis](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-maha-metamorphosis/): [Editor’s note: This transcript was generated using transcription software. It has been edited for style and clarity.]
- [Top journal’s special issue on women’s health casts spotlight on menopause and pain](https://healthcarebriefing.com/top-journals-special-issue-on-womens-health-casts-spotlight-on-menopause-and-pain/): Ovulation. Endometriosis. And especially: menopause.
- [STAT+: A major insurer on how it may replicate Medicare’s chronic-care experiment](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-a-major-insurer-on-how-it-may-replicate-medicares-chronic-care-experiment/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [Hospitals Have a Little-Known Tool To Prevent Medical Debt. Here’s How It Works.](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hospitals-have-a-little-known-tool-to-prevent-medical-debt-heres-how-it-works/): If you have medical debt, there’s a good chance you owe money to a hospital.
- [Opinion: Claude analyzed my genome in 30 minutes. Now we need standards for the results](https://healthcarebriefing.com/opinion-claude-analyzed-my-genome-in-30-minutes-now-we-need-standards-for-the-results/): Unpacking from vacation a couple months back, I decided to give artificial intelligence a task.
- [How consumer tech company Whoop is building for Medicare patients](https://healthcarebriefing.com/how-consumer-tech-company-whoop-is-building-for-medicare-patients/): Whoop has never been known for marketing to an older population.
- [Healthleap Raises $38M to Expand AI Screening for Overlooked Conditions in Hospitalized Patients](https://healthcarebriefing.com/healthleap-raises-38m-to-expand-ai-screening-for-overlooked-conditions-in-hospitalized-patients/): Health systems are under pressure to improve patient outcomes while managing staffing shortages and rising costs.
- [Centene joins insurers waiving prior authorizations for top providers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/centene-joins-insurers-waiving-prior-authorizations-for-top-providers/): Centene is the latest insurer to adopt a gold card program as states and the Trump administration push for prior authorization reform.
- [MultiCare, Samaritan combination to close in November](https://healthcarebriefing.com/multicare-samaritan-combination-to-close-in-november/): The nonprofits will merge on Nov. 1 after securing approval from state regulators, the systems announced this week.
- [CVS to pay $315M to settle opioid prescribing allegations](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cvs-to-pay-315m-to-settle-opioid-prescribing-allegations/): Prosecutors say the company filled unnecessary prescriptions that fueled the opioid epidemic.
- [Zocdoc Acquires Sohar Health: Expanding Care Access Infrastructure and Automated Insurance Verification](https://healthcarebriefing.com/zocdoc-acquires-sohar-health-expanding-care-access-infrastructure-and-automated-insurance-verification/): Healthcare scheduling and access infrastructure leader Zocdoc announced that it has officially acquired Sohar Health, an automated insurance benefits eligibility and discovery technology company (the transaction closed on October 2, 2026).
- [Labcorp Partners with Thrive Global to Launch Thrive 5 Health Test: ApoB, hs-CRP, and HbA1c Paired with Behavior Change](https://healthcarebriefing.com/labcorp-partners-with-thrive-global-to-launch-thrive-5-health-test-apob-hs-crp-and-hba1c-paired-with-behavior-change/): Diagnostic laboratory provider Labcorp announced the commercial launch of the Thrive 5 Health Test, representing the first diagnostic lab panel offered in strategic collaboration with Arianna Huffington’s behavior change technology enterprise, Thrive Global.
- [Peterson Health Technology Institute Report: Driving Adoption of High-Value AI in Healthcare Across Evidence, Coverage, and Payment](https://healthcarebriefing.com/peterson-health-technology-institute-report-driving-adoption-of-high-value-ai-in-healthcare-across-evidence-coverage-and-payment/): The Peterson Health Technology Institute (PHTI) released a major national market report, titled Driving Adoption of High-Value AI in Healthcare, authored under the direction of Executive Director Caroline Pearson.
- [STAT+: FDA adcomm members’ ties to industry under scrutiny](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-fda-adcomm-members-ties-to-industry-under-scrutiny/): Elaine’s stories explore the boom in new obesity treatments, new drug payment models, the ways companies are affected by FDA changes, and the emerging psychedelics drug sector.
