Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care / Kaiser
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez / kffhealthnews - The state recently became the third to offer a public option health plan through its Affordable Care Act marketplace. But researchers said it’s unlikely to fill the gaps left by sweeping changes at the federal level.
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Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5:22 am / permalink 19405 / 5 stories in 20 days
N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up / NYT
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / nytimes - Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 19391 / 5 stories in 20 days
As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Connor Murphy walked in circles around his dad, then flopped down on the kitchen floor, got up and walked in circles again.
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 19235 / 8 stories in 23 days
What to Expect at the World Cancer Congress 2026 – UICC / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) shared a post on LinkedIn: “The preliminary program for the World Cancer Congress 2026 – taking place in Hong Kong and hosted by UICC […]
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19230 / 242 stories in 23 days
Federal judge vacates FTC's expanded premerger notification requirements / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The overhaul to the Hart-Scott-Rodino form went into effect in early 2025, and by the regulator's own estimates expanded merging companies' average paperwork burdens from 37 hours to 105 hours. The court's ordered rollback is set to take effect Feb. 19 pe…
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19223 / 4 stories in 23 days
Can medical AI lie? Large study maps how LLMs handle health misinformation / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as a way to make patient care safer by helping clinicians manage information. A new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators confronts a critical vulnerability: when a m…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19202 / 35 stories in 24 days
Physicians are not 'providers': New paper says names in health care have ethical significance / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A new ethics policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) says the term "provider" should not be used to describe physicians, and using the blanket term undermines physicians' ethical responsibility, clinical integrity, and professionalism.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19201 / 6 stories in 24 days
Physicians push back on Alabama robotic ultrasound proposal / Beckers
Mariah Taylor / beckershospitalreview - Alabama’s proposal to use robotic ultrasounds to close care gaps is being praised by national leaders but facing pushback from local physicians, KFF Health News reported Feb. 12. Alabama is facing above national average rates for infant mortality on top o…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19199 / 8 stories in 24 days
Extracorporeal liver cross-circulation using transgenic xenogeneic pig livers with brain-dead human decedents / Nature
Abraham Shaked / nature - Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04196-3In a study of four brain-dead human decedents, extracorporeal liver cross-circulation using genetically modified pig livers provides essential hepatic functions, supporting…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19188 / 4 stories in 25 days
FDA clears 1st blood test for Alzheimer’s in primary care / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - The first FDA-cleared blood test to assess Alzheimer’s disease in primary care is now available for patients age 55 and older with symptoms of cognitive decline. The test aims to help clinicians rule out Alzheimer’s by identifying individuals unlikely to …
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 19180 / 18 stories in 25 days
FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods / ABC News
go - Federal health officials will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 19176 / 4 stories in 25 days
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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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 19175 / 13 stories in 25 days
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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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19173 / 4 stories in 25 days
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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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19169 / 2 stories in 25 days
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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Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:22 pm / permalink 19160 / 4 stories in 25 days
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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Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:22 pm / permalink 19136 / 4 stories in 25 days
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 26 days
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.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:22 pm / permalink 19106 / 3 stories in 26 days
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.
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19084 / 4 stories in 26 days
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…
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19083 / 6 stories in 26 days