Glyphosate: What Indigenous communities have suspected for years about the dangers of the herbicide / The Conversation
Charles Z. Levkoe, Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead Univers / theconversation - The recent retraction of peer-reviewed research claiming glyphosate is safe confirms what Indigenous communities have said for years.
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Monday, February 9, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 18916 / 2 stories in 5 wks
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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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 18903 / 21 stories in 5 wks
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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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 18896 / 162 stories in 5 wks
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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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 18894 / 4 stories in 5 wks
MultiCare agrees to $3.7M settlement over allegations it knowingly allowed unnecessary surgeries / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The DOJ said MultiCare had allowed a former physician to perform spinal surgery procedures at its facilities between 2019 and 2021 despite warnings from two employees and the U.S. Attorney's Office.
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18885 / 2 stories in 5 wks
HHS to drop 340B rebate pilot after court rulings / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - HHS will drop its 340B rebate model pilot program following two federal court rulings that blocked its implementation. The program, announced in August 2025, was challenged by the American Hospital Association, the Maine Hospital Association and four safe…
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18879 / 3 stories in 5 wks
#ISC26: Bayer’s asundexian reduced ischemic strokes by 26% in Phase 3 trial / Endpoints
Ayisha Sharma / endpoints - Bayer shared more details from its unexpected win in a Phase 3 study testing its next-generation blood thinner for secondary stroke prevention. The factor XIa inhibitor, named asundexian, reduced the occurrence of ischemic stroke by ...
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18873 / 2 stories in 5 wks
AI model reads brain MRIs in seconds, hitting up to 97.5% accuracy / Medical Express
medicalxpress - An AI-powered model developed at the University of Michigan can read a brain MRI and diagnose a person in seconds, a study suggests. The model detected neurological conditions with up to 97.5% accuracy and predicted how urgently a patient required treatme…
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18872 / 6 stories in 5 wks
Eikon Therapeutics Raises $381 M in IPO to Advance Live-Cell Imaging in Cancer Drug Discovery / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Eikon Therapeutics has raised $381 million through its IPO, pricing at the top of its range in a strong sign of renewed investor appetite for biotech offerings. The South San […]
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18871 / 2 stories in 5 wks
High Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods May Be Linked to Cancer Survivors’ Risk of Death / American Association for Cancer Research
Kathleen Medora / aacr - PHILADELPHIA – Cancer survivors who consumed higher amounts of ultraprocessed foods as part of their diet had a significantly increased risk of both all-cause and cancer-specific death, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & P…
Saturday, February 7, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18870 / 4 stories in 5 wks
A newborn's death likely linked to the mom drinking raw milk while pregnant / ABC News
go - Health officials in New Mexico have said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection likely linked to the child's mother drinking raw milk during pregnancy
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 18868 / 2 stories in 5 wks
HHS scraps 340B rebate pilot in win for hospitals / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The Trump administration agreed to drop a controversial pilot that would have allowed drugmakers to give post-sales rebates on some drugs instead of upfront discounts.
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Saturday, February 7, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 18867 / 5 stories in 5 wks
Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds / BBC
bbc - The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026, 8:24 pm / permalink 18820 / 3 stories in 5 wks
Plastic Surgeons’ Group Advises Delaying Gender-Affirming Procedures Until Age 19 / NYT
Andrew Jacobs / nytimes - The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations.
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:22 am / permalink 18793 / 6 stories in 5 wks
FTC deal over insulin prices forces Express Scripts to overhaul policies / Beckers
Elizabeth Casolo / beckershospitalreview - The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with Cigna’s Express Scripts in a case over alleged inflation of insulin prices, according to a Feb. 4 agency news release. Under the settlement, Express Scripts must keep drug manufacturer compensation de…
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 3:25 pm / permalink 18768 / 6 stories in 5 wks
Meditech founder and EHR innovator A. Neil Pappalardo dies at 83 / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Pappalardo is considered a tech pioneer with a 56-year career that started when he founded electronic health record company Meditech in 1969, a company he steered to become one of the leading EHR companies.
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Monday, February 2, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 18647 / 2 stories in 6 wks
Sarbajit Mukherjee: Who Truly Benefits from Perioperative Immunotherapy in Gastric and GEJ Cancer? / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Sarbajit Mukherjee, Chief of GI Medical Oncology at Miami Cancer Institute and Co-Chair of GI Clinical Trial Working Group at Hoosier Cancer Research Network, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent […]
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 18616 / 3 stories in 6 wks
India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings / ABC News
go - Indian authorities have contained a Nipah virus outbreak after confirming two cases in eastern West Bengal state
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Saturday, January 31, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18611 / 8 stories in 6 wks
FDA lifts hold on one of two Phase 3 gene editing studies by Intellia / Endpoints
Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA has allowed Intellia Therapeutics to resume one of its two pivotal trials of a gene editing therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis, which is a disease caused by misfolded proteins. Intellia
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Saturday, January 31, 2026, 7:22 am / permalink 18610 / 4 stories in 6 wks
31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers strike in California, Hawaii / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - Kaiser workers are calling for increased staffing and wages, which the union argues haven’t kept pace with rising costs. The health system said a generous offer is already on the table.
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18605 / 2 stories in 6 wks