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Fewer women are beginning prenatal care in the first trimester, while more are entering care later or not at all. Unified Women’s Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Elizabeth Cherot, M.D., discusses what is driving the decline and how technology, care coordination and stronger patient trust could help expand access.
Read full article →The number of measles cases in the U.S. this year has surpassed last year's annual total, hitting the highest number of cases recorded in more than three decades, according to Johns Hopkins University. Per Johns Hopkins University's measles tracker, there have been 2,295 recorded measles cases this year, just surpassing 2025's total of 2,289. The...
Read full article →The CDC noted that two states in particular have seen cases jump.
Read full article →As of Tuesday, eighty-two cases of Legionnaires' disease had also been identified in connection with the outbreak.
Read full article →Imported generic drugs will face a 100 percent tariff beginning in August 2028 unless manufacturers move production to the U.S., President Trump said in a social media post Tuesday. Trump wrote on Truth Social the move is aimed at "reshoring" generic pharmaceutical production in America. The tariffs amount to a "penalty" that would hit companies if they don't...
Read full article →Federal officials charged two virologists they stopped en route from an African disease outbreak with violating import rules. But scientists tell KFF Health News the inactivated samples they carried posed no threat to the public, and they characterize the arrests as part of a government harassment campaign.
Read full article →The Office of Personnel Management said it will “pseudonymize” medical records it collects on more than 8 million people —federal workers and retirees, and their family members. Democrats and employee unions say the agency’s move is an overreach.
Read full article →At the end of the day, the most important question is a simple one: Do you actually know if you’re being reimbursed correctly? The post What Healthcare Organizations Miss When It Comes to Reimbursement Accuracy appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →The policy conversation needs to shift from just deprescribing alone to building the clinical infrastructure that delivers consistent, high-quality behavioral health care. The post Better Prescribing, Not Less Prescribing, Is What Behavioral Health Needs appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →President Trump plans to impose tariffs on imported generic medicines, his latest threat aimed at bringing pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the U.S.
Read full article →What Hawaii's wildfires can teach the nation about health recovery, 4.5 million people disenrolled from SNAP, and more health news
Read full article →Science Corporation announced the European launch of its retinal implant for patients with age-related macular degeneration.
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