Thursday, January 22, 2026




In Detail Full day, Thursday, January 22, 2026, Timezone: America/Chicago


‘Vertical integration is destroying people’s ability to access care’: Payer CEOs face bipartisan congressional grilling / Beckers

Jakob Emerson / beckershospitalreview - The CEOs of the nation’s largest health insurers drew the ire of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during congressional hearings Jan. 22 over industry consolidation, prior authorization practices and executive pay, with members pressing executives to e…

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Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:22 pm / permalink 18314 / 27 stories in 7 wks


5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the Americas / LiveScience

livescience - An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.

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Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 18297 / 4 stories in 7 wks


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Roche’s hoped‑for breast cancer pill fails crucial first‑line trial 5 stories in 49.5 hours

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AI improves UK breast-screening detection by about 10% 5 stories in 54.5 hours


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