Alzheimer’s deaths increase as population ages, lifespans increase – The Mercury News
Gene Girimonte, Thursday, April 30,2026, in Santa Rosa, with a photograph of his late husband, who passed away…
Penn State mourns the loss of sports medicine leader Wayne Sebastianelli
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Wayne J. Sebastianelli, a longtime leader in sports medicine at Penn State who spent…
HHS launches plan to limit ‘overprescribing’ of psychiatric drugs
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan to reduce “overprescribing” of psychiatric…
UNC Health Rex launches new mobile mammography unit in 21 counties :: WRAL.com
Nearly a quarter of women ages 50-74 had not received an annual mammogram in at least two years,…
Hantavirus, abortion pill, paternal deaths: Morning Rounds
Good morning. Yesterday, the writer Yiyun Li won a Pulitzer Prize for her heartbreaking memoir, “Things in Nature…
CT health care system opens new urgent center as type of care expands
A Connecticut health system has added a new Urgent Care center with a 3,500-square-foot facility. The Yale New…
UnitedHealthcare to cut prior authorization for 30% of services. Here’s what to know.
UnitedHealthcare said on Tuesday it is eliminating “prior authorization” requirements for 30% of medical services that previously required…
‘Is it OK to record your visit?’ What to know about doctors and AI scribes
More doctors in Massachusetts are using artificial intelligence to take notes during their patient visits. If the patient…
Contributor: How the waste in healthcare drives the U.S. debt
Washington treats healthcare spending like a moral obligation and interest payments like an accounting nuisance. They’re linked: Federal…
WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing – 29 April 2026
Good afternoon and welcome to our friends from ACANU. It’s an honour to host you once again here…
Quebec to begin rollout of digital health records system – Montreal
Quebec is set to begin rolling out its long-delayed digital health records system later this week, starting in…
CVS affiliation with Mass General could increase primary care access, but at what cost?
At an April Health Policy Commission meeting, commissioner Martin Cohen worried that the services would be “primary care…