CMS policy announcements, plan changes, and price updates.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ceased reporting deaths of individuals recently released from its custody, reversing a 2021 Biden administration policy. Critics warn this could obscure accountability and the true human cost of detention, especially as detainee deaths rise.
Leading diabetes researchers faced police intervention and expulsion from the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting in New Orleans for distributing an editorial criticizing Trump administration biomedical research cuts.
A controversial federal proposal threatens research independence. Insights from the 2014 Ebola outbreak surface, while hantavirus monitoring expands across states.
2026 FIFA World Cup host cities anticipate unprecedented healthcare demands. Emergency departments are preparing for critical risks: heat, crowd safety, cardiac events, and infectious diseases, as 5 million fans arrive.
Amid a deepening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts Jeremy Konyndyk and Jeremy Faust examine critical aid cuts and global health response challenges.
A multi-state Listeria outbreak, major Medicaid fraud indictments, and expanding probes into medical school admissions dominate recent health news.
Medicare Advantage enrollment surpasses 55% of eligible beneficiaries in 2026, driving $76 billion in federal spending. Special Needs Plans and market concentration dominate trends.
Democrats raise urgent concerns over federal health budget reductions under the Trump administration, citing Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks, fearing future pandemic vulnerability.
New federal guidelines for Title X reorient funding towards fertility and family formation, sparking expert concern over impacts on contraception and maternal mortality in the U.S.
A landmark longitudinal study reveals a stark correlation between high ultraprocessed food intake and increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline in older U.S. adults.
A new PEPFAR policy implemented June 1 threatens to severely curtail the CDC's global health footprint, raising expert concerns over America's vulnerability to international health crises.
A new Commonwealth Fund report exposes that 1 in 5 privately insured adults face denials for physician-recommended care, leading to delays, worsening health, and debt.