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Financial stress can damage your mental health. These steps may help

With people losing their jobs and the stock market rocky, there's a lot of financial anxiety right now. Research shows how you approach it can be key to protecting your mental and physical health. more

Katia Riddle (via NPR:Health) | 4/28/25

RFK Jr. Exaggerates Share of Autistic Population With Severe Limitations

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that "autism destroys families,” adding that “most cases are now severe” and describing children who will never work, play baseball, write … more

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact (via California Healthline) | 4/28/25

When Hospitals Ditch Medicare Advantage Plans, Thousands of Members Get To Leave, Too

Breakups between health providers and Advantage plans are increasingly common. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has allowed whole groups of patients to leave their plans. more

Susan Jaffe (via California Healthline) | 4/28/25

When They Don’t Recognize You Anymore

People with dementia often forget even close family members as the disease advances. “It can throw people into an existential crisis,” an expert said. more

Paula Span (via California Healthline) | 4/28/25

Hospital care at home, for kids

By Michelle Crouch The Charlotte Ledger When 6-year-old Mackenzie Conlon was hospitalized with the flu at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital in February, all she wanted was to go home, … more

Michelle Crouch and Charlotte Ledger (via North Carolina Health News) | 4/28/25

How West Texas is fairing, three months into the measles outbreak

The measles outbreak is not easing up around the country. The CDC reports 884 confirmed cases nationwide, three times the number of cases in 2024. In West Texas, where the outbreak started, … more

Steve Inskeep (via NPR:Health) | 4/28/25

Men have body dysmorphia too. That's why some use this drug.

Body modifiers like Ozempic and other weight loss drugs have gotten attention for how skinny they can make you. But what if you're a boy who wants to get BIGGER? For young men, there's another drug … more

Brittany Luse (via NPR:Health) | 4/28/25

Bringing Patient Data to the Frontlines: Why Interoperability Must Include EMS

EMS providers often treat patients without medical history, risking delays, errors, and guesswork. But new national data-sharing frameworks are starting to close that gap, bringing critical records … more

Joe Graw (via MedCity News) | 4/27/25

Hospitals Are Freezing M&A Deals as Federal Policies Rattle Industry

There were only five hospital M&A transactions during the first quarter of 2025 — a slump caused the Trump administration’s flurry of new policies and the resulting economic uncertainty. … more

Katie Adams (via MedCity News) | 4/27/25

Novo Nordisk Notches a Court Win Against Wegovy and Ozempic Compounders

A federal court judge ruling leaves in place an FDA determination that shortages of the Novo Nordisk drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are resolved. Consequently, compounding pharmacies must stop making their … more

Frank Vinluan (via MedCity News) | 4/27/25

The Silent Mental Health Crisis of Climate Change

Many of those who survive the loss, devastation, and displacement of an extreme climate event — such as a flood, tornado, drought, or wildfire — experience anxiety, depression, post-traumatic … more

Dr. Caroline Carney (via MedCity News) | 4/27/25

Many hope this NC county’s hospital won’t close. It’s the only one around.

by Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press Six months ago, Washington Regional Medical Center in Plymouth declared bankruptcy for the second time in five years. Now, hospital leadership … more

Carolina Public Press (via North Carolina Health News) | 4/27/25

Medical examiners: Mission Hospital released more than 100 bodies before legally required review

By Andrew Jones Asheville Watchdog Since 2021, Mission Hospital has released at least 111 bodies to funeral homes before a legally required medical examiner’s review, according to a list of … more

Asheville Watchdog (via North Carolina Health News) | 4/26/25

Cultivating and sustaining community leaders in spaces of trust and belonging

In this piece, Grace Guerrero Ramirez shares how SHINE collaboratives cultivate leadership through mentorship, advocacy, and outreach—creating inclusive, supportive spaces where women and … more