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
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Monday, January 19, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 18156 / 6 stories in 7 wks
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.
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Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18153 / 7 stories in 7 wks
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.
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Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18126 / 5 stories in 7 wks
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.
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Friday, January 16, 2026, 2:22 pm / permalink 18069 / 9 stories in 7 wks
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 …
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Friday, January 16, 2026, 11:55 am / permalink 18057 / 2 stories in 7 wks
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
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Friday, January 16, 2026, 8:23 am / permalink 18020 / 3 stories in 7 wks
US reports 168 new measles cases with outbreak in South Carolina / Medical Express
medicalxpress - The U.S. measles outbreak that drove cases to a 34-year high in 2025 shows no signs of slowing, as 168 more people have become infected since the start of the new year.
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Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:22 am / permalink 18000 / 9 stories in 7 wks
CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance, as potential funding cut looms / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Wastewater testing can alert public health officials to measles infections days to months before cases are confirmed by doctors, researchers said in two studies published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Friday, January 16, 2026, 4:22 am / permalink 17999 / 2 stories in 7 wks
AI Model Identifies How Every Country Can Improve Its Cancer Outcomes / ESMO
esmo - For the first time, researchers have used machine learning – a type of artificial intelligence (AI) – to identify the most important drivers of cancer survival in nearly all the countries in the world
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Thursday, January 15, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 17950 / 38 stories in 7 wks
FDA moves to remove suicide warnings from GLP-1 weight loss drugs / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Federal health regulators say popular weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound do not increase the risk of suicidal thoughts, and they have asked drugmakers to remove those warnings from medication labels.
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Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:23 pm / permalink 17924 / 8 stories in 7 wks
H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services / NYT
Jan Hoffman / nytimes - A day after funding termination notices went out to more than 2,000 programs nationwide, the administration reversed itself and reinstated the money.
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Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 17890 / 8 stories in 7 wks
US healthcare spending climbed 7.2% in 2024: 8 things to know / Beckers
Kelly Gooch / beckershospitalreview - U.S. healthcare spending reached $5.3 trillion in 2024, a 7.2% increase from $4.9 trillion the previous year, and similar to 7.4% growth in 2023, according to a CMS analysis published Jan. 14 by Health Affairs. Eight things to know, per the analysis: 1. H…
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 17883 / 5 stories in 7 wks
Senate finds UnitedHealth used ‘aggressive strategies’ in Medicare Advantage / Beckers
Elizabeth Casolo / beckershospitalreview - UnitedHealth Group leveraged “aggressive strategies” to get higher-paying Medicare Advantage diagnoses, according to a Jan. 12 Senate report that Becker’s viewed. The Wall Street Journal initially covered the news. Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R…
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Monday, January 12, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 17809 / 12 stories in 1 month
New US diet guidelines push whole foods, meat and dairy / Medical Express
medicalxpress - The federal government has released new dietary guidelines that shift how Americans are urged to eat.
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Saturday, January 10, 2026, 8:21 pm / permalink 17750 / 11 stories in 2 months
New Jersey system to join RWJBarnabas / Beckers
Kristin Kuchno / beckershospitalreview - West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Englewood (N.J.) Health have signed a definitive agreement under which Englewood would become part of RWJBarnabas Health. The transaction is subject to state and federal regulatory approvals, according to a J…
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Saturday, January 10, 2026, 5:21 pm / permalink 17747 / 2 stories in 2 months
House approves 3-year ACA subsidy extension / Beckers
Andrew Cass / beckershospitalreview - The House of Representatives voted to extend the ACA enhanced tax credits that expired at the end of 2025 for three years, which now heads to the Senate. The 230-196 vote followed a Democrat-led discharge petition that reached the required 218 representat…
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Thursday, January 8, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 17654 / 23 stories in 2 months
OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health: 5 Things to Know / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - OpenAI announced a new dedicated platform for health conversations. The company said the new offering is not intended for medical diagnosis or treatment — but rather to provide support for personal health navigation.The post OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Health…
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 6:23 pm / permalink 17617 / 21 stories in 2 months
RFK Jr.'s CDC whacks 6 vaccines from childhood recommendation list after opaque monthlong review / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has upended the immunization schedule for children in the United States, eliminating six of the 17 vaccines that were previously recommended to protect them from disease.
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Monday, January 5, 2026, 5:22 pm / permalink 17518 / 28 stories in 2 months
UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online / Medical Express
medicalxpress - New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk foods, in what the government calls a "world-leading action" to tackle childhood obesity.
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Monday, January 5, 2026, 4:22 am / permalink 17491 / 3 stories in 2 months
Maimonides Health to merge with NYC Health + Hospitals supported by $2.2B state grant / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Brooklyn, New York-based Maimonides Health is merging with New York City's public health system NYC Health + Hospitals, the organizations announced Monday.
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Saturday, January 3, 2026, 7:22 am / permalink 17452 / 2 stories in 2 months