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‘Voting is medicine’: These health professionals want you to vote in the midterms » Yale Climate Connections

Physician Cynthia Mahoney says voting is a powerful prescription for health.

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Oct 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • yaleclimateconnections.org
Rising health care costs are pushing people to forgo medicine and doctor visits

Higher insurance premiums, climbing medical costs and inflation are pushing health care expenses for Americans to new heights.

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Oct 23 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Postpartum recovery may influence long-term maternal aging and health

Jesse Poganik, PhD, of the Division of Genetics within the Department of Medicine at Mass General Brigham, is the senior author of a paper published in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, "The Postpartum Recovery Window as a Determinant of Maternal Aging." Stephen Albright, formerly of Mass General Brigham, is the lead author.

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Oct 23 • 1:09 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
Holmen students try casting, tour ambulance during school's Science of Medicine Day

Third, fourth and fifth graders at Sand Lake Elementary stepped into the world of medicine Thursday morning.

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Oct 22 • 10:31 PM EDT • Science • wxow.com
An Italian Day in Philadelphia: Science, Medicine and a Transatlantic Bridge

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 19. A single human body carries trillions of bacteria. In women, those microbes rise and fall with estrogen, and they help decide who delivers a baby early, who gets an infection that will not clear, and who does not.

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Oct 22 • 8:25 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com
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Holmen students try casting, tour ambulance during school's Science of Medicine Day

HOLMEN, Wis. (WXOW) – Third, fourth and fifth graders at Sand Lake Elementary stepped into the world of medicine Thursday morning.

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Oct 22 • 8:23 PM EDT • Science • wxow.com
Essentia Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior welcomes general surgeon Dr. Robyn Marks

Dr. Robyn Marks, a doctor of osteopathic medicine specializing in general surgery, is thrilled to join Essentia Health St. Mary’s Hospital-Superior.

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Oct 22 • 5:19 PM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org
UPMC Health Plan's Food as Medicine Pilot for Members With Diabetes

The pilot pairs grocery stipends and community health worker support with members who have unmanaged diabetes and unmet social needs.

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Oct 22 • 4:22 PM EDT • Health • ajmc.com
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'Food Is Medicine' Shows Fixing the Food System Is a Public Health Priority

Food Is Medicine by Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian offers a path toward a healthier food system that benefits people, communities, and the planet.

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Oct 22 • 4:09 PM EDT • Health • foodtank.com
How a Miller School of Medicine Student Uses Comics to Explore Health and Belonging

Medical student Iris Hyun-A Kim uses comics to explore how identity, culture and community shape health, illness and belonging.

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Oct 22 • 3:58 PM EDT • Health • news.med.miami.edu
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Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Brainerd Clinic welcomes Dr. Caehla McGeady to practice family Medicine

Dr. Caehla McGeady, a family medicine specialist, is thrilled to join the Essentia Health St. Joseph’s-Brainerd Clinic.

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Oct 22 • 11:00 AM EDT • Health • essentiahealth.org
Read the room: The science of experiencing spaces and places

Penn Today spoke with neurologist Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine about his research investigating the perception, emotion, and meaning of spaces.

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Oct 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • penntoday.upenn.edu
Trump’s billion-dollar grant cuts jeopardize Tulane public health research

President Donald Trump has terminated billions in federal science and research grants since 2025. As a result, global health research and job stability at Tulane University’s Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine are in jeopardy. Since 2025, the Trump administration has frozen or terminated $177 billion in grants on health equity,...

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Oct 21 • 11:27 PM EDT • Health • tulanehullabaloo.com
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Emergency medicine responders meet with Becca Balint to talk rural health bottlenecks

So many of the problems EMTs deal with, providers said, catch people where they fall through the cracks of other social services.

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Oct 21 • 7:42 PM EDT • Health • vtdigger.org
China biotech RiboX reveals first data of circular RNA therapies in people

RiboX Therapeutics published first circular RNA clinical data in NEJM, showing RXRG001 improved saliva in xerostomia patients, ahead of Orna, Orbital, and Sail Biomedicines.

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Oct 21 • 7:19 PM EDT • Technology • endpoints.news
Family Medicine Physician Timothy Baty, D.O., Joins UAMS Health Family Medical Center in Batesville

Timothy Baty, D.O., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Medical Center in Batesville, where he will provide comprehensive primary care services for patients of all ages.

