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
F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine / NYT
Christina Jewett and Rebecca Robbins / nytimes - Moderna said it had held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 9:23 am / permalink 19353 / 11 stories in 21 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
Destructive meningitis cases raise concerns about emerging pathogen / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Penn State College of Medicine is reporting on two cases of destructive infant meningitis linked to Paenibacillus infection, documenting severe neurologic injury and raising concerns about diagnosis and treatment. Reports from Uganda first linked these or…
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19222 / 2 stories in 23 days
Intermittent fasting probably doesn’t help with weight loss / New Scientist
newscientist - Intermittent fasting appears to be no better than doing nothing when it comes to helping people who are overweight or have obesity lose weight
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19221 / 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
Lilly appeals retatrutide classification ruling in case that could impact compounders / Endpoints
Alexis Kramer / endpoints - Eli Lilly is challenging a decision over how the FDA classified its experimental, next-gen obesity shot, in a case that could affect the ability of compounders to rival it. On Thursday, Lilly filed a notice ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19191 / 15 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
New FDA-Approved Device Uses Electric Fields to Treat Pancreatic Cancer / Discover
discovermagazine - Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19187 / 12 stories in 25 days
HPV cancer vaccine slows tumor growth and extends survival in preclinical model / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Throughout the past decade, Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a striking principle of vaccine design: Performance depends not only on vaccine components but also on vaccine structure. After proving this concept across multiple studies, the…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 19182 / 5 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
Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 19179 / 4 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
Talkiatry Rakes In $210M to Scale Virtual Psychiatry Group / MedCity
Katie Adams / medcitynews - Telepsychiatry provider Talkiatry has raised a $210 million Series D round led by Perceptive Advisors, bringing its total funding to more than $400 million. CEO Robert Krayn said the company is focused on scaling its clinician-employed model and improving…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:22 am / permalink 19170 / 3 stories in 25 days