- [Hospitals Can No Longer Afford to Manage Revenue Cycle After the Fact](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hospitals-can-no-longer-afford-to-manage-revenue-cycle-after-the-fact/): For years, hospital finance teams have run revenue cycle on a familiar loop: a claim goes out, a claim comes back denied or underpaid, and staff spend the next several weeks working it back.
- [Pharma’s Billion-Dollar AI Bets May Be Chasing the Wrong Advantage](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pharmas-billion-dollar-ai-bets-may-be-chasing-the-wrong-advantage/): 2026 will be remembered as the year pharma went all in on AI.
- [Why Agentic AI Works in Hospitals When You Strip It Down](https://healthcarebriefing.com/why-agentic-ai-works-in-hospitals-when-you-strip-it-down/): Imagine an agentic AI solution that plans and executes multi-step tasks like triaging referrals, drafting notes, flagging deteriorating patients, and surfacing care recommendations.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Sanofi settling an EU antitrust probe, ‘pharma bro’ Shkreli, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-sanofi-settling-an-eu-antitrust-probe-pharma-bro-shkreli-and-more/): Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week.
- [STAT+: The startup chasing ‘general biological intelligence’](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-the-startup-chasing-general-biological-intelligence/): Brittany Trang, Ph.D., covers AI in health and medicine: Does it actually work? Who benefits, or might be harmed? She writes the weekly AI Prognosis newsletter.
- [FDA Launches Rare Disease Framework Initiative to Modernize Small-Cohort Trial Design](https://healthcarebriefing.com/fda-launches-rare-disease-framework-initiative-to-modernize-small-cohort-trial-design/): The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an operating division of the U.S.
- [Verily Health Awarded CDC Contract for National Wastewater Surveillance System: Scaling Genomic and Metagenomic Public Health Analytics](https://healthcarebriefing.com/verily-health-awarded-cdc-contract-for-national-wastewater-surveillance-system-scaling-genomic-and-metagenomic-public-health-analytics/): Healthcare data intelligence leader Verily Health Inc.
- [Mental health patients report year-long waits to access care:  Amaha Report](https://healthcarebriefing.com/mental-health-patients-report-year-long-waits-to-access-care-amaha-report/): Mumbai: More than half of the people accessed mental healthcare said they waited a year before seeking treatment, according to Amaha’s Mental Health Report 2026.
- [STAT+: Sanofi avoids fine as EU accepts offer to end antitrust probe over disparaging rival vaccine](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-sanofi-avoids-fine-as-eu-accepts-offer-to-end-antitrust-probe-over-disparaging-rival-vaccine/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [The missing mammograms: why India must rethink breast cancer care](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-missing-mammograms-why-india-must-rethink-breast-cancer-care/): Each year about 237,000 Indian women are diagnosed with breast cancer and about 96,000 die of it (GLOBOCAN 2024): roughly four in every ten, against about one in six in North America.
- [Innovation Isn't Enough: Hospital Leaders on What It Takes to Scale MedTech Beyond the Pilot](https://healthcarebriefing.com/innovation-isnt-enough-hospital-leaders-on-what-it-takes-to-scale-medtech-beyond-the-pilot/): New Delhi: When we talk about healthcare technology, the conversation often begins with an innovative device, artificial intelligence or the latest digital advancement.
- [PB Health opens first hospital in Gurugram](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pb-health-opens-first-hospital-in-gurugram/): New Delhi: PB Health, backed by PB Fintech Limited, the holding company of Policy Bazaar has launched its first hospital in Gurugram.
- [Over 1,000 MBBS seats in govt colleges open up too late for higher scorers](https://healthcarebriefing.com/over-1000-mbbs-seats-in-govt-colleges-open-up-too-late-for-higher-scorers/): Chennai: More than 2,000 MBBS seats, including more than 1,000 in govt colleges across India and 100 state-run colleges, will go to the stray round because counselling rules let students block seats they never intended to take.
- [Maharashtra to launch air ambulance service on 3 highways from New Year](https://healthcarebriefing.com/maharashtra-to-launch-air-ambulance-service-on-3-highways-from-new-year/): Pune: The state govt plans to launch an emergency air ambulance service on three major highways from early next year to ensure faster medical assistance to accident victims, transport minister Pratap Sarnaik said on Tuesday.