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Oct 21 • 1:46 PM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
Huck lecture series to feature bioengineering, environmental toxicology experts

The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences will welcome two leading researchers to Penn State this fall as part of its Distinguished Lectures in Life Science series, with talks covering advances in regenerative medicine and the emerging science of nanoplastics exposure.

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Oct 21 • 1:05 PM EDT • Science • psu.edu
Special Olympics Chief Health Officer Dr. Dimitri Christakis Elected into the National Academy of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting on 19 October 2026. Among them was Special Olympics Chief Health Officer, Dr. Dimitri Christakis. One of the highest honors in the field, Dr. Christakis's election reflects both his work advancing health for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities at Special Olympics and his expertise in child development, particularly related to digital media and its effects on children’s social, emotional, and cognitive health.

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Oct 21 • 10:40 AM EDT • Health • specialolympics.org
New US drug launches need price check to counter access impediments, ICER, West Health urge

As policies from the last two presidential administrations put heightened focus on drug affordability in the United States, a new report suggests much work remains to be done when it comes to the l | As policies from the last two presidential administrations put heightened focus on drug affordability in the United States, a new report suggests much work remains to be done when it comes to the launch prices of novel medicines.

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Oct 21 • 10:36 AM EDT • Health • fiercepharma.com
Wisconsin’s seasonal migrant workers lack access to healthcare — until a mobile clinic pulls up to the farm

Thousands of Wisconsin’s migrant seasonal workers face barriers to getting basic healthcare. A Wautoma-based charity is helping fill that gap by taking its mobile clinic to farm fields, providing low-cost primary care medicine to workers mostly from Mexico.

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Oct 21 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • wpr.org
Swiss group agrees $390 million deal for medicines business with operations in North Africa

DKSH agrees to acquire NewBridge Pharmaceuticals in a $390 million deal, gaining a medicines platform with an established North African presence

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Oct 21 • 3:20 AM EDT • Business • africa.businessinsider.com
Would subsidizing weight-loss drugs make health care fairer?

GLP-1 medicines such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have transformed the treatment of obesity, but access to them in Australia increasingly depends on something much less medical: whether you can afford ...

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Oct 20 • 8:40 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
A community health initiative in low-income areas may reduce hospital admission rates

In this longitudinal cross-sectional RCT, 30 low-income apartment buildings in Ontario received visits from the community paramedicine clinic, resulting in…

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Oct 20 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • 2minutemedicine.com
INOVIO Announces Favorable Judgment in Litigation with VGXI, Inc. and GeneOne Life Science

/PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: INO), a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and...

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Oct 20 • 4:05 PM EDT • Science • prnewswire.com
18:83 Speaker Series: Dr. Jenkins and The Mischievous Greyhound

Dr. Marjorie Jenkins turned career story into tale about 'finding her pack' at UND and School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

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Oct 20 • 3:17 PM EDT • Health • blogs.und.edu
SGMC Health Recognized by the American Medical Association for Commitment to Physician Well-Being

SGMC Health has earned bronze recognition from the American Medical Association (AMA) as a 2026 Joy in Medicine® organization, recognizing the health system’s commitment to supporting physician well-being and creating a healthier, more fulfilling work environment for providers.

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Oct 20 • 2:39 PM EDT • Health • sgmc.org
Michigan Medicine, UM Health-Sparrow expand precision oncology program

University of Michigan Health-Sparrow and Michigan Medicine are expanding the use of precision oncology in Lansing.

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Oct 20 • 12:49 PM EDT • Health • wilx.com
Michigan Medicine, UM Health-Sparrow expand precision oncology program in Lansing

University of Michigan Health-Sparrow and Michigan Medicine are expanding the use of precision oncology in Lansing.

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Oct 20 • 12:48 PM EDT • Health • fox19.com
They Take Healthcare to the Streets. In Phoenix, That's Getting Harder

When cities remove encampments or restrict aid, street medicine providers must scramble to keep providing healthcare.

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Oct 20 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • shelterforce.org
WSU professor Felix Lankester elected to National Academy of Medicine

Lankester’s pioneering work on vaccine delivery and community-based vaccination programs has helped transform rabies prevention and save lives in low-income countries.

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Oct 20 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • news.wsu.edu
Maxwell Economist John Cawley Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Medicine

Membership in the National Academy of Medicine is one of the highest and most esteemed honors in the fields of health, medicine and medical science.

