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 / 3 stories in 19 hrs
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 / 2 stories in 2 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 / 8 stories in 8 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 9 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 9 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 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
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Saturday, February 28, 2026, 12:23 am / permalink 19927 / 9 stories in 11 days
UHS posts 11.5% operating margin in 2025 as net income jumps 30% / Beckers
Andrew Cass / beckershospitalreview - King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services recorded a net income of $1.5 billion in 2025, up from $1.1 billion in 2024, according to its Feb. 25 financial report. Eight things to know: 1. The for-profit system reported an operating income of $2 …
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Friday, February 27, 2026, 11:25 am / permalink 19887 / 10 stories in 11 days
Cancer blood test fails to catch disease earlier in major study / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A blood test designed to find cancer early did not work as hoped in a major new study, according to the company that makes it.
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Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:24 pm / permalink 19851 / 7 stories in 12 days
FDA Launches Framework to Accelerate Individualized Therapies for Ultra-Rare Diseases 2026 / OncoDaily
oncodaily - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released groundbreaking draft guidance introducing a new regulatory framework designed to accelerate the development and approval of individualized therapies for patients with […]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:25 pm / permalink 19669 / 6 stories in 14 days
ChatGPT Health performance in a structured test of triage recommendations / Nature
Ashwin Ramaswamy / nature - Nature Medicine, Published online: 23 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04297-7A stress test of ChatGPT Health triage revealed missed high-risk emergencies and inconsistent activation of suicide-crisis safeguards, raising safety concerns for consumer-…
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 11:25 am / permalink 19660 / 18 stories in 14 days
Justice Department sues OhioHealth over alleged anticompetitive insurer contracts / Healthcare Dive
Sydney Halleman / healthcaredive - The DOJ filed a lawsuit last week accusing OhioHealth of leveraging its market power to force insurers to include its providers in their networks.
Monday, February 23, 2026, 2:23 pm / permalink 19594 / 7 stories in 15 days
Brain injury is almost ten times more common in unhoused people. Addressing it is key to reducing homelessness / Medical Express
medicalxpress - On any given night, 60,000 people in Canada will go to sleep homeless. Research estimates that more than half of them have had a brain injury at one point in their lives, most of them being injured before becoming homeless. An estimated 22.5% live with mo…
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Saturday, February 21, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 19543 / 4 stories in 17 days
FDA formalizes one pivotal trial policy via NEJM perspective / Endpoints
Zachary Brennan / endpoints - Top FDA officials said that a single pivotal trial requirement will be the “new default standard” for drug approvals, a move that goes beyond the agency’s prior discretion around not requiring two trials. In a ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2026, 11:24 am / permalink 19422 / 3 stories in 19 days