- [Delhi High Court seeks FSSAI, Centre's response on sale of non-dairy products as paneer](https://healthcarebriefing.com/delhi-high-court-seeks-fssai-centres-response-on-sale-of-non-dairy-products-as-paneer/): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Centre and the Delhi government over a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that non-dairy substitutes are being sold as paneer without consumers being informed about their ingredients.
- [Cancer drug worth over Rs 9 lakh missing from Delhi hospital; probe ordered](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cancer-drug-worth-over-rs-9-lakh-missing-from-delhi-hospital-probe-ordered/): New Delhi: Four boxes containing injections of a cancer drug went missing from the Delhi State Cancer Institute in east Delhi's Dilshad Garden, prompting the registration of an FIR, police said on Tuesday.
- [California’s Billionaire Tax Promises Healthcare Relief. The Fine Print Is Murkier.](https://healthcarebriefing.com/californias-billionaire-tax-promises-healthcare-relief-the-fine-print-is-murkier/): The pitch behind California’s billionaire tax proposal is simple: Tax the richest residents in the nation’s wealthiest state to offset steep federal cuts to healthcare, food assistance, and education.
- [Aging Life Care Managers Can Be a ‘Godsend’ for Families](https://healthcarebriefing.com/aging-life-care-managers-can-be-a-godsend-for-families/): Kristin Martinelli began her workday at 7:30 a.m.
- [STAT+: Lobbyists and trade groups fight to shape how states regulate medical AI](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-lobbyists-and-trade-groups-fight-to-shape-how-states-regulate-medical-ai/): Influential lobbying groups for doctors and hospitals, a health insurer, technology companies, and representatives from state governments met behind closed doors in Washington, D.C., in early October to develop guidelines for how to regulate artificial intelligence in the practice of medicine.
- [Magnet Hospitals launches campaign to highlight emergency nurses’ role](https://healthcarebriefing.com/magnet-hospitals-launches-campaign-to-highlight-emergency-nurses-role/): Bengaluru: Magnet Hospitals has launched the ‘Golden Hour Recognition’ campaign ahead of Emergency Nurses Day in Bengaluru.
- [BPL Technologies acquires majority stake in European firm Medec](https://healthcarebriefing.com/bpl-technologies-acquires-majority-stake-in-european-firm-medec/): Mumbai: BPL Medical Technologies has acquired a majority stake in European medical technology company, Medec.
- [NMC Healthcare founder BR Shetty files $15 billion lawsuit against Bank of Baroda](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nmc-healthcare-founder-br-shetty-files-15-billion-lawsuit-against-bank-of-baroda/): Mumbai: BR Shetty, the founder of NMC Healthcare and UAE Exchange has filed a $15 billion suit against Bank of Baroda (BoB), accusing the PSU lender of colluding with his business group's former executives to siphon off funds that left him facing liabilities on guarantees he said he never signed.
- [CVS settles US Justice Department case over opioid prescriptions for $315 million](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cvs-settles-us-justice-department-case-over-opioid-prescriptions-for-315-million/): CVS Health has agreed to pay $315 million to resolve allegations that the pharmacy chain operator unlawfully filled medically unnecessary prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers, the US Justice Department said on Tuesday.
- [DR Congo Ebola vaccine trial to begin within weeks: WHO](https://healthcarebriefing.com/dr-congo-ebola-vaccine-trial-to-begin-within-weeks-who/): Geneva: The first clinical trial of an Ebola vaccine is expected to begin in the Democratic Republic of Congo by the end of October, World Health Organization experts said Tuesday.
- [Keralam moves to become model for elderly care with landmark Bill](https://healthcarebriefing.com/keralam-moves-to-become-model-for-elderly-care-with-landmark-bill/): Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam on Tuesday sought to set a national precedent in elderly care by introducing a Bill in the Assembly to protect senior citizens from abuse and exploitation, regulate care centres and ensure better access to healthcare and social security.
- [Maharashtra developing state-level 'Living Lab' to improve healthcare quality](https://healthcarebriefing.com/maharashtra-developing-state-level-living-lab-to-improve-healthcare-quality/): Mumbai: Maharashtra is developing a state-level 'Living Lab' to promote healthcare innovation and improve quality standards with a focus on testing solutions based on community needs, officials said.
- [Delhi records 799 dengue, 294 malaria cases so far this year](https://healthcarebriefing.com/delhi-records-799-dengue-294-malaria-cases-so-far-this-year/): New Delhi: Delhi has recorded 799 dengue cases and 294 malaria cases so far this year, with infections rising as the mosquito-borne disease season continues, according to an MCD report.
