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Medicare is more broken than we thought

By Oct. 1, at least 2 million seniors will have received alarming notices: Their health plans — which they get through Medicare Advantage, the version of Medicare run by private health insurance companies — will disappear at the end of the year.

23 Oct 2026

Better engineering of hospital handbasins could prevent superbug outbreaks

Handbasins help prevent infections in hospitals but new research from Flinders University warns that contaminated basins in healthcare might put patients at risk and have implications in outbreaks of superbugs.

23 Oct 2026

BioUK Awards 2026 celebrate outstanding achievement and breakthrough innovations from across the life sciences

BioUK, the not-for-profit membership organization focused on catalyzing success in UK life sciences, today announced the winners of the 18th annual BioUK Awards following a ceremony hosted at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

From BioUK 23 Oct 2026

Study links recreational cannabis legalization to rising heart attack admissions

Legalization of recreational cannabis in the US is associated with a rise in hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease, finds an analysis of more than 50 million patient discharge records, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

22 Oct 2026

Social determinants of health may increase kidney failure risk after critical illness

New research indicates that certain individual- and neighborhood-level social determinants of health may increase the risk of developing post-discharge kidney failure in patients who developed acute kidney injury while in intensive care.

22 Oct 2026

New clinical decision support tool aims to improve chronic kidney disease care

Investigators have developed and validated a clinical decision support tool to improve the diagnosis and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the point of care. The research will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2026 October 22–25.

22 Oct 2026

Baylor Scott & White Health and Thrive Global partner to enhance customer well-being

Baylor Scott & White Health and Thrive Global today announce a strategic collaboration aimed at helping customers better manage their well-being every day.

22 Oct 2026

Hands-on device training improves pediatric resident communication skills

New research from Advocate Health's Advocate Aurora Research Institute suggests that giving pediatric residents hands-on training with medical devices may help them communicate more effectively with the families of children frequently hospitalized in pediatric units.

22 Oct 2026

ESMO updates precision oncology framework to improve targeted therapies

ESMO has published version 2 of the ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of molecular Targets (ESCAT), a major update to the internationally recognized precision oncology framework that helps oncologists assess the clinical relevance of molecular alterations and match patients with the most appropriate targeted therapies.

22 Oct 2026

New survey reveals how chronic stress impacts U.S. adults

U.S. adults appear increasingly likely to view stress as an unavoidable part of daily life, according to the 2026 Stress in America™ survey by the American Psychological Association.

22 Oct 2026

Green energy revenues offer critical funding for universal health

The green energy transition presents a crucial opportunity to finance universal health coverage (UHC) in low and middle income countries, say experts in The BMJ's climate issue today.

22 Oct 2026

Destruction of water systems directly threatens global public health

Water scarcity seldom starts wars, but wars increasingly degrade vital water systems on which health and recovery depend, creating a cycle that reinforces ongoing fragility and violence, warn experts in The BMJ's climate issue today.

22 Oct 2026

Young cancer survivors face critical gaps in follow-up care

Young adult cancer survivors face gaps in follow-up care caused by factors including geographic mobility and insurance changes, according to an analysis by UTHealth Houston researchers.

22 Oct 2026

Community health workers help patients piece their lives back together

For Georgieanna Pierre-Paul-who wants everyone to call her Gee-the most important part of her job may be a comfortable pair of shoes.

22 Oct 2026

Global vaccine equity rules could save millions in future pandemics

Beginning the global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out 100 days after the virus was sequenced could have saved more than 8 million lives by the end of 2021, most of them in lower-middle-income countries, according to modelling evidence brought together in a new Policy Brief from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).

22 Oct 2026

Australian study highlights delayed diagnosis in postpartum psychosis care

Women with postpartum psychosis are making repeated pleas for help before receiving a diagnosis, with the first Australian study of their help-seeking experiences finding many contacted health services an average of seven times before getting the care they needed.

22 Oct 2026

US agency selects UQ for ‘one of the world’s most ambitious biomanufacturing programs'

A United States Government agency has selected University of Queensland researchers to develop technology for personalized RNA medicines to be produced in hospitals, allowing lifesaving treatments to reach patients within days.

22 Oct 2026

INmune Bio establishes global commercialization framework for Ebstrocel™ through strategic agreement with Uniphar

INmune Bio Inc. (the “Company”), a late-stage biotechnology company focused on inflammation and immunology, today announced that it has entered into a Master Services Agreement with Uniphar Durbin Ireland Limited (“Uniphar”) establishing a scalable framework to support international access, distribution and commercialization of Ebstrocel™, the Company’s allogeneic stromal cell therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB).

From INmune Bio 22 Oct 2026

Review offers guidance for managing recurrent catheter-related bloodstream infections

Patients who depend on long-term intravenous catheters for chemotherapy, hemodialysis, intravenous nutrition and other essential therapies face an ongoing risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections, a potentially life-threatening complication that can be difficult to manage when the device remains necessary for care.

22 Oct 2026

Cardiac events account for 43% of on-duty firefighter deaths

Cardiac events account for nearly half of all on-duty firefighter deaths in the U.S.—a proportion that has steadily increased over the past three decades, according to a Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University study.

22 Oct 2026

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Medicare is more broken than we thought

Better engineering of hospital handbasins could prevent superbug outbreaks

BioUK Awards 2026 celebrate outstanding achievement and breakthrough innovations from across the life sciences

Study links recreational cannabis legalization to rising heart attack admissions

Social determinants of health may increase kidney failure risk after critical illness

New clinical decision support tool aims to improve chronic kidney disease care

Baylor Scott & White Health and Thrive Global partner to enhance customer well-being

Hands-on device training improves pediatric resident communication skills

ESMO updates precision oncology framework to improve targeted therapies

New survey reveals how chronic stress impacts U.S. adults

Green energy revenues offer critical funding for universal health

Destruction of water systems directly threatens global public health

Young cancer survivors face critical gaps in follow-up care

Community health workers help patients piece their lives back together

Global vaccine equity rules could save millions in future pandemics

Australian study highlights delayed diagnosis in postpartum psychosis care

US agency selects UQ for ‘one of the world’s most ambitious biomanufacturing programs'

INmune Bio establishes global commercialization framework for Ebstrocel™ through strategic agreement with Uniphar

Review offers guidance for managing recurrent catheter-related bloodstream infections

Cardiac events account for 43% of on-duty firefighter deaths

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