Briefing: Eight Trends Shaping 2026 Health Care Costs
Strategic angle: A new Peterson-KFF policy explainer lays out the health care trends shaping the 2026 policy debates.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Who will win the race to become Paris mayor?
Strategic angle: The Paris mayoral race narrowed as a former minister joins forces with a fellow right-winger for the second-round run-off.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Smoking rates are at a historic low. You’re not hearing about it from the government
Strategic angle: The CDC had remarkable data on smoking rates last fall, but it no longer had smoking experts available to review it and disseminate it.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Epic notches a legal win, but the saga continues
Strategic angle: An update on Epic's lawsuit over alleged improper access to health records, Nvidia's new radiology AI partnership, and more.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Trump's Drug Pricing Moves and GSK Asthma Drug Insights
Strategic angle: The White House intensifies pressure on Congress for drug pricing legislation.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Opinion: Semaglutide is going off-patent in India. But will people who need it be able to get it?
Strategic angle: Rules determining who gets access to semaglutide in India were written for different bodies with different cardiovascular risks.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Opinion: The greatest threat to federally qualified health centers may not be federal funding cuts
Strategic angle: After 50 years of operation, FQHCs are discovering that their financial structure has not kept pace with the realities of delivering on their mission.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Hundreds feared dead in strike on Kabul hospital
Taliban blames Pakistan for attack that threatens to escalate neighbours’ conflict
Editorial Staff Mar 17
400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Afghanistan hospital treating drug users
A tragic incident unfolds as a hospital in Afghanistan is targeted, resulting in significant loss of life.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: High-resolution electron microscopy sheds light on the cellular responses to stress
Strategic angle: An international team led by researchers from the University Medical Center Göttingen has used advanced electron microscopy technologies to capture key cellular mechanisms of stress resistance.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Ducks' Moore addresses mental health in letter
Strategic angle: Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has revealed he struggled with mental health issues associated with the pressures of major college football.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: A new drug could be the beginning of the end for sleeping sickness
Strategic angle: The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: AI Analysis of Nanoribbon Assembly Reveals Protein Design Principles
Strategic angle: New findings suggest incorporating physical forces in protein design algorithms for better outcomes.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Medicaid Still Going Commercial
Strategic angle: One of the most interesting health care legal cases right now, big Medicaid approvals, and more.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Asthma patients suffered as GSK pursued ‘egregious’ price hikes, senator says
Strategic angle: Families report financial and treatment struggles after GSK's price increases on asthma inhalers.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Florida Man Sues Sheriff After Drug Test Decides IBS Meds Are Basically Fentanyl During Traffic Stop
Strategic angle: A Florida man is taking legal action against a sheriff's department after a roadside drug test misidentified his IBS medication as fentanyl.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies
Strategic angle: Campaigners urge for immediate pollution alerts following a serious health incident involving a young boy.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Disabled CDC staff still missing accommodations
Strategic angle: The transformation of organ transplantation, an age to start considering statins, and other health news
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Plastic bottles transformed into Parkinson's drug using bacteria
Strategic angle: A pioneering method converts waste plastic into a vital medication for Parkinson's disease.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness
Strategic angle: Arielle Duhaime-Ross shares how technology helps manage chronic health issues.
Editorial Staff Mar 16