- [Agilent to buy pathology software maker Proscia for $240 million](https://healthcarebriefing.com/agilent-to-buy-pathology-software-maker-proscia-for-240-million/): Agilent Technologies said on Tuesday it would acquire pathology software maker Proscia for $240 million in cash, plus up to $30 million tied to future performance targets, as the laboratory equipment maker expands its push into AI-enabled diagnostics.
- [Andhra govt to add 22 dialysis centres under PMNDP](https://healthcarebriefing.com/andhra-govt-to-add-22-dialysis-centres-under-pmndp/): Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav on Tuesday said the government would set up 22 additional dialysis centres under the PMNDP, taking the total to 83.
- [CDC to deploy additional support to Pennsylvania to probe measles outbreak](https://healthcarebriefing.com/cdc-to-deploy-additional-support-to-pennsylvania-to-probe-measles-outbreak/): The US CDC said on Tuesday it would deploy additional support to Pennsylvania to help investigate the ongoing measles outbreak, as the state formally requested federal assistance through the agency's Epi-Aid emergency response program.
- [Congo's Ebola infections surpass 9,000, government report shows](https://healthcarebriefing.com/congos-ebola-infections-surpass-9000-government-report-shows/): The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen above 9,000, government data showed on Tuesday, as responders struggle to slow transmission in multiple hotspots.
- [Happy Health’s Cuffless BP Device Wins FDA Clearance](https://healthcarebriefing.com/happy-healths-cuffless-bp-device-wins-fda-clearance/): Blood pressure is typically taken with a cuff wrapped around the arm, providing a reading in one moment in time.
- [Roche Puts Up $100M to Pursue Promising But Competitive New Target in Obesity](https://healthcarebriefing.com/roche-puts-up-100m-to-pursue-promising-but-competitive-new-target-in-obesity/): For Roche to catch up to Eli Lilly and Novo in metabolic medicines, it needs its drugs to offer differentiation from those rivals.
- [STAT+: Many patient, consumer reps on FDA advisory panels have ties to groups funded by pharma, analysis finds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-many-patient-consumer-reps-on-fda-advisory-panels-have-ties-to-groups-funded-by-pharma-analysis-finds-2/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [STAT+: Many patient, consumer reps on FDA advisory panels have ties to groups funded by pharma, analysis finds](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-many-patient-consumer-reps-on-fda-advisory-panels-have-ties-to-groups-funded-by-pharma-analysis-finds/): Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation.
- [Humana enters $2.8B primary care joint venture with BlackRock](https://healthcarebriefing.com/humana-enters-2-8b-primary-care-joint-venture-with-blackrock/): Investment firm BlackRock will acquire a majority stake in nearly 150 senior primary care clinics owned by Humana’s senior healthcare division, CenterWell, the insurer announced Tuesday.
- [Suki raises $90M in Series E round to create AI agents](https://healthcarebriefing.com/suki-raises-90m-in-series-e-round-to-create-ai-agents/): The company says it will use the money to develop AI agents and deepen its relationships with its 30 health technology partners.
- [Agilent to Acquire Proscia for Up to $270M to Build Scientific Intelligence Layer in Digital Pathology](https://healthcarebriefing.com/agilent-to-acquire-proscia-for-up-to-270m-to-build-scientific-intelligence-layer-in-digital-pathology/): Analytical and clinical laboratory technology giant Agilent Technologies Inc.
- [Brellium Raises $23M and Launches CortexLM with a Financial Guarantee Against Payer Clawbacks](https://healthcarebriefing.com/brellium-raises-23m-and-launches-cortexlm-with-a-financial-guarantee-against-payer-clawbacks/): Healthcare clinical compliance and revenue integrity platform Brellium raises $23M in venture financing, co-led by Left Lane Capital and First Round Capital, with participation from Digital Health Venture Partners (and prior backing from Menlo Ventures).
- [Readily Secures $11M for AI-Native Compliance Platform for Healthcare](https://healthcarebriefing.com/readily-secures-11m-for-ai-native-compliance-platform-for-healthcare/): Healthcare AI compliance and enterprise oversight platform Readily announced an $11M Series A funding round led by Define Ventures, with participation from Y Combinator and the California Health Care Foundation Innovation Fund.
