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Reproductive health agencies call for a major shift in diagnosis and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage

Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and treated.

6 Oct 2025

Surgical hospital closures disproportionately hit poor and socially vulnerable communities

A new national study reveals that hospitals providing surgical care have closed at a significantly higher rate than new ones have opened, with closures disproportionately concentrated in communities with high levels of poverty and social vulnerability.

3 Oct 2025

Research reveals shocking disparity in hearing aid access

Countries with the highest reported levels of hearing loss also have the lowest reported use of hearing aids, finds international research published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

3 Oct 2025

Simple, affordable HPV test delivers results in less than an hour

A team of researchers led by Rice University, in collaboration with colleagues in Mozambique and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has developed a simple, affordable human papillomavirus (HPV) test that delivers results in less than an hour with no specialized laboratory required.

29 Sep 2025

Remote asthma monitoring keeps children out of the emergency department

Children with asthma who use at-home monitoring are around half as likely to visit the emergency department or be hospitalized, compared to those who only receive care from their medical team, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Remote monitoring also helped keep children's symptoms under control.

29 Sep 2025

Nirsevimab sharply cuts RSV hospitalizations in U.S. infants during the 2024–2025 season

In a nationwide EHR cohort of over 400,000 U.S. infants during the 2024–2025 RSV season, nirsevimab use was linked to a 77% lower risk of RSV-related hospitalization. The study also found reduced ICU admissions and intubations, supporting broad seasonal protection in routine care.

28 Sep 2025

Telestroke expands care access but prolongs critical treatment time

Stroke patients evaluated using telemedicine (telestroke) have higher odds of receiving essential treatment, yet it takes them significantly longer to be treated - potentially limiting the benefits, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.

26 Sep 2025

Study links chronic illness in children to greater household food insecurity

Food insecurity is more common among children with a chronic medical condition than those without one, a new study suggests.

26 Sep 2025

Anxiety treatment improves outcomes for low-risk chest pain patients

Chest pain ranks as the second most common reason for emergency department (ED) visits, making it a key concern for patients and doctors.

25 Sep 2025

Active music therapy offers greater pain relief for hospital patients

A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that music therapy interventions involving singing, active instrument play, and relaxation/imagery may be more effective for reducing pain intensity than receptive interventions only involving live or recorded music listening among hospitalized patients with moderate-to-severe pain.

25 Sep 2025

Simple tweak to how AI assigns diagnostic codes could improve accuracy

A new study from researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System suggests that a simple tweak to how artificial intelligence (AI) assigns diagnostic codes could significantly improve accuracy, even outperforming physicians.

25 Sep 2025

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public health further politicized under the threat of more firings

In a highly unusual White House news conference this week, President Donald Trump — without evidence — boldly blamed the painkiller Tylenol and a string of childhood vaccines for causing a recent rise in autism.

25 Sep 2025

Mount Sinai study maps protein networks driving Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

A new study led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai offers one of the most comprehensive views yet of how brain cells interact in Alzheimer's disease, mapping protein networks that reveal communication failures and point to new therapeutic opportunities.

25 Sep 2025

How many cities will face unlivable heat by 2100?

Researchers assessed future urban heat exposure and adaptive capacity in 1,563 major cities worldwide, using high-resolution climate projections, local climate zones, and socioeconomic indicators. By 2100, hundreds of millions may live in cities exceeding habitability thresholds, with adaptation gaps greatest in low-income regions.

24 Sep 2025

Global cancer cases and deaths expected to soar by 2050 despite advances in treatment

There has been a rapid increase in the global number of cancer cases and deaths between 1990 and 2023, despite advances in cancer treatment and efforts to tackle cancer risk factors over that same time period.

24 Sep 2025

Blood and brain biomarkers transform how doctors confirm Alzheimer’s disease

A new Lancet review proposes a three-wave diagnostic pathway that combines clinical expertise with blood, CSF, and PET biomarkers. This approach aims to deliver earlier, more accurate, and more equitable Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis worldwide.

24 Sep 2025

Three in five U.S. children enroll in Medicaid and many experience uninsurance by age 18

By age 18, three in five U.S. children have enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and two in five have experienced a period of being uninsured, according to a microsimulation model developed by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

24 Sep 2025

Lipoprotein(a) testing remains uncommon in the United States

Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that testing for lipoprotein(a) - a genetic risk factor for heart disease - remains uncommon in the United States, despite modest increases over the past decade.

24 Sep 2025

Uncontrolled hypertension claims more than 10 million lives every year

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet just over one in five have it under control either through medication or addressing modifiable health risks.

24 Sep 2025

New recommendations aim to identify children with familial hypercholesterolemia

The Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, announced the online publication of recommendations from a multidisciplinary panel in the Journal of Pediatrics to promote the early identification of children living with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH).

23 Sep 2025

Health Systems News and Research

Reproductive health agencies call for a major shift in diagnosis and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage

Surgical hospital closures disproportionately hit poor and socially vulnerable communities

Research reveals shocking disparity in hearing aid access

Simple, affordable HPV test delivers results in less than an hour

Remote asthma monitoring keeps children out of the emergency department

Nirsevimab sharply cuts RSV hospitalizations in U.S. infants during the 2024–2025 season

Telestroke expands care access but prolongs critical treatment time

Study links chronic illness in children to greater household food insecurity

Anxiety treatment improves outcomes for low-risk chest pain patients

Active music therapy offers greater pain relief for hospital patients

Simple tweak to how AI assigns diagnostic codes could improve accuracy

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public health further politicized under the threat of more firings

Mount Sinai study maps protein networks driving Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

How many cities will face unlivable heat by 2100?

Global cancer cases and deaths expected to soar by 2050 despite advances in treatment

Blood and brain biomarkers transform how doctors confirm Alzheimer’s disease

Three in five U.S. children enroll in Medicaid and many experience uninsurance by age 18

Lipoprotein(a) testing remains uncommon in the United States

Uncontrolled hypertension claims more than 10 million lives every year

New recommendations aim to identify children with familial hypercholesterolemia

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