Saturday, February 28, 2026




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After 4-Week Strike, Kaiser Permanente Workers Score Tentative Win on Staffing & Pay / MedCity

Katie Adams / medcitynews - About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers ended a four-week strike after reaching a tentative agreement that includes measures to address chronic understaffing and wage increases. The full contract has not yet been ratified.The post After 4-Week Strike, Kais…

#healthcare #publichealth #hospitaloperations #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19945 / 8 stories in 10 days


CMS freezes $260M in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing fraud concerns / Beckers

Jakob Emerson / beckershospitalreview - CMS is freezing $259.5 million in federal Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing unsupported or potentially fraudulent claims in the state’s program. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Mi…

#publichealth #cdc #wildlife #animalhealth #zoonoticdisease #avianinfluenza #infectiousdisease


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 19939 / 3 stories in 11 days


Merck Splits Oncology Business Unit as Keytruda Patent Expiry Nears / OncoDaily

oncodaily - On February 23, 2026, Merck announced a reorganization of its Human Health structure into two business units: an Oncology Business Unit and a Specialty, Pharma & Infectious Diseases Business Unit. […]

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 3:22 am / permalink 19937 / 9 stories in 11 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.

#healthcare #governmentpolicy #digitalhealth #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 3:22 am / permalink 19936 / 3 stories in 11 days


CFO Mark Kaye to take the helm at Carelon in leadership shake-up at Elevance Health / Fierce

fiercehealthcare - Elevance Health Chief Financial Officer Mark Kaye will grow his list of duties to include oversight of Carelon, the company announced Thursday.

#healthcare #digitalhealth #behavioralhealth #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 2:21 am / permalink 19934 / 6 stories in 11 days


First-ever in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair shows safe results / Medical Express

medicalxpress - A Phase I clinical trial published in The Lancet has shown that combining stem cell therapy with standard fetal surgery before birth is a safe and promising approach to treat myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida. This is the first time live ste…

#healthcare #biotech #drugdevelopment #infanthealth


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 19931 / 2 stories in 11 days


Microplastics discovered in prostate tumors / Medical Express

medicalxpress - Small fragments of plastic were found in 9 out of 10 patients with prostate cancer, and in higher levels inside tumors than in nearby noncancerous tissue, a new study finds. The small, single-center study was led by researchers at NYU Langone Health, its …

#healthcare #publichealth #oncology


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19928 / 4 stories in 11 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

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #oncology


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19927 / 9 stories in 11 days


Novartis to build $23B radioligand therapy site / Beckers

Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Novartis will construct a 46,000-square-foot radioligand therapy manufacturing site in Denton, Texas, as part of its $23 billion U.S. investment. The facility will be Novartis’ fifth radioligand therapy site in the U.S. and its first in Texas, according t…

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #drugdevelopment #oncology #healthcarefinance


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19926 / 3 stories in 11 days


Patient dies in MacroGenics' cancer study, FDA puts trial on hold / Endpoints

Max Gelman / endpoints - The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on MacroGenics’ Phase 2 study in gynecologic cancers after one patient died and three others experienced life-threatening side effects, the company disclosed Tuesday. The patient who died ...

#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda #oncology


Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19925 / 3 stories in 11 days


Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discover / LiveScience

livescience - A new method of studying the contents of soil samples has revealed Stone Age people in Sweden were buried in decorated fur-and-feather clothing.

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Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19924 / 7 stories in 11 days


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