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Oct 20 • 8:34 AM EDT • Health • news.syr.edu
$6.4 Million Grant to Bolster Maternal, Child Health

(10/20/26) The Center for Child Well-Being will expand psychiatry access, resources and workforce development.

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Oct 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • medicine.missouri.edu
What Is Culinary Medicine? Bridging Nutrition, Cooking, and Health

Culinary medicine combines nutrition science with practical cooking education to help patients apply dietary advice and train healthcare professionals in nutrition counseling. Studies report improvements in cooking confidence and dietary behaviors, but evidence for sustained clinical benefits remains limited.

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Oct 20 • 5:13 AM EDT • Health • news-medical.net
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Percival AI can uncover unseen health issues in CT scans

When analyzed by a new artificial intelligence model developed at Penn Medicine, CT scans reveal much about a patient's health beyond the specific condition they were originally ordered for, according ...

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Oct 19 • 5:30 PM EDT • Health • medicalxpress.com
Novant Health to host drive-thru medicine take-back

Residents can drop off unused medications, syringes and vaping devices for free Saturday at Novant Health’s drive-thru collection event.

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Oct 19 • 4:43 PM EDT • Health • wect.com
Deep learning model demonstrates potential to generate an interpretable brain health biomarker from sleep electroencephalography

Ganglberger and colleagues assessed a deep learning model’s ability to derive brain health scores from electroencephalography data.

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Oct 19 • 3:00 PM EDT • Health • 2minutemedicine.com
Medical College of Wisconsin gets $50M gift to advance precision medicine

Precision medicine takes into account a person's genes and lifestyle, as well as the environment they live in, to treat their health care needs.

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Oct 19 • 10:01 AM EDT • Health • jsonline.com
Paul Harris elected to National Academy of Medicine

Paul Harris, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt Health, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).

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Oct 19 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
Novant Health to host drive-thru medicine take-back

Residents can drop off unused medications, syringes and vaping devices for free Saturday at Novant Health’s drive-thru collection event.

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Oct 19 • 9:57 AM EDT • Health • wect.com
Researchers Discover a Blood-Pressure Drug May Stimulate “Healthy” Brown Fat

Losartan, a drug commonly prescribed for high blood pressure, boosts brown adipose tissue or “brown fat” activity and enhances its metabolism, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers.

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Oct 19 • 9:48 AM EDT • Health • news.weill.cornell.edu
Carda Health and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Partner to Advance Lifestyle Medicine and Chronic Disease Care

NEW YORK, October 19, 2026--Carda Health, the leader in virtual cardiopulmonary care for Cardiac and Pulmonary disease, announced a partnership with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) to expand access to evidence-based lifestyle medicine and chronic disease care. Carda will work with ACLM year-round to advance at-home cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation through education, research and clinician engagement.

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Oct 19 • 9:07 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
13 Organizations Building Health and Community in Philadelphia

These Philadelphia organizations are improving food and nutrition security and advancing health-forward solutions rooted in community.

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Oct 19 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • foodtank.com
CBIH Announces Expanded Research Strategy at the Intersection of Endocannabinoid Science and Biological Medicine

Houston, Texas--(Newsfile Corp. - October 19, 2026) - Cannabis Bioscience International Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: CBIH), a public company trading on the OTC Markets under the ticker symbol CBIH, announced an expansion of its scientific research strategy focused on the intersection of endocannabinoid biology, precision medicine, and the development of intellectual property with potential biomedical applications."We are witnessing a new era in the history of medicine: an era in which human biology

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Oct 19 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
Affordable, accessible healthcare — state candidates all want it

Some running for 40th, 42nd districts want to see WA version of OR corporate medicine law

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Oct 19 • 12:00 AM EDT • Health • cascadiadaily.com
At New Brunswick’s Health Science Technologies High School, the Future of Medicine is Hands-On

At New Brunswick’s Health Science Technologies High School, the Future of Medicine is Hands-On

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Oct 18 • 4:29 PM EDT • Science • tapinto.net
10 Black scientists whose groundbreaking contributions deserve more recognition

Meet 10 Black scientists and inventors whose groundbreaking contributions to medicine, technology, mathematics and space exploration deserve recognition.

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Oct 18 • 3:11 PM EDT • Science • thegrio.com
Abu Dhabi Health Delegation Concludes Inaugural Visit to China, Opening New Pathways to Advance AI, Precision Medicine and Next-Gen Therapies

/PRNewswire/ -- The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the emirate, has concluded its inaugural health and life...

