Report reveals a significant global palliative care gap among children / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Nearly all the world's 10.6 million children experiencing serious health-related suffering (SHS) live in low- and middle-income countries with little to no access to palliative care or specialized care for their illness, according to a comprehensive new r…
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Ama launches independent vaccine review after CDC criticism / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Two major medical groups will begin reviewing vaccine safety and effectiveness after major changes at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have raised alarms among experts.
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Solace Health Reaches Unicorn Status by Taking the ‘Homework’ Out of Care Navigation / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Health advocate network Solace Health gained unicorn status after closing a $130 million Series C funding round. The startup’s advocates help with tasks like scheduling appointments, finding in-network providers, understanding insurance coverage and bills…
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BridgeBio Stands Tall as Phase 3 Data Put Dwarfism Drug on Track for FDA Filing / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Infigratinib achieved statistically significant improvement in growth rate and body composition in a Phase 3 clinical trial that tested the BridgeBio Pharma drug in achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. Regulatory submissions are planned for l…
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Talkiatry Rakes In $210M to Scale Virtual Psychiatry Group / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry has raised a $210 million Series D round led by Perceptive Advisors, bringing its total funding to more than $400 million. CEO Robert Krayn said the company is focused on scaling its clinician-employed model and improving…
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AbbVie sues over selection of Botox for IRA negotiations / Endpoints
Nicole DeFeudis / endpoints - AbbVie is suing CMS for picking Botox for the third round of Medicare negotiations, making it the first drugmaker to challenge the upcoming cycle in court. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Washington, DC, AbbVie ...
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Kaiser Permanente, DoL reach settlement over mental health access / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has agreed to a settlement with the Department of Labor that resolves multiple investigations into access for mental health and substance abuse services.
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Thousands of NYC nurses return to work, but one major strike goes on / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A monthlong nurses strike in New York City is coming to an end, but not for everyone.
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500M records exchanged through TEFCA, federal health IT office boasts / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - At the 2026 Annual Meeting for the health IT office at HHS, officials announced a massive spike in the number of health records shared through the government-backed TEFCA initiative. The number seems to reflect the heavy focus Trump's HHS has put on digit…
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Federal judge blocks $602M in CDC cuts to 4 states / Beckers
Kelly Gooch / beckershospitalreview - A federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois granted a temporary restraining order Feb. 12 blocking the Trump administration from terminating more than $600 million in CDC-administered public health grants to California, Colorado, Illinois and Min…
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Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 19130 / 4 stories in 4 wks
Microfluidic automation improves oocyte recovery from follicular fluid of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization / Nature
Baris R. Mutlu / nature - Nature Medicine, Published online: 12 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04207-xThe authors developed a microfluidic device, FIND-Chip, designed to automate and enhance oocyte recovery from follicular fluid, a process traditionally done manually. When …
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Friday, February 13, 2026, 9:23 am / permalink 19125 / 4 stories in 4 wks
House Republicans subpeona 8 health insurers over ACA fraud / Healthcare Dive
Rebecca Pifer Parduhn / healthcaredive - The subpoenas request additional documents and information from CVS, Centene, Elevance and more, and suggest House Republicans are considering legislation to combat what they view as rampant fraud in the ACA exchanges.
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Nisha Morris Joins Executive Leadership Team as Senior Vice President – City of Hope / OncoDaily
oncodaily - City of Hope shared a post on LinkedIn: “We are pleased to announce that Nisha Morris has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at City […]
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CMS proposes sweeping ACA exchange rule / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The CMS said the regulation should remove barriers to more affordable health plans, like catastrophic coverage, as enrollment on the exchanges falls following the expiration of stronger financial assistance.
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Tenet expects 20% ACA enrollment drop / Beckers
Alan Condon / beckershospitalreview - Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare expects a 20% reduction in ACA exchange enrollment this year with the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits set to pressure hospital earnings and payer mix. The company is projecting adjusted EBITDA of up to $4.8 billion…
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FDA refuses to review Moderna flu vaccine / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Moderna has received a refusal-to-file letter from the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research for its biologics license application for mRNA-1010, its investigational seasonal influenza vaccine. The letter, signed by Vinayak Prasad, MD, chief …
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 10:25 am / permalink 19026 / 15 stories in 4 wks
AstraZeneca gets CRL for prefilled pen version of lupus drug Saphnelo / Endpoints
Anna Brown / endpoints - The FDA has handed AstraZeneca a complete response letter for the subcutaneous prefilled, self-injectable pen of Saphnelo for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a month after the asset gained approval in Europe ...
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Public Health Department confirms first 2026 measles case in Los Angeles County / Medical Express
medicalxpress - The Department of Public Health has confirmed the first measles case this year in Los Angeles County. Officials say the person who tested positive for measles had recently traveled outside the country. The department is now working to identify people who …
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World Cancer Day: A Global Call to Awareness and Action 2026, Part 2 / OncoDaily
oncodaily - World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4 and was established in 2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The initiative was led […]
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HHS launches $100M homelessness, addiction treatment initiative / Beckers
Ella Ruder / beckershospitalreview - HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a $100 million federal initiative to address homelessness, opioid addiction and public safety following President Donald Trump’s executive order creating the Great American Recovery Initiative. The Safety Throu…
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