February 3, 2026
(MarketWatch) – There will be an estimated shortage of 40,000 primary-care doctors in 2036. How many years have you been seeing the same primary care physician? Five years? Ten? Or maybe you don’t have one at all. In today’s world, … Read More
February 2, 2026
(New York Times) – Every few months, he acts out more than usual and he is hospitalized. Doctors administer enough medication to briefly calm him, then label him “stable” and “not a harm to self or others” and discharge him … Read More
January 30, 2026
(Nature) – The external, artificial-lung system could be used to treat other people who are critically unwell and awaiting transplants. A 33-year-old man survived for 48 hours without his lungs, after a medical team replaced the organs with an external … Read More
January 30, 2026
(Wired) – For years, people from CEOs to novelists have taken tiny amounts of psychedelics to support well-being. New research shows that benefits for depression may be attributable to a placebo effect. A Phase 2B trial of 89 adult patients … Read More
January 30, 2026
(NPR) – Start reading recent internet conversations about AI, and you’ll find an anecdote that surfaces with increasing frequency: ChatGPT delivered lifesaving medical advice. “Three weeks ago I woke up from a nap and found some red spots all over … Read More
January 29, 2026
(NPR) – The APA outlined its thinking and approach for the next revision in five papers published Wednesday in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Instead of a weighty volume, the next DSM will be “a living document” online and easier … Read More
January 27, 2026
(ProPublica) – ProPublica on Friday published never-before-released data connecting generic drugs to the factories that manufactured them. The data powers Rx Inspector, our groundbreaking tool that allows you to find the factories where your generic drugs were made and their … Read More
January 27, 2026
(KFF Health News) – Ambient AI scribes are being hailed by physicians as a game changer that helps free them to focus on their patients rather than their computer keyboard. By releasing doctors from the onerous and time-consuming task of … Read More
January 27, 2026
(NBC News) – The nation’s leading group of pediatricians has issued its annual recommendations about which vaccines children should receive — marking the first significant break from the federal government’s proposed vaccine schedule in 30 years. The American Academy of … Read More
January 27, 2026
(Axios) – The escalation of ICE activity in Minnesota is disrupting care at hospitals and clinics that already were navigating shifting legal standards on immigration enforcement in their facilities. Why it matters: Health workers say many patients aren’t coming in … Read More
January 27, 2026
(New York Times) – Drawing on his love of fly-fishing, he developed a balloon catheter that removes blood clots from patients’ limbs in a minimally invasive way. It has saved millions of lives. Six-plus decades after its invention, the Fogarty … Read More
January 26, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Safety standards have improved since the industry’s early days in China, when botched surgeries and unlicensed aesthetic products were commonplace. But the combination of social media, cosmetic clinics trawling for business in a competitive market … Read More
January 23, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – OpenAI’s newest product is no replacement for a doctor. But it might be better than searching the web for your symptoms. Though ChatGPT Health lives in a separate sidebar tab from the rest of ChatGPT, it … Read More
January 22, 2026
(Wired) – A new EPIC report says data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among the factors leading to a “health privacy crisis” that is eroding trust and deterring people from seeking care. When immigration agents enter hospitals, and … Read More
January 22, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Epic’s disclosures offer a rare glimpse into the unseen workings of how your personal medical records move from one network to another, who has access to them, and where there may be gaps that allow … Read More
January 22, 2026
(New York Times) – More than 300 Times Opinion readers responded to a January invitation to share their experience of rising health care costs. They included a cancer patient who shifted care mid-recovery to a new insurance plan that doesn’t … Read More
January 21, 2026
(ProPublica) – Each year, hundreds of thousands of women enter pregnancy with chronic conditions that put them at an elevated risk of long-term complications and, in some cases, death.For those who live in states that have banned abortion, their options … Read More
January 21, 2026
(Hastings Center) – On the threshold of the fifth year of full-scale war, we find ourselves in a reality where human life is questioned every day. In a country where the enemy systematically devalues the very concept of dignity — … Read More
January 21, 2026
(Quartz) – OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to become America’s health advisor, and not everyone’s buying into it OpenAI says more than 230 million people already ask ChatGPT health questions every week. The new product adds guardrails — conversations won’t … Read More
January 20, 2026
(Straight Arrow News) – Four of the world’s leading heart health organizations warned Tuesday that environmental factors, including pollution, noise exposure and artificial light, are major drivers of cardiovascular disease, such as heart disease and stroke. In their first-ever joint … Read More
January 20, 2026
(NPR) – In May, Cole completed a several-months-long gene therapy treatment that helps reprogram the body’s stem cells to produce healthy red blood cells. She was one of the first Medicaid enrollees nationally to benefit from a new payment model … Read More
January 19, 2026
(NPR) – King is rightly remembered for his leadership in the civil rights movement but far less attention is paid to his views on health and justice. He once observed, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is … Read More
January 16, 2026
(NPR) – The cancer screening, education and treatment were led by a hospice — an institution traditionally limited to easing the pain of the dying. The team at Rays of Hope Hospice Jinja in Uganda had long wanted to do … Read More
January 16, 2026
(NBC News) – Better treatment options have improved survival rates in the U.S., according to a report from the American Cancer Society. The U.S. has reached a watershed moment in the fight against cancer: Seven in 10 people now survive … Read More
January 15, 2026
(New York Times) – Infant heart transplants are extraordinarily rare. A Times health journalist donned scrubs and witnessed how the surgery unfolded. A week earlier, I’d spoken with Dr. Emile Bacha, now NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s surgeon in chief, and gotten his … Read More
