July 1, 2026
(NYT) – A law meant to end surprise medical billing has led to large paydays for some surgical assistants, who can earn far more than the doctors they help. They do it by capitalizing on a law intended to protect … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Axios) – Nursing homes and other providers of senior care are predicting upheaval and cutbacks in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision to terminate temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Why it matters: Individuals who in … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Knowable Magazine) – Inks created with a patient’s own cells might one day help the body regrow tissues Scientists have long tried to develop ways to nudge the body to build healthy tissue instead of defaulting to emergency repair. In … Read More
June 26, 2026
(NYT) – Francis Ferrari, a French ophthalmologist, invented a controversial procedure that can change eye color. People from around the world are willing to take the risk. Kolvert is one of more than 2,500 people who have come to New … Read More
June 26, 2026
(Media ITE) – Military branches are reintroducing flu shot requirements as an outbreak has been growing at Lackland Air Force Base, where new recruits are trained. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ended flu shot mandates for the military in April, … Read More
June 25, 2026
(STAT News) – Federal health officials announced a pilot program Monday to speed up early-stage clinical trials, which they say will reduce development timelines by six to 12 months, in hopes of encouraging U.S.-based trials and combating Chinese dominance in … Read More
June 25, 2026
(ABC News) – The Justice Department has charged a Texas doctor in an $89 million healthcare fraud scheme, accusing him of billing insurers for medically unnecessary cardiovascular screening tests for college student-athletes and then rubber-stamping the results as normal without … Read More
June 25, 2026
(NYT) – Doctors are contending with low supplies and unfilled orders of generic chemotherapy infusions that are central to the treatment of a long list of cancers. Doctors treating cancer patients nationwide are facing a shortage of essential generic chemotherapy … Read More
June 25, 2026
(Marketplace) – Companies are developing AI tools that do everything from taking notes on appointments to proposing real diagnoses based on someone’s medical records. This winter, a nurses’ union in New York City with more than 10,000 members got protections … Read More
June 25, 2026
(NBC News) – Black and American Indian/Alaska Native communities have the highest cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. Cancer death rates in the U.S. have dropped dramatically in the past 35 years, falling by 35%, … Read More
June 25, 2026
(Wired) – The biodegradable material can help improve healing after surgery—or an avocado-related accident. Roughly 500,000 Americans suffer nerve injuries that require treatment each year, whether from an errant attempt to hack out an avocado pit or an unfortunate woodworking … Read More
June 24, 2026
(Nature) – Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. A study2 of physicians in Poland who specialize in endoscopy — the use of flexible probes to examine the inside of the human body … Read More
June 24, 2026
(Vice) – Researchers caution it’s only one case, but the report raises questions about whether psilocybin could restore dormant brain functions. Psilocybin spent years as a maligned substance, better known for counterculture trips and moral panics. But its image has … Read More
June 24, 2026
(WaPo via Yahoo!) – Despite growing evidence of potential harms, the allure of instant, comprehensive and personalized answers is too strong for many to overcome in a health care system plagued by high costs and inconsistency of access. The Post … Read More
June 23, 2026
(NYT) – That drug, Trikafta, produced by Boston-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals, has made it possible for people with cystic fibrosis to breathe easily and live longer. Vertex sells a year’s supply of it for about $346,000 in the United States. The … Read More
June 23, 2026
(BBC) – A trial examining the risks or benefits of drugs that can delay puberty for gender-questioning children will help reduce harm, according to the author of a landmark review. Dr Hilary Cass said she was “absolutely convinced that more … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Wired) – A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they’re naked from the neck down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide. A clinic in London, … Read More
June 22, 2026
(The Atlantic) – This is health care’s Uber moment. “I get a little bit queasy about how some of these results might be used,” Adam Rodman, a lead author on the study, said at a press conference just ahead of … Read More
June 22, 2026
(Ars Technica) – The Food and Drug Administration this week cleared a second carcass-feasting fly species for use in maggot wound therapy, according to an announcement from Cuprina Holdings, a Singapore-based company that has dubbed its new therapeutic larvae MediFly … Read More
June 22, 2026
(ABC News) – An artificial intelligence (AI) model is helping some patients get diagnoses after years of unexplained illness, according to a new study. Researchers from OpenAI and Boston Children’s Hospital took the existing genetic data of 18 pediatric patients … Read More
June 19, 2026
(Undark) – Consumer devices that monitor heart rate, glucose, and sleep cycles need better validation to be clinically useful. In the 21st century, wearable monitoring has followed two paths: one that includes medical-grade devices, which are designed for clinical use; … Read More
June 18, 2026
(Washington Post) – A new study finds the vaccine was linked with nearly 40 percent lower risk of events like heart attack and stroke The coronavirus vaccine reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events linked to covid-19 — strokes, heart … Read More
June 16, 2026
(Nature) – The shot reduced insulin use for people with type 1 diabetes and another autoimmune condition. A century-old vaccine against tuberculosis helps to regulate blood sugar in people with certain types of diabetes, such that they can reduce their … Read More
June 16, 2026
(NYT) – Thanks to new treatments, some patients with the disease are living longer — leaving them in limbo for years. Twenty years ago, the words “Stage 4” almost invariably meant “end of life.” A cancer had spread far from … Read More
June 16, 2026
(NYT) – Faith and science are coming together to reduce stigma and improve care in the African American community. Roughly one in five Black Americans 65 and older has Alzheimer’s, compared with one in 10 white Americans. But it can … Read More
