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.
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CMS official defends flat Medicare Advantage rate proposal for 2027 / Healthcare Dive
Rebecca Pifer Parduhn / healthcaredive - Medicare director Chris Klomp said the Trump administration is “massively” in support of MA as health insurers cry foul over the meager rate update.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18604 / 4 stories in 6 wks
It's freezing cold and you've lost power. Here's what emergency doctors want you to do / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Freezing temperatures and long-term power outages can quickly create dangerous health situations.
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 4:20 am / permalink 18603 / 2 stories in 6 wks
CMS proposes nearly flat Medicare Advantage payments for 2027: 5 notes / Beckers
Jakob Emerson / beckershospitalreview - CMS proposed its 2027 Medicare Advantage and Part D capitation rates and payment policies Jan. 26, putting forth a slowdown in payment growth after a $25 billion boost for 2026. Five things to know:The post CMS proposes nearly flat Medicare Advantage paym…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 18602 / 2 stories in 6 wks
US life expectancy hit an all-time high in 2024, CDC says / Medical Express
medicalxpress - U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024—the highest mark in American history.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 18597 / 2 stories in 6 wks
UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley says insurer will rebate ACA profits to consumers / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley said that the insurance giant will rebate profits from its Affordable Care Act plans back to customers.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18381 / 14 stories in 7 wks
Oregon baby is still battling infant botulism after ByHeart formula exposure / ABC News
go - A Portland, Oregon, baby got sick with infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart formula donated through a program that helps poor and homeless families
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #fda #cdc #foodsafety #infanthealth
Saturday, January 24, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18380 / 7 stories in 7 wks
Colorectal Cancer Is Now the Leading Cause of Cancer Death Under 50 – Fight Colorectal Cancer / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Fight Colorectal Cancer shared a post on LinkedIn: “Breaking news: Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death for people under 50, according to new data released by […]
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc
Friday, January 23, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 18342 / 33 stories in 7 wks
US officially leaves World Health Organization / BBC
bbc - Trump ordered the withdrawal a year ago, accusing the UN agency of failing to adopt reforms and mishandling the pandemic.
#trumpadministration #healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Friday, January 23, 2026, 4:22 am / permalink 18319 / 5 stories in 7 wks
‘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…
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugpricing #publichealth #governmentpolicy #mergersandacquisitions #corporatetakeover
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.
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 18297 / 4 stories in 7 wks
Why doing a mix of exercise could be the key to longer life / BBC
bbc - Don't just focus on one activity - doing a variety every week gives you more health benefits, a study suggests.
#obesity #healthcare #publichealth
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 18231 / 11 stories in 7 wks
Epic & Providers Sue Health Gorilla Over Alleged Data Exploitation / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Epic Systems and several healthcare providers have sued Health Gorilla and other companies, alleging they exploited interoperability networks to improperly access and monetize nearly 300,000 patient medical records without consent.The post Epic & Provider…
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #digitalhealth
Monday, January 19, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18157 / 7 stories in 1 month
US overdose deaths fell through most of 2025, federal data reveals / ABC News
go - U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc
Monday, January 19, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18156 / 6 stories in 1 month
European women's lung cancer mortality rates predicted to level off by 2026 / Medical Express
medicalxpress - After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally leveling off among women in European Union (EU) countries apart from Spain, according to predictions of mortality rates from the disease for 2026.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18153 / 7 stories in 1 month
F.D.A. Decisions on Abortion Pill Were Based on Science, New Analysis Finds / NYT
Pam Belluck / nytimes - A study of more than 5,000 pages of agency documents on mifepristone over 12 years found that agency leaders almost always followed the evidence-based recommendations of scientists.
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #drugdevelopment #fda
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18126 / 5 stories in 1 month
No Link Between Acetaminophen in Pregnancy and Autism, a New Study Finds / NYT
Azeen Ghorayshi / nytimes - The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #autism #infanthealth
Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 18099 / 3 stories in 2 months
Life-extending prostate cancer drug to be offered to thousands in England / BBC
bbc - Abiraterone will be available in a matter of weeks and will be offered to 7,000 men a year.
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Friday, January 16, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 18069 / 9 stories in 2 months
FDA rejects cancer therapy for rare post-transplant disease / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Atara Biotherapeutics received a second complete response letter from the FDA for its biologics license application for Ebvallo (tabelecleucel). The letter, received Jan. 9, said the FDA no longer considers the single-arm ALLELE trial adequate to support …
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda
Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:55 am / permalink 18057 / 2 stories in 2 months
Judge orders HHS to restore funding for children's health programs as lawsuit continues / ABC News
go - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #infanthealth
Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:23 am / permalink 18020 / 3 stories in 2 months