- [STAT+: FTC demands Martin Shkreli divest his pharma stocks](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-ftc-demands-martin-shkreli-divest-his-pharma-stocks/): Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77.
- [India's Top Multispeciality Hospital Groups Ranked in 2026 National Survey](https://healthcarebriefing.com/indias-top-multispeciality-hospital-groups-ranked-in-2026-national-survey/): New Delhi, October 2026: Apollo Hospitals has secured the first position and Fortis Healthcare the second in the All-India Top Group of Multispeciality Hospitals – National Group Ranking 2026, conducted as part of the Times Now Hospital Survey 2026.
- [Medicare Policy Shouldn’t Be Made in the Shadows](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medicare-policy-shouldnt-be-made-in-the-shadows/): As a rheumatologist, I treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other complex autoimmune diseases.
- [Alignment sues CMS over 2027 Medicare Advantage star ratings crash](https://healthcarebriefing.com/alignment-sues-cms-over-2027-medicare-advantage-star-ratings-crash/): The lawsuit isn’t a surprise, after Alignment told investors it would take all available actions to improve its quality scores.
- [STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about concerns over a rare disease drug, pharma payments to docs, and more](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-pharmalittle-were-reading-about-concerns-over-a-rare-disease-drug-pharma-payments-to-docs-and-more/): Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way.
- [What Corporate Venture Funds Get Wrong about Strategic Value](https://healthcarebriefing.com/what-corporate-venture-funds-get-wrong-about-strategic-value/): A venture fund’s objective is to invest capital into early-stage companies to fuel growth, increasing the probability that they are acquired or reach public markets.
- [Diverge Health Merges with Medical Home Network: Creating a Premier Value-Based Care Platform for Underserved Communities](https://healthcarebriefing.com/diverge-health-merges-with-medical-home-network-creating-a-premier-value-based-care-platform-for-underserved-communities/): Diverge Health and Medical Home Network (MHN) PBC announced a definitive merger agreement to form one of the nation’s largest value-based care platforms dedicated entirely to safety-net populations and under-resourced communities.
- [STAT+: Takeaways from an evaluation of Google’s diagnostic chatbot, AMIE](https://healthcarebriefing.com/stat-takeaways-from-an-evaluation-of-googles-diagnostic-chatbot-amie/): Mario covers technology in health care, including FDA regulation of artificial intelligence; how Medicare pays for health tech; the use of AI in clinical care; mental health chatbots; and consumer wearables.
- [Mount Sinai Scientists Launch Human Tissue Organoids into Space: SpaceX CRS-35 Investigates Neurological and Cardiovascular Aging](https://healthcarebriefing.com/mount-sinai-scientists-launch-human-tissue-organoids-into-space-spacex-crs-35-investigates-neurological-and-cardiovascular-aging/): Mount Sinai Health System researchers launched bioengineered human brain and cardiovascular tissue models into orbit aboard the SpaceX CRS-35 Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
- [Alcon introduces PanOptix Pro intraocular lens in India](https://healthcarebriefing.com/alcon-introduces-panoptix-pro-intraocular-lens-in-india/): Bengaluru: Alcon announced the launch of Clareon PanOptix Pro intraocular lens (IOL) for cataract patients in India.
- [CureMeAbroad to open 40 experience centres across Australia, US and UK](https://healthcarebriefing.com/curemeabroad-to-open-40-experience-centres-across-australia-us-and-uk/): Pune: AI-led medical tourism platform, CureMeAbroad, has expanded into Australia with a network of experience centres across multiple locations.
- [Early-onset Alzheimer's disease looks very different to late-onset version: Study](https://healthcarebriefing.com/early-onset-alzheimers-disease-looks-very-different-to-late-onset-version-study/): New Delhi: People who developed an early onset of Alzheimer's disease -- before turning 65 -- displayed symptoms and conditions different to those in late-onset Alzheimer's, accumulating a wide range of health problems, particularly during the five years preceding diagnosis, a study has found.
- [UnitedHealth eyes Medicare Advantage opportunities, bolstered by Q3 profit growth](https://healthcarebriefing.com/unitedhealth-eyes-medicare-advantage-opportunities-bolstered-by-q3-profit-growth/): UnitedHealth raised its 2026 earnings guidance and outperformed analyst expectations for the third time this year, suggesting its financial turnaround is sustainable.
