FDA Drug Approval Marks a First for a Disease — But It’s Not Autism / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Leucovorin is now approved for cerebral folate deficiency months after FDA Commissioner Marty Makary claimed the decades-old generic drug had promise for treating autism. The FDA’s review was based on published literature and real-world evidence.The post …
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Sunday, March 15, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 20779 / 4 stories in 32 hrs
Fitch upgrades UCHealth’s rating to ‘AA+’ / Beckers
Andrew Cass / beckershospitalreview - Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth’s credit rating was upgraded to “AA+” from “AA” by Fitch. The upgrade reflects the health system’s very strong financial profile, benefiting from its market position in a growing service area and a long track record of robust …
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 20762 / 5 stories in 2 days
Measles outbreaks could fuel rise in fatal complication, physicians warn / Beckers
Mackenzie Bean / beckershospitalreview - As measles continues spreading across the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades, physicians are warning about a rare but often fatal neurological complication that can emerge years after initial infection, KFF Health News reported March 13. Subacute sclerosi…
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2:21 am / permalink 20742 / 8 stories in 2 days
AMA: Physicians' use of AI doubled from 2023 to 2026 / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - A survey fielded earlier this year found 81% of doctors use AI in a professional context, with an average of 2.3 use cases per physician. Respondents were largely bullish on the technology's ability to boost clinical care and work efficiency, but still ha…
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Saturday, March 14, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 20740 / 14 stories in 2 days
FDA Transparency Push Expands to Monitoring Safety of Vaccines and Other Regulated Products / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - The FDA said consolidating safety reporting into a single platform, the Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS), will increase transparency and reduce costs. But like the legacy systems it replaces, AEMS reports are unverified so causation and frequency of…
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Thursday, March 12, 2026, 5:23 pm / permalink 20659 / 7 stories in 4 days
Gallup poll: One in three Americans cutting back on daily expenses to pay for healthcare / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Healthcare affordability remains a significant challenge, with a third of respondents to a new Gallup poll saying they had to cut back on daily living expenses to afford care.
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Thursday, March 12, 2026, 2:23 pm / permalink 20648 / 9 stories in 4 days
Aetna to pay $117.7M to settle Medicare Advantage upcoding allegations: DOJ / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Aetna has agreed to pay $117.7 million to settle allegations that it submitted false or inaccurate diagnoses to juice Medicare Advantage payments.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 20577 / 10 stories in 5 days
Leapfrog ordered to remove safety grade for 5 Tenet hospitals / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - A federal judge said a 2024 methodology update that adjusted the weighting of safety measures inputted for nonparticipating hospitals was "deceptive and unfair" under Florida law. Leapfrog plans to appeal, but said it will be making broader changes in rat…
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:24 pm / permalink 20479 / 4 stories in 6 days
White House autism briefing linked to swift shifts in prescribing patterns / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A White House briefing in September 2025 that raised concerns about acetaminophen use during pregnancy and promoted the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment was followed by sharp changes in how doctors prescribed those medications nationwide, a…
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Monday, March 9, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 20354 / 4 stories in 7 days
CART19-BE-02 trial: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond – Resonance / OncoDaily
oncodaily - ALRCaN presents “CART19-BE-02 trial: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond—Implementing a Hospital-Based CAR T Program and Integrating It into the Spanish NHS” with Dr. Valentín Ortiz-Maldonado. “Dear friends and colleagues, […]
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 20317 / 4 stories in 9 days
Telehealth growth hasn’t increased rural behavioral healthcare access: Study / Beckers
Giles Bruce / beckershospitalreview - The rise in telemedicine over the past several years hasn’t translated to more behavioral healthcare access in rural areas, according to a March 5 study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from Boston-based Harvard Medical School and Providence, R.I.-based …
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 20316 / 5 stories in 9 days
New FDA bonus pilot to address 'workforce challenges' / Endpoints
Max Bayer / endpoints - A new bonus pilot program meant to reward fast-working FDA reviewers will be funded in part by money from industry user fees, the first details on how Commissioner Marty Makary plans to finance the incentive ...
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20312 / 2 stories in 9 days
Optum Rx, Caremark making ‘significant progress’ in settlement talks with FTC / Healthcare Dive
Rebecca Pifer Parduhn / healthcaredive - It’s looking increasingly likely that the UnitedHealth and CVS drug middlemen will also make peace with federal regulators, after Cigna agreed to a sweeping settlement in the insulin lawsuit last month.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 20308 / 3 stories in 9 days
FDA vaccine chief to step down in April / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Vinay Prasad, MD, the FDA’s top regulator of vaccines and cell and gene therapies, will step down at the end of April, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. Dr. Prasad joined the agency in 2025 on a one-year sabbatical from the University of Calif…
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Friday, March 6, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 20292 / 3 stories in 10 days
Hospitals urge regulators to halt drugmakers’ expanded 340B data policies / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The American Hospital Association argues new policies from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk requiring providers to submit more claims data on dispensed 340B drugs is onerous and unlawful.
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Friday, March 6, 2026, 12:23 pm / permalink 20277 / 4 stories in 10 days
RFK Jr. names 2 new members to CDC vaccine panel / Beckers
Erica Cerutti / beckershospitalreview - HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed two new members to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee Feb. 27, ahead of a rescheduled meeting in mid-March where members are expected to review COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Mr. Kennedy said Sean Downing…
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Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:24 pm / permalink 20024 / 9 stories in 14 days
Parents of gravely ill child refused respite care / BBC
bbc - Birmingham Children's Trust refused respite help and suggested training grandparents to help.
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Monday, March 2, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19974 / 5 stories in 14 days
Health Gorilla Calls Epic Lawsuit ‘Attack on Interoperability’ in Motion to Dismiss / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Health data company Health Gorilla filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Epic and several healthcare providers alleging inappropriate access to nearly 300,000 patient records. The case highlights ongoing questions about governance and standards for nat…
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Sunday, March 1, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 19963 / 6 stories in 15 days
Teladoc Health reports slower growth, offers cautious 2026 outlook as it shifts telehealth model / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Teladoc Health reported better-than-expected fourth quarter financial results with both revenue and earnings exceeding analysts' expectations, driving a 15% jump in the company's stock Thursday.
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Saturday, February 28, 2026, 3:22 am / permalink 19936 / 3 stories in 16 days
Boehringer wins accelerated approval for first-line use of lung cancer drug / Endpoints
Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA greenlit an expanded label for Boehringer Ingelheim’s lung cancer drug Hernexeos, marking the first use of the Commissioner's National Priority Voucher for a new indication. Boehringer won an accelerated
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Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19927 / 9 stories in 16 days