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Oct 17 • 1:54 PM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
AI Meets the Mind: How Health Data Science Is Rewiring Neuroscience and Psychology

Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming two of the most intimate fields of medicine: neuroscience and psychology. A new editorial published in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience by Lei Lu of King's College London, Zhiqiang Huo of Queen Mary University of London,

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Oct 17 • 12:45 PM EDT • Science • bioengineer.org
2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine Honors Breakthrough That Lets Scientists Control the Brain With Light

An algal protein helped scientists reactivate a fear memory in mice, turning light into a tool for testing what specific brain cells do. Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were honored for their

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Oct 17 • 12:08 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Healthcare forum provides answers to North Country residents

Retired Dr. Christopher Hoy shared answers to community questions about healthcare based on his 35 years of experience in medicine.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • adirondackexplorer.org
A scoping review of bias in large AI models for medicine and healthcare

Communications Health - A scoping review of bias in large AI models for medicine and healthcare

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Oct 16 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Lancaster General Health doctor first in the region to perform groundbreaking procedure

(WHTM) — “Overactive bladder” and incontinence can be embarrassing to discuss, but they affect millions of people. A doctor at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health has performed…

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Oct 16 • 7:17 PM EDT • Health • abc27.com
Science and Medicine Group (SMG) Names Jasen Holness Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing to Accelerate Customer Growth

Veteran market research and commercial leader will oversee sales and marketing across all of SMG's insights and digital media brands as the company unifies its portfolio.

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Oct 16 • 6:56 PM EDT • Science • newspressnow.com
How laughter can help improve your mental health

They say laughter is the best medicine, but can adding a dose of humor to your life actually improve your mental well-being? According to the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the answer is yes.

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Oct 16 • 5:02 PM EDT • Health • wmtw.com
What causes sleep paralysis; health indicators of Alzheimer's diagnosis; sober October; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources

(iStock) Food and Wine interviewed Peter Martin, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about sober October. William Schaffner, MD, Professor of Preventive Medicine, was quoted in CNN International’s Connect the World with Becky Anderson and NewsNation Morning in America for stories about the reported plague situation in Russia, after a laboratory worker at an institute in Siberia dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of a mysterious illness. Prevention interviewed James McGuirk, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Sleep Medicine, for a story about what causes sleep paralysis. Modern Healthcare interviewed Daniel Fabbri, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science, for a story about how health systems are managing AI token costs. WNKY interviewed Ziv Beckerman, MD, Associate Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the Golisano Pediatric Heart Institute at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt about rapid recovery with extended ultra oxygenated preservation (REUP) that is a new form of preservation for heart organs. Ray Romano, PhD, MPH, MSN, Nurse Practitioner, Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer’s Center, was quoted Prevention about research that found other health issues may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s.

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Oct 16 • 4:49 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
Enquirer announces Oct. 16 athlete of the week winners

Cincinnati Enquirer readers made their choices for the Oct. 16 Beacon Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Athletes of the Week.

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Oct 16 • 4:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Julien Boone Heads to ESMO 2026 to Explore Emerging Science in Oncology

Julien Boone Heads to ESMO 2026 to Explore Emerging Science in Oncology / cancer, cancer medicines, esmo 2026, European Society for Medical Oncology, Fanny

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Oct 16 • 1:59 PM EDT • Science • oncodaily.com
Virginia health leaders strongly encourage vaccines at Riverside Health flu shot event

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Riverside Health hosted a flu vaccine event at their Internal Medicine Warwick location Thursday morning. Multiple state leaders and stakeholder were in attendence,…

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Oct 16 • 11:20 AM EDT • Health • wavy.com
Can AI solve our mental health access problem?

