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As populations grow and age, the demand for healthcare services increases, creating widening disparities in remote or lower-income regions. Innovations in healthcare delivery, collaborations, and digital transformation are bridging these critical gaps. Philips is addressing challenges in healthcare access through patient-centric innovation, collaborating with public and private partners to provide
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Rising chronic disease, aging populations, and inflated care costs are putting health systems under immense pressure worldwide. Climate change adds to this burden, with urban heat mortality projected to rise 45% by 2030. However, practical city-led interventions can ease this pressure while delivering significant health and climate benefits. A report
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The State of Maine has announced its intention to apply for funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP), a new Federal initiative to bolster rural health care providers. The RHTP was created within the Federal budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, signed into law on July 4, 2025. The
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Quest Diagnostics has announced the launch of an advanced pharmacogenomic (PGx) laboratory test service designed to help healthcare providers understand a patient's individual genetic response to select drug therapies. This innovative offering aims to inform medication selection and dosing across various medical specialties, including psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, oncology,
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The Patients Over Profits Act, introduced by US Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren, along with Representatives Val Hoyle, Pat Ryan, and Pramila Jayapal, aims to prevent large health insurance companies and their subsidiaries from buying up independently owned clinics nationwide. This legislation seeks to rein in out-of-control consolidations in
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People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are disproportionately affected by diabetes, with an estimated 16.2% of disabled Americans diagnosed with the disease, compared to 11.6% of the general population. Diagnosed diabetes cases in people with IDD are often complicated by sensory sensitivities, communication barriers, and the need
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U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the Patients Over Profits Act, aimed at preventing large insurance companies and their subsidiaries from buying up independently owned clinics, prioritizing patient care over corporate profits. The legislation comes in response to concerns over the
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has unexpectedly lifted its Immediate Suspension Order (ISO) and terminated all further Order to Show Cause ("OSC") proceedings against a Florida community pharmacy, restoring its ability to dispense controlled substances. This significant victory for the pharmacy was secured by Health Law Alliance, a
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The Democratic Governors Association has announced that a rural maternal care unit in Georgia is shutting down due to Congressional cuts to Medicaid, forcing expectant mothers to travel an hour to Athens to receive care. This is just one example of the devastating impact of Donald Trump's budget
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Renalytix PLC, a diagnostics group, has seen its shares rise by 45% in early London trading following an agreement with US health technology company Tempus AI to expand access to its flagship kidneyintelX.dkd test. The partnership will make the blood test available across Tempus's network of American
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Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton, Arkansas, has achieved the highest honor available from the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Chest Pain -- MI Registry, the 2025 Platinum Performance Achievement Award. This recognition is a testament to the hospital's dedication to providing top-quality, guideline-driven care for heart
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Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) have reintroduced bipartisan legislation aimed at bolstering pharmacists' ability to serve older Americans in communities that lack easy access to doctors or where pharmacists can provide certain basic medical services. The Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act encourages
