The American Cancer Society is recruiting 100,000 Black women ages 25 to 55 for its VOICES of Black Women study to understand why Black women die from cancer at disproportionately high rates. Black women die from breast cancer at a 40% higher rate than white women and are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer at twice…

Chadron Hospital in Nebraska closed the only dialysis unit for miles at the end of March, displacing 17 patients who relied on treatments three times a week. Hospital leaders said the nonprofit facility was losing $1m annually because reimbursement failed to cover operating costs, and critical access hospital payment rules do not apply to outpatient…

Health systems reported measurable results from six pharmacy-led initiatives, including more than a 2%age-point reduction in A1C and hundreds of incident fixes and system enhancements. The projects spanned antimicrobial stewardship, chronic disease management, medication safety, and operational improvement, reinforcing the case for expanding pharmacists’ roles beyond dispensing into direct patient management and system redesign. For…

A randomized New England Journal of Medicine study found that intensive team-based hypertension care reduced systolic blood pressure by nearly 16 mm/Hg over 18 months, compared with a 9-point decline under usual care. The trial enrolled 1,272 patients across 36 federally qualified health centers in Louisiana and Mississippi and combined home blood pressure monitoring, lifestyle…

The CDC delayed publication of a COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study after acting director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya raised concerns about its observational methodology, despite findings that vaccines reduced emergency department visits by 50% and hospitalizations by 55% last winter. CDC scientists are now revising the study before release.

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, UC San Diego pediatrician Joshua Rothman argues that federal vaccine policy changes are setting up a resurgence of hepatitis B in infants after his study found newborn hepatitis B vaccination rates fell by more than 10% between 2023 and August 2025. He says hepatitis B once infected about 18,000…