Last week I asked you what worries you most about AI in health. It was close, but your top answer was “AI giving bad health advice.” Last week’s poll results: You’re in good company. This concern was top of mind at a conference I joined at Stanford last week, where researchers, clinicians, and people who build AI systems spent a day debating trust and safety in health AI. Stepping back, I’m also hearing your emerging concerns about AI’s impact on our well-being generally. I see this as a matter of public health, and we’ll take it in pieces as we learn together. Today we’ll focus on AI chatbots used for therapy for mental health. Early this month, Governor Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 903, California’s most ambitious attempt to regulate AI use for mental health. It’s at the center of active debate, and raises the questions patients, family members, citizens, and voters will face as AI moves deeper into health care. Let’s work through it. What is “AI-based therapy”? It’s really two things: purpose-built mental health apps designed to deliver structured support, and general chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini that people increasingly use for emotional support—even if they weren’t built for it. Spoiler alert: I don’t know whether the shift toward AI therapy is good or bad. The evidence isn’t there yet. But I do know it’s already happening, and I have some ideas about how we can roll it out with safety in mind. The therapy dilemma, in a nutshell Mental health challenges are common, and strain health and well-being across populations. Therapy (interactive dialogue with a trained, empathetic practitioner) helps many people heal. The demand for licensed therapists far exceeds the supply in California, and AI-based therapy can narrow that gap. AI-based therapy remains novel, unproven, and not well tested. Right off the bat, we can see we’re dealing with trade-offs here. Since the main driver of demand for therapy from a robot is lack of access to therapy from a human, we’ll start there. It’s too hard to find and afford a human therapist California is short roughly 55,000 licensed, non-prescribing therapists and counselors, about 40% of what we need. Psychiatrists, who rely on talk therapy as a complement to prescribed medications, are even more scarce. Eight counties have none, and density ranges from 1.7 per 100,000 residents in San Benito County, to 68.1 in Marin County. My wife is a psychiatrist in Marin, and even here access is tight. If it’s hard in the best-supplied county, imagine rural Sierra County, or the San Joaquin Valley. In 2024, more than half of Californians who tried to make a mental health appointment struggled to find a provider who took their insurance, compared with 14% for physical health care. When Senate staff posed as “secret shopper” patients and called 120 mental health providers in Medicare Advantage networks, they landed an appointment less than once for every five tries. Insurers pay behavioral health clinicians about 22% less than medical and surgical clinicians for comparable office visits. On top of that, billing denials and prior authorizations hit hardest at the solo and small practices common in mental health. Psychiatrists opt out of Medicare at the highest rate of any specialty. In many places, a cash practice for therapy fills quickly with patients paying $250 or more an hour, with no insurance paperwork at all. Families who can pay cash find providers more easily. Those who rely on insurance, including Medi-Cal enrollees, older adults, rural residents, and non-English speakers, compete for what’s left. So we can’t pretend the human system works, and we can’t blame people for turning to AI for support when they’re in distress. AI is filling the gap It’s estimated that roughly a quarter of AI users use it for mental health support. If you have internet, it’s available 24/7, it’s cheap, and it speaks your language. Uninsured adults are about twice as likely as insured adults to do it (30% vs. 14%). It feels anonymous in ways that may enable people to ask things they’re unsure or embarrassed about. The largely hidden, personal use makes it hard to study whether it’s actually helping people with their mental health issues, but researchers are trying. Does AI therapy work? A 2026 analysis of nearly 40 randomized trials found chatbots showed a real but small reduction in depression symptoms. But most of these trials were compared to an alternative of no therapy, not a human therapist. So the benefit of AI therapy is probably real, but modest, and mostly untested against the alternative of human contact. We need more studies. Serious concerns OpenAI’s own estimate is that more than a million ChatGPT users each week show signs of suicidal planning or intent. These are high stakes encounters, and AI doesn’t always get it right. That’s partly because a chatbot can sound like a therapist, but it has no license, no duty of care, and it’s not clear who to hold accountable when it gets things wrong. AI is also designed to help users in whatever task they’re seeking to accomplish. People may feel like they’re getting therapy, but they’re mainly getting a convincing conversation. It’s easy for an AI companion to wander into gray areas, like playing along with “creative writing” that may be about the user’s own suicidal intent. Courts are driving safety conversations A wave of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of families claiming that chatbots pushed people they loved toward self-harm, including teens who died by suicide. The first settlements came this year. OpenAI is headquartered in San Francisco, and dozens of cases alleging that ChatGPT drove users to suicide or self-harm are now before a San Francisco judge. Character.ai has filed for bankruptcy after several states brought lawsuits accusing the chatbot of pushing dangerous content to kids. But the technology seems to be improving. Last month, an independent evaluation found that newer AI models “almost never endorse suicide.” That’s progress, but our societal appetite for even one preventable death is very low. So how do we move forward? Finding a middle ground Earlier this month the governor vetoed Senate Bill 903, a bill designed to place guardrails on the use of AI for therapy. The bill would have prohibited any AI-based platform from being advertised as psychotherapy, and would have required a licensed professional to review and approve each encounter where AI was used to support therapeutic decisions. Newsom called it overly broad, since even routine screening questions would have needed clinician sign-off. Knowing we’re already short on mental health providers, requiring human review of AI encounters may not relieve our access problems. Still, the answer isn’t no oversight. Here’s one feasible short term solution. Rather than reviewing each encounter, a licensed clinician can design the guardrails: what counts as a crisis, what triggers an immediate handoff to a human, and what gets sampled for audit each month. The AI runs inside that structure. Conversations get checked, failures get reported, and a real clinician owns the framework. Medicine already has models to learn from. The FDA process for rolling out newly approved medications is an example. After a product reaches patients, we keep watching for adverse events. Patient-facing AI needs the same “digital pharmacovigilance”: systematic tracking of harms, near misses, and the types of groups that get hurt and why. It’s also critical that users know that they can reach a human if they’re in crisis. Most chatbots now include messages like these: Bottom line The rush to use unproven AI tools for mental health support is mostly a workaround, a sign of a health system people can’t get into. We need better access to proven care from licensed clinicians. That takes reimbursement that makes accepting insurance viable, and a bigger workforce. But, built and tested well, AI could be part of the answer. It could be the 2 a.m. check-in when no one else is awake, or a way for patients to practice skills their therapist taught them. It could be the first step to get someone the right level of care, and take paperwork off clinicians’ plates so they spend more time with patients. None of this is simple. The SB 903 veto doesn’t end the debate, and the legislature will be back. In the meantime, those of us using these tools need to stay informed, ask hard questions, and hold the companies building them accountable. I’ll try to do my part, and we’ll keep learning together. Love,Matt P.S. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health challenges, emotional distress, substance use problems, or just needs to talk, call or text 988- you’ll reach a real person— or chat at 988lifeline.org 24/7. Dr. Matt Willis is the author of Your Local Epidemiologist in California. A California native, he’s served as a primary care physician, CDC epidemiologist, and public health officer for Marin County, where he guided the pandemic response. He lives in Marin with his family and their dogs, Teddy and Ramona. Thank you Cynthia He, MD, PhD, and Parnika Saxena, MD, for their guidance in preparing this article. Cynthia works in an outpatient mental health clinic, treating patients who have Medi-Cal or, sometimes, no insurance. Parnika works in an inpatient psychiatric unit, treating patients with public or private insurance or self-pay ability. All opinions are their own and do not represent their employers.

