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The United States July 7 reached its highest annual measles case tally in 33 years, hitting at least 1,277 confirmed cases across 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Center for Outbreak Response Intervention at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The AHA July 2 expressed support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (H.R. 3890), bipartisan legislation that would add 14,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over seven years to help alleviate ongoing physician shortages.
The House July 3 voted 218-214 to pass the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), which enacts many of President Trump’s legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.
The AHA July 3 released the Health Care Plan Accountability Update for the second quarter of 2025.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a safety notice announcing a software patch is available to address cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain Contec and Epsimed patient safety monitors.
The House has begun consideration of the Senate-passed version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1).
The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services today announced the creation of the DOJ-HHS False Claims Act Working Group to combat health care fraud.
Jon Ulven, Ph.D., behavioral health psychologist and chair of adult psychology at Sanford Health, details the fragile behavioral health landscape in rural America and how Medicaid cuts could deepen gaps in health care access and resources in both a new AHA podcast and the latest video in the AHA’s…
The Food and Drug Administration has issued early alerts for certain Spectrum infusion pumps from Baxter and Abiomed Automated Impella Controllers. The agency said the affected infusion pumps may have an incorrect version of software, while the Abiomed product may not detect an Impella pump when…
The American Society for Health Care Engineering July 1 announced 87 health care facilities as winners of the 2025 Energy to Care Sustainability Champions Award, which recognizes health care facilities that significantly reduce their energy use and emissions. The winners represent less than 2% of…