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Vesna Poljak Business Editor Vesna Poljak has over two decades of experience in Australian business journalism, specializing in…
AI Is entering health care, and nurses are being asked to trust it
Adam Hart has been a nurse at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, Nev., for 14 years. A…
New study links early smartphone ownership to health risks
adolescent: Someone in that transitional stage of physical and psychological development that begins at the onset of puberty,…
Medical tourist claims surgery destroyed her stomach
A Manawatū woman is just days away from a full stomach reconstruction five months after a weight-loss operation…
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Vesna Poljak Business Editor Vesna Poljak has over two decades of experience in Australian business journalism, specializing in…
Precarious Work, Precarious Care: Income Instability and Interruptions in Health Care Access
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Access to health care is one of the key indicators of workers’ well-being,…
When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years
The Trump administration announced on Feb. 12, 2026, that it is ending Operation Metro Surge, its deployment of…
Is Pfizer Stock an Underrated Healthcare Investment Play?
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) recently had to drop its internally developed GLP-1 weight loss drug candidate. The…
Botswana’s diamond-funded healthcare failed: it needs to be reformed and rebuilt | Duma Gideon Boko
Shortages of medicine in Botswana forced me to declare a public health emergency last year. Patients went without…
IHH Healthcare bets on Fortis stake for Indian expansion
It plans to add 2,000 hospital beds by 2028. IHH Healthcare Berhad is using its bigger stake in…
SpendRule raises $2M, emerges from stealth to help hospitals track spending
Last year, Chris Heckler was coming to the end of a five-year non-compete after selling his last company,…
‘Cuba’s healthcare system is being pushed to the brink by US blockades,’ says health minister
Published on 21/02/2026 – 9:11 GMT+1 Cuban officials say the debilitated healthcare system has been pushed to the…