- [The Sometimes-Awkward Art of Asking for a Second Opinion](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-sometimes-awkward-art-of-asking-for-a-second-opinion/): When Carol Daniel, a veteran broadcast journalist who lives near St.
- [People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom.](https://healthcarebriefing.com/people-say-these-peptides-hurt-them-their-stories-are-muffled-in-mahas-push-for-medical-freedom/): After the third day of squirting an experimental drug up his nose, Dylan Meetze felt horrible.
- [Karnataka FDA orders hospitals to disclose base price of medicines, med devices on bills](https://healthcarebriefing.com/karnataka-fda-orders-hospitals-to-disclose-base-price-of-medicines-med-devices-on-bills/): Bengaluru: Amid growing calls for transparency in healthcare costs, the Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration has ordered all hospitals, distributors and retailers in the state to display base price (actual procurement cost to hospitals / hospital pharmacies) and Maximum Retail Price (MRP) on all bills for medicines, medical devices and consumables.
- [Keralam govt to probe irregularities in isolation wards built at Rs 1.8 crore each](https://healthcarebriefing.com/keralam-govt-to-probe-irregularities-in-isolation-wards-built-at-rs-1-8-crore-each/): Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Health Minister K Muraleedharan on Monday said an expert team of the department would investigate alleged irregularities in the construction of isolation wards in 88 constituencies in the state after the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [Genomics needs a business model](https://healthcarebriefing.com/genomics-needs-a-business-model/): For years, genomics remained largely confined to research settings and specialised laboratories.
- [Delhi HC refuses immediate relief to PepsiCo over manufacturing with 'energy drink' label](https://healthcarebriefing.com/delhi-hc-refuses-immediate-relief-to-pepsico-over-manufacturing-with-energy-drink-label/): The Delhi High Court on Monday declined to grant PepsiCo permission to continue manufacturing beverages containing the "energy drink" label.
- [Pennsylvania measles death toll rises to six after Franklin County fatality](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pennsylvania-measles-death-toll-rises-to-six-after-franklin-county-fatality/): Pennsylvania's Franklin County reported a measles-associated death on Monday, bringing the state's death toll from the infectious disease to six.
- [FSSAI may amend laws to make online players more accountable](https://healthcarebriefing.com/fssai-may-amend-laws-to-make-online-players-more-accountable/): New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is considering formulating regulations specific to the ecommerce ecosystem, including quick commerce platforms and cloud kitchens, after cracking down on packaged foods and beverages, alcoholic beverages and retail stores, its chief executive Rajit Punhani said.
- [Medical errors cause 52 lakh injuries every year: Government](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medical-errors-cause-52-lakh-injuries-every-year-government/): New Delhi: An estimated 52 lakh injuries occur annually due to medical errors, including medication errors and hospital-acquired infections, according to a health ministry communication that has prompted the National Medical Commission (NMC) to push for stronger patient safety mechanisms in medical colleges and hospitals.
- [Long Covid may impact bacteria in mouth, lungs: Study](https://healthcarebriefing.com/long-covid-may-impact-bacteria-in-mouth-lungs-study/): New Delhi: People with long Covid, where symptoms persist after recovery from an acute Covid-19 infection, may have distinct differences in the mix of bacteria living in their mouths and lungs, research has shown.
- [Rock Health Q3 2026 Market Update: Fifteen Years of Digital Health, $11.1B YTD Funding, and the Rise of AI-Native Platforms](https://healthcarebriefing.com/rock-health-q3-2026-market-update-fifteen-years-of-digital-health-11-1b-ytd-funding-and-the-rise-of-ai-native-platforms/): Venture fund and digital health advisory firm Rock Health published its Q3 2026 Market Update in October 2026, titled Q3 2026 Market Update: Crystallizing Fifteen Years of Digital Health, commemorating the 15th annual Rock Health Summit and reflecting on the sector’s evolution since 2011.
- [Why Calling ICD-10 a Diagnosis Is Healthcare’s Costliest Design Flaw](https://healthcarebriefing.com/why-calling-icd-10-a-diagnosis-is-healthcares-costliest-design-flaw/): Healthcare software colleagues of mine often describe a recurring discussion they have with their outsourced development teams.
