Patients are rejecting hierarchy, not medical expertise| STAT
When you’re vulnerable in a hospital bed — confused, frightened, surrounded by machines — it might seem obvious…
Launch of the WHO guideline on environmentally friendly and less invasive oral health care for preventing and managing dental caries
To celebrate World Oral Health Day 2026, WHO will host a global webinar marking the launch of its new guideline…
Healthcare Is AI’s Hardest Test
If you want to understand how artificial intelligence will really impact the world, don’t look at coding, law,…
Beth Israel Lahey CEO Dr. Kevin Tabb to step down
Under Tabb’s leadership, the system ran a $100 million operating gain last year — the first one in…
Maternity services need investment in people and training, not another review | NHS
Once again, we are faced with a report detailing the failures in maternity services (Cruel comments, racism and…
Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’ | Health & wellbeing
Did you drink ice water today? If you did, that was “not very Chinese of you”, according to…
Man breaks down after friend admits he’s not invited anywhere because he’s “poor”
A TikTok creator’s emotional confession about being labeled “poor” by a close friend, and quietly excluded from social…
Even Patients Are Shocked by the Prices Their Insurers Will Pay — And It Costs All of Us
Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m…
WHO releases updated Health Inequality Data Repository and Health Equity Assessment Toolkit
WHO has released updated versions of two key resources as part of the Health Inequality Monitor to strengthen…
Medtronic expands multiyear global strategic alliance with GE HealthCare designed to accelerate next-generation technology innovation, increase access to integrated clinical solutions, and strengthen collaboration
Expanded scope of technology alliance to advance healthcare innovation across the enterprise, now including bedside monitoring, telemetry and…
UnitedHealth’s massive growth just got harder to track
Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences…
Attitudes to technology and AI in health care
Ensuring that uses of tech and AI in health care have the backing of the public and NHS…