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Oct 16 • 10:32 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologistca.substack.com
UAB Medicine partners with Lawson State Community College to create radiologic technologist pipeline

UAB Medicine and Lawson State Community College have launched a medical radiologic technology training program that creates a direct pathway for UAB Medicine employees to earn a degree, gain hands-on clinical experience, and pursue careers in medical imaging.

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Oct 16 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • uab.edu
You’re Invited: What Can We Achieve When We Put Food First For Health?

Join Food Tank in Philadelphia to talk about the collaboration, legislation, and innovation that prioritizes our dietary well-being.

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Oct 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • foodtank.com
University of Michigan approves new $100M sports medicine institute in Ann Arbor

The University of Michigan Board of Regents has approved plans for a 100,000-square-foot sports medicine institute in south Ann Arbor that will bring specialized care, surgery, rehabilitation, and athletic performance services under one roof.

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Oct 16 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • clickondetroit.com
INTERPOL and WHO sign agreement to strengthen global health and security protection

INTERPOL and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at tackling some of the most pressing threats at the intersection of public health and security.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
SMC's Distinguished Scientists Series Returns: Biotech & USC Talks

Free science lectures at Santa Monica College on Oct. 20 and Nov. 19 featuring biotech executives and USC researchers discussing precision medicine and gene therapy.

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Oct 15 • 2:59 PM EDT • Science • smdp.com
Casino Del Sol donates $20,000 to El Rio Health to bring medical care to Tucson’s unhoused

Casino Del Sol commits $20,000 to El Rio Health’s Street Medicine program, which brings medical care to shelters, parks, encampments and washes across Tucson.

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Oct 15 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • kold.com
AstraZeneca - How is AI helping scientists design the next generation of biologic medicines?

Learn how AstraZeneca combines AI drug discovery, laboratory automation and biology to refine biologic molecules and inform earlier decisions.

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Oct 15 • 1:15 PM EDT • Science • astrazeneca.com
Let's Do Lunch!: Episode 12: Dr. Regan Bailey from ICON Health talks nutrition, makes healthy snack

Tune in to today's episode of Let's Do Lunch!, featuring Dr. Regan Bailey from ICON Health! She discussed food as medicine and whipped up a healthy snack!