- [Scarlet Raises $50M to Build AI-Native Medical Device Certification](https://healthcarebriefing.com/scarlet-raises-50m-to-build-ai-native-medical-device-certification/): Medical device regulatory and certification platform Scarlet raises $50M in Series B funding round led by Headline, with participation from new investor Notion Capital and existing backers Atomico, Creandum, Kindred Capital, and Entrepreneurs First; Nancy Xiao McLaughlin, Partner at Headline, joins Scarlet’s Board of Directors.
- [Asahi Kasei Acquisition Pays Off With FDA Approval for Novel Herpes Drug](https://healthcarebriefing.com/asahi-kasei-acquisition-pays-off-with-fda-approval-for-novel-herpes-drug/): Patients with lesions caused by herpes simplex virus have a new FDA-approved treatment option, an oral antiviral drug from Asahi Kasei.
- [Outro Raises $7M To Support Safe Deprescribing](https://healthcarebriefing.com/outro-raises-7m-to-support-safe-deprescribing/): Outro, a neuroscience-based platform, announced last week that it raised $7 million in pre-seed and seed funding.
- [Hospitals sue over revamped 340B rebate pilot](https://healthcarebriefing.com/hospitals-sue-over-revamped-340b-rebate-pilot/): It’s the second time the HHS has tried to kickstart a 340B rebate program — and the second time hospitals have sued to block it, alleging rebates will threaten their financial viability.
- [New bill would overhaul the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process](https://healthcarebriefing.com/new-bill-would-overhaul-the-no-surprises-acts-arbitration-process/): Legislation introduced last week by Rep.
- [Nextech Embeds Assort Health and EliseAI to Deliver 24/7 Agentic AI Across Specialty Practices](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nextech-embeds-assort-health-and-eliseai-to-deliver-24-7-agentic-ai-across-specialty-practices/): Specialty practice EHR and practice management leader Nextech announced major strategic partnerships with Assort Health and EliseAI in October 2026 (showcased at the AAO 2026 Annual Meeting in New Orleans), embedding conversational and agentic AI directly into its specialty healthcare operating system.
- [Pediatric Innovation Isn’t a Small-Market Problem, It’s an Incentive Problem](https://healthcarebriefing.com/pediatric-innovation-isnt-a-small-market-problem-its-an-incentive-problem/): The case for investing in children’s health should be self-evident.
- [Loneliness And Diabetes: Harnessing an Opportunity for Better Outcomes](https://healthcarebriefing.com/loneliness-and-diabetes-harnessing-an-opportunity-for-better-outcomes/): In recent years, health plans have invested heavily in improving diabetes care, with expanded access to medications, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and digitally enabled care management programs.
- [When Cybercriminals Impersonate Care: Why Trust Is Part of the Treatment](https://healthcarebriefing.com/when-cybercriminals-impersonate-care-why-trust-is-part-of-the-treatment/): For years, healthcare organizations have encouraged patients to become more digitally connected to their care.
- [Join Us at INVEST Digital Health for a Conversation on Consumer-Centered Care across the Healthcare Ecosystem](https://healthcarebriefing.com/join-us-at-invest-digital-health-for-a-conversation-on-consumer-centered-care-across-the-healthcare-ecosystem/): The annual INVEST Digital Health conference is coming up!
- [The Survival Gap: Why India’s Breast Cancer Survival Trails the World](https://healthcarebriefing.com/the-survival-gap-why-indias-breast-cancer-survival-trails-the-world/): Mumbai: She was educated, professionally accomplished and financially secure.
- [Centre asks states to ensure hospitals display service rates](https://healthcarebriefing.com/centre-asks-states-to-ensure-hospitals-display-service-rates/): New Delhi: Amid growing calls for transparency in healthcare costs, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure that clinical establishments prominently display the rates they charge for their services and facilities.
- [Are Hospital Operating Rooms Ready For FDA’s Expectations for Surgical Robots?](https://healthcarebriefing.com/are-hospital-operating-rooms-ready-for-fdas-expectations-for-surgical-robots/): Robotics are increasingly being incorporated into today’s complex surgeries, and their capabilities are quickly expanding as they take on new tasks and higher levels of autonomy.
- [Obesity tops global health threats by avoidable burden: Lancet Commission](https://healthcarebriefing.com/obesity-tops-global-health-threats-by-avoidable-burden-lancet-commission/): Mumbai: Obesity was found to be the leading threat to global public health in terms of avoidable years of healthy life lost, as per The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health.
