When we talk about dementia risk, weight often gets the spotlight. But emerging research is shifting attention toward something that is easier to overlook: muscle.A growing body of evidence suggests…
Federal programs that support brain injury research and services are in flux, with lapsed legislation and a diminished injury-tracking workforce. Still, in rural Pennsylvania, children with acquired brain injuries gathered…
Opioid settlement cash was meant to abate the addiction crisis. But a new investigation reveals millions in Louisiana was spent on law enforcement gear and police technology instead of lifesaving…
States must submit Rural Health Transformation Program progress reports to the federal government, but they aren’t required to proactively post those reports, or related information, publicly.
What You Should Know Onos Health, a behavioral health clinical intelligence platform engineered for health plans and payers, secured a $17 million Series A financing round led by Costanoa. The…
Voters in California’s 22nd Congressional District call healthcare a top priority in November’s midterm elections. Although challenger Randy Villegas has built a following among residents craving change, undecided voters say…
What You Should Know Global patient safety nonprofit ECRI expanded its Problem Reporting Network to explicitly capture, investigate, and triage errors, malfunctions, and near misses involving artificial intelligence (AI) tools…
What You Should Know The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo marketing authorization to Abbott for its Libre Duo 10 Day system, establishing the new integrated…
Stephanie Halver’s doctor recommended she get a breast MRI, partly because of her family’s cancer history. Her insurer approved the scan, but unlike mammograms, breast MRIs aren’t universally covered as…
Researchers and disability rights advocates warn that the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Education Department and its erosions of civil rights oversight risk widening the disparities autistic children face in…