CHS signs $450M hospital sale to Huntsville Hospital Health System / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The deal for 180-bed Crestwood Medical Center, set to close in Q2, will add a fifteenth hospital to the northern Alabama-based nonprofit system.
#healthcare #mergersandacquisitions #corporatetakeover
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1:22 pm / permalink 18249 / 10 stories in 6 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 7 wks
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 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.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Monday, January 19, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 18153 / 7 stories in 7 wks
#JPM26: Day 3 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s Wednesday at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and as the sessions wind down, we’ll be keeping an eye on presentations from WuXi AppTec and AbbVie. Yesterday afternoon, our Executive Editor Drew Armstrong spoke with ...
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #weightloss #biotech #drugdevelopment #digitalhealth
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 7:21 pm / permalink 18138 / 28 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.
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #drugdevelopment #fda
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18126 / 5 stories in 7 wks
#JPM26: Day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference / Endpoints
ENDPOINTS / endpoints - It’s day 1 at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, and the mood heading into the week is one of cautious optimism. Biotech fundraising was off to a hot start in 2026. There ...
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #biotech #digitalhealth
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 18125 / 9 stories in 7 wks
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 7 wks
Why hospitals are betting on ChatGPT for Healthcare / Beckers
Naomi Diaz / beckershospitalreview - OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Healthcare on Jan. 8, marking a significant step into the healthcare industry as some of the nation’s largest health systems begin piloting and committing to the platform. ChatGPT for Healthcare is OpenAI’s enterprise platform …
Friday, January 16, 2026, 3:22 pm / permalink 18076 / 50 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.
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy
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 …
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech #drugdevelopment #fda
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
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #infanthealth
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.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc #vaccinesafety #infanthealth
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.
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #cdc
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
#healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy #biotech
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Thursday, January 15, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 17950 / 38 stories in 7 wks
Compounding pharmacy sues Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk over GLP-1 access / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - Strive Compounding Pharmacy filed a federal antitrust lawsuit Jan. 14 against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, alleging the two drugmakers used their market power to restrict access to compounded GLP-1 medications and suppress competition. The lawsuit, filed i…
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugpricing #elililly #novonordisk #weightloss #publichealth #biotech
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:23 pm / permalink 17926 / 4 stories in 7 wks
NVIDIA and Eli Lilly Launch $1B AI Co-Innovation Lab to Reinvent Drug Discovery / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Dave Ricks, Chair, CEO at Eli Lilly and Company, shared Eli Lilly and Company‘s post on LinkedIn, adding: “Exciting news from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference: Lilly and NVIDIA are joining […]
#healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #publichealth #biotech #drugdevelopment
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:23 pm / permalink 17925 / 2 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.
#obesity #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #elililly #novonordisk #weightloss #publichealth #governmentpolicy #fda
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.
#trumpadministration #healthcare #publichealth #governmentpolicy
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 1:22 am / permalink 17890 / 8 stories in 7 wks