- [MediBuddy scales Indore centre to 600 employees](https://healthcarebriefing.com/medibuddy-scales-indore-centre-to-600-employees/): Indore: Digital healthcare platform, Medibuddy has scaled its Indore centre to 600 employees as it expands its operations in central India.
- [Your service area is not your market](https://healthcarebriefing.com/your-service-area-is-not-your-market/): See how workforce and care patterns can sharpen growth decisions beyond a health plan’s service area.
- [What Gen Z healthcare workers are really looking for](https://healthcarebriefing.com/what-gen-z-healthcare-workers-are-really-looking-for/): 70% of Gen Z healthcare workers are looking to leave. What will convince them to stay?
- [From Research to Reach: Suruchi Mishra’s Vision for the Next Chapter of Indian Diagnostics](https://healthcarebriefing.com/from-research-to-reach-suruchi-mishras-vision-for-the-next-chapter-of-indian-diagnostics/): For Suruchi Mishra, the Next-Gen Healthcare Leader Award at the ET Healthcare Awards 2026 is less a personal milestone than a reflection of the ecosystem around her.
- [Outro Secures $7M to Build Healthcare’s First Neuroscience-Based Deprescribing Platform](https://healthcarebriefing.com/outro-secures-7m-to-build-healthcares-first-neuroscience-based-deprescribing-platform/): Neuroscience-based deprescribing platform Outro announced that it has raised $7M in combined pre-seed and seed financing to establish clinical and technological infrastructure for discontinuing psychiatric medications safely.
- [Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in a US state in decades](https://healthcarebriefing.com/floridas-dengue-outbreak-is-now-the-largest-in-a-us-state-in-decades/): New York: Florida's current dengue outbreak is the largest in several decades of any U.S. state.
- [Maharashtra to soon introduce digital system for milk tracking to curb adulteration: FDA chief](https://healthcarebriefing.com/maharashtra-to-soon-introduce-digital-system-for-milk-tracking-to-curb-adulteration-fda-chief/): Mumbai: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Saturday said the state expects to introduce a digital system within "six months to a year" to trace milk from dairies and collection centres back to the animal, a move aimed at reducing adulteration and ensuring food safety.
- [Jharkhand doctors launch protest over career progression demands](https://healthcarebriefing.com/jharkhand-doctors-launch-protest-over-career-progression-demands/): Ranchi: Doctors across Jharkhand will start a statewide protest on Monday to press for long-pending demands, including time-bound ‘Dynamic Assured Career Progression’ (DACP), amendments to the Clinical Establishments Act, and enactment of a Medical Protection Act.
- [GST Council's decision on insurance to make employee protection more affordable: Experts](https://healthcarebriefing.com/gst-councils-decision-on-insurance-to-make-employee-protection-more-affordable-experts/): The GST Council's decision on insurance can make employee protection more affordable, according to experts on Friday.
- [Nadda to lay foundation stone of ICMR's high-altitude medicine centre in Keylong](https://healthcarebriefing.com/nadda-to-lay-foundation-stone-of-icmrs-high-altitude-medicine-centre-in-keylong/): New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda will on Monday lay the foundation stone of the ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research in Himachal Pradesh's Keylong, aimed at strengthening biomedical research and healthcare preparedness in the Himalayan region.
- [Air pollution link to GI cancers under scrutiny as Delhi sees patients as young as 15](https://healthcarebriefing.com/air-pollution-link-to-gi-cancers-under-scrutiny-as-delhi-sees-patients-as-young-as-15/): New Delhi: Patients as young as 15 are being seen at a Delhi hospital with gastrointestinal (GI) cancer, prompting experts to call for closer investigation into environmental exposures, including air pollution, alongside established risk factors such as diet, lifestyle and genetic susceptibility.
- [48 lakh calls in four years: India turns to Tele-MANAS as WHO flags mental healthcare gaps](https://healthcarebriefing.com/48-lakh-calls-in-four-years-india-turns-to-tele-manas-as-who-flags-mental-healthcare-gaps/): New Delhi: Exam stress, workplace pressure, anxiety, sleep problems and relationship difficulties are among the concerns for which people are turning to India’s national mental health helpline, Tele-MANAS, which has received nearly 48 lakh calls in four years.


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