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Oct 15 • 1:04 PM EDT • Health • wctv.tv
Ukraine: Critical health supplies destroyed in ongoing Russian attacks

Ongoing and deadly Russian attacks across Ukraine are causing serious healthcare disruption, with more than $1.5 million-worth of medicines and supplies destroyed in four separate strikes on warehouses used by the UN there since July.

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Oct 15 • 11:55 AM EDT • Health • news.un.org
NEWS: Biomedical Studies, NSF-Funded Science, Student-Led Projects, and More on NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35

ISS National Lab-sponsored research aims to advance regenerative medicine, improve understanding of natural hazards, and inspire the next generation of scientists and explorers

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Oct 15 • 11:26 AM EDT • Science • globenewswire.com
Future physician Albert Li adds health administration to his medical training

Li is the first USC Price student to simultaneously pursue a Master of Health Administration and a medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine.

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Oct 15 • 9:52 AM EDT • Health • priceschool.usc.edu
Kurtis Carsch Selected as a 2026 Packard Fellow

The fellowship will fund research on materials with applications in energy, medicine and drug discovery.

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Oct 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • cns.utexas.edu
Medical school professor wins women faculty award for public health work

Marcella Nunez-Smith, the School of Medicine’s inaugural associate dean for Health Equity Research, was recognized by the Yale Women Faculty Forum for her work in public health equity at a Wednesday event attended by various senior administrators.

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Oct 15 • 2:09 AM EDT • Health • yaledailynews.com
NYC Health + Hospitals Arts in Medicine Department Completes Conservation of Major Works by Black Artists at Harlem Hospital

NYC Health + Hospitals’ Arts in Medicine department today announced the completion of conservation work on several of the most significant works by Black

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Oct 14 • 12:59 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Rush, Endeavor to merge, creating the largest health system in Chicago

As part of the merger, Endeavor will establish $1 billion fund for community health, clinical advances and academic medicine and research.

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Oct 14 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • chicagobusiness.com
Rush, Endeavor to merge, creating the largest health system in Chicago

As part of the merger, Endeavor will establish $1 billion fund for community health, clinical advances and academic medicine and research.

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Oct 14 • 10:30 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?

SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused.

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Oct 14 • 10:00 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Food-Is-Medicine Has No Billing Code, So A Startup Merged

Attane Health had contracts inside major health plans and sold anyway. Founder Emily Brown on billing codes, 18-month payer cycles and a $5.5 million cap table.

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Oct 14 • 7:50 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Lobbyists and trade groups fight to shape how states regulate medical AI

Lobbying groups for doctors and hospitals and trade groups are working behind the scenes on how to regulate AI in medicine.

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Oct 14 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Bridging medicine and care: How China is strengthening international health partnerships

From high-risk surgical care in Benin to stroke interventions in Seychelles, Chinese medical teams abroad are increasingly moving from emergency clinical aid to long-term capacity building. Combining frontline care with specialized malaria control and cataract programs, these health partnerships focus on practical knowledge transfer and serving local populations.

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Oct 13 • 11:04 PM EDT • Health • news.cgtn.com
NYC Health + Hospitals Advances to Silver Recognition in the American Medical Association's Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program

NYC Health + Hospitals announced it has earned the Silver-level Joy in Medicine recognition from the American Medical Association (AMA) for enhancing

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Oct 13 • 4:29 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Stigma in Parents of Children with Mental Health Problems

Parents of children with mental health problems may experience stigma when the ideals that matter most to being considered a “good parent” are perceived as not being met, according to preliminary research led by Weill Cornell Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

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Oct 13 • 2:02 PM EDT • Health • news.weill.cornell.edu
BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine to open new Center for Advanced Medicine in Sunset Hills

The outpatient facility will bring together WashU Medicine specialty care, BJC Medical Group primary care and advanced diagnostic services.

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Oct 13 • 1:23 PM EDT • Health • medicine.washu.edu
Baldwin Health Uses Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Help Heal Wounds and Preserve Limbs

Baldwin Health Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Centers offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, for qualifying patients with difficult-to-heal wounds.

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Oct 13 • 12:39 PM EDT • Health • fox10tv.com
College of Medicine welcomes Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence in public health sciences

Penn State College of Medicine welcomes Adane Kebede Tesega, PhD, as a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence for the current academic year.

