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An older adult practices a supervised balance exercise with a healthcare professional in a community clinic.

Healthcare

HHS Puts $27.8 Million Behind a Clinical-to-Community Fall Strategy

HHS will direct up to $27.8 million over three years to connect clinical fall-risk screening with community exercise and safety programs. The effort targets a major source of injury while testing whether referrals can reach more older adults.

A public health nurse prepares an MMR vaccination dose at a community clinic.

Healthcare

Federal Support Offered as New York Measles Cases Double

Oct 8, 2026

Illustrative view of a patient reviewing a healthcare cost estimate with a hospital financial counselor.

Healthcare

New Price Rules Target Healthcare Data Gaps and Misleading Quotes

Oct 6, 2026

A pediatric clinician reviewing respiratory test results in a hospital laboratory during flu season

Healthcare

Western Flu Spike Arrives Early as Pediatric Cases Climb

Oct 5, 2026

Older woman reviewing healthcare paperwork and household finances at a kitchen table

Healthcare

$90 Medicare Rebate Covers 20.8 Million as Legal Questions Remain

Oct 4, 2026

An open medical cooler with generic vaccine vials and sterile syringes in a quiet rural Wisconsin clinic.

Healthcare

Wisconsin Measles Count Rises 29 to 243 in 2 Days

Oct 3, 2026

Hematology researchers examine blood samples and clinical data in a hospital laboratory.

Healthcare

FDA Opens First-Line CLL Treatment to Pirtobrutinib, but Comparator Questions Remain

Oct 3, 2026

A quiet correctional health clinic treatment room in Nevada with medical supplies and an open doorway suggesting transition to community care, no people or signage

Healthcare

Nevada Begins Prerelease Medicaid Program Under Federal Waiver

Oct 3, 2026

Older adults compare generic Medicare plan information at a kitchen table.

Healthcare

Lower 2027 Medicare Advantage Premiums Come With a Network Tradeoff

Oct 2, 2026

A clinician speaks with a patient in a rural primary-care clinic overlooking farmland

Healthcare

8 in 10 Rural Voters See No Health Gain From Trump Policies

Oct 1, 2026

AI-generated editorial image of a sealed envelope, stethoscope, reading glasses and blank application papers representing a health-coverage review.

Healthcare

New Jersey Medicaid Change Puts 15,000–25,000 at Risk Oct. 1

Sep 30, 2026

Illustrative clinic intake desk with a stethoscope, blank health-insurance card and generic eligibility forms under soft daylight.

Healthcare

Mississippi Narrows CHIP Eligibility to 4 Groups Oct. 1

Sep 30, 2026

A public-health laboratory professional organizes specimen tubes beside an unlabeled vaccine vial and capped syringe.

Healthcare

CDC Adds Second Measles Death Amid Pennsylvania Data Dispute

Sep 30, 2026

Spirometry equipment and sealed laboratory sample vials in a Maui community health screening room

Healthcare

Maui Study Links Persistent Metal Exposure to Impaired Lung Function

Sep 29, 2026

A patient seated upright in a radiotherapy treatment room while two clinicians monitor positioning.

Healthcare

Upright Proton Radiotherapy Enters Clinical Use

Sep 28, 2026

Laboratory technician samples packaged broccoli sprouts on a food safety inspection table

Healthcare

Broccoli Sprout Salmonella Outbreak Grows to 32 Cases

Sep 27, 2026

Conceptual editorial image of an audit desk with case files, calculator and an unreadable claims-analysis screen.

Healthcare

Iowa Medicaid Unit Posts 37 Convictions on $1.3M Budget

Sep 26, 2026

Empty hospital quality-improvement meeting room with an infant bassinet, charts and stethoscope

Healthcare

North Carolina Restores $901,400 Perinatal Program

Sep 26, 2026

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