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Oct 13 • 12:20 PM EDT • Health • pennstatehealthnews.org
Biomedical Studies, NSF-Funded Science, Student-Led Projects, and More on NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35

More than two dozen ISS National Lab-sponsored investigations launched on SpaceX CRS-35, advancing regenerative medicine, NSF-funded science, and education.

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Oct 13 • 11:15 AM EDT • Science • issnationallab.org
Parkinson's speakers series to feature neurologists

CLINTON — Community Wellness Partners will welcome neurologists Dr. Evan Nelson and Dr. Krystal Ramsamooj of University of Rochester Medicine, who will explore the often-overlooked non-motor symptoms associated with Parkinson’s

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Oct 12 • 10:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • romesentinel.com
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College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building Groundbreaking a Milestone for Healthcare Education in Tennessee

A new era of healthcare education began Thursday when UT Health Sciences broke ground on the historic College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building.

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Oct 12 • 3:40 PM EDT • Health • news.uthsc.edu
Firm Advises Oxford Science Enterprises on IP Matters Related Sensible’s $47 Million Financing

On October 6, 2026, Sensible Biotechnologies (Sensible), a biotechnology company developing a first-of-its-kind platform for naturally modified mRNA medicines, announced that it has secured $47…

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Oct 12 • 1:17 PM EDT • Science • wsgr.com
How Team Science at Sylvester is Changing Brain Cancer Care

Sylvester specialists integrate surgery, precision medicine, radiation and clinical trials to advance personalized brain cancer care.

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Oct 12 • 1:02 PM EDT • Science • news.med.miami.edu
Six College of Medicine students headed to national AMA Research Challenge

Six Penn State College of Medicine students have advanced to the 2026 American Medical Association Research Challenge.

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Oct 12 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • pennstatehealthnews.org
Particle Engineering Takes Center Stage as Pharma Formulation Science Pushes Toward the Clinic

A forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation will spotlight how particle engineering and formulation science are turning poorly soluble drug candidates into manufacturable medicines.

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Oct 12 • 12:24 PM EDT • Science • bioengineer.org
Commentary: Native small business owner: Main Street needs someone in the room

I started Lakota Made in 2018 at my kitchen table with six salves, made from plant medicines I learned from Lakota elders. Today, we have a storefront on Riverfront Drive, a small production team, more than 100,000 online orders and customers in 213 countries and territories around the world. Our social media community has 179,000 […]

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Oct 12 • 10:45 AM EDT • Business • minnesotareformer.com
Building resilient coastal communities: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering professor honored by National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, is recognizing a FAMU-FSU College of Engineering faculty member for her research

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Oct 12 • 10:13 AM EDT • Science • news.fsu.edu
WVU Medicine Student Health flu vaccine clinics planned

The flu vaccine clinics are open to faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members. No appointment is needed, but participants must bring their insurance cards.

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Oct 12 • 8:02 AM EDT • Health • enews.wvu.edu
How we build genomic sovereignty in the Arab world

Genomic medicine is being built from datasets that don't represent the Arab region, although it has the talent, data and infrastructure to close the gap.

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Oct 12 • 7:27 AM EDT • Health • weforum.org
Aging for Amateurs: Putting humanity and dignity into science and medicine

Education at Medical University of South Carolina began to change decades ago by incorporating themes from classic Greek thinkers and saints about the need to uphold human dignity.

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Oct 12 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • postandcourier.com
TikTok Chief Expects Major AI Science Breakthroughs In Three Years

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew predicts artificial intelligence will drive massive scientific breakthroughs in medicine and physics within the next three years.

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Oct 12 • 4:00 AM EDT • Science • macobserver.com
Business study story: From steering aircraft carriers to addiction centres

Alta DeRoo on her route from the navy to medicine and leadership via an executive MBA

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Oct 11 • 11:30 PM EDT • Business • ft.com
2026 Daniel Drake Medals awarded to three pioneering physician-scientists

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine awards its highest honor, the 2026 Daniel Drake Medal, to three leaders in transplantation medicine, rare lung disease and heart health.

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Oct 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • uc.edu
Scientists discover vanilla’s hidden healing potential

Scientists have discovered that vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its distinctive flavor, has powerful properties that could help fight infections, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. The inexpensive, widely available ingredient could one day become an important component of advanced wound treatments and regenerative medicine.

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Oct 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com