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October 18, 2026
The Growing Financial and Regulatory Realities of Concierge Medicine Models
As concierge practices surge in popularity, patients and providers must navigate complex Medicare rules regarding membership fees and covered services.
October 14, 2026
UN General Assembly Adopts WHO-Backed Political Declaration on Pandemic Prevention, Response
NEW YORK, October 14 — The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) of the…
July 21, 2026
Canada’s Public Health Agency assesses US outbreak risk from SARS lessons
OTTAWA, July 21 — The building on Colonnade Road is quiet this afternoon, its surveillance systems humming through servers that link Ottawa…
July 18, 2026
State legislatures shape U.S. public health policy amid growing decentralization
WASHINGTON, July 18 — State legislatures are the primary engines of public health policy in America, yet their strategic importance on the…
July 16, 2026
Fentanyl Reshapes US Drug Crisis, Shifting Public Concern Since 2015
WASHINGTON — 1,600 kilograms. That was the total amount of fentanyl used in healthcare globally in 2015, a figure that underscores the…
July 14, 2026
Global Vaccination Impact: 2 to 3 Million Deaths Prevented Annually
WASHINGTON, July 14 — Vaccines remain one of the most powerful tools in public health, preventing an estimated 2 to 3 million…
July 3, 2026
New Infrastructure Planning Guidance Mandates Health Impact Assessments
The government’s new national infrastructure planning guidance runs through a set of numbers that define how major projects in England will get…
June 25, 2026
Filipino Doctors Study U.S. Colleagues’ Strategy Against Hospital Consolidation
MANILA — The emergency physicians who refused to be swallowed by a larger hospital system did not just win a legal fight.…
June 9, 2026
UK Emergency Room Delays Linked to 300 Weekly Deaths in NHS Report
Emergency rooms across the United Kingdom are struggling under a weight they were not built to carry. A new report puts the…
June 9, 2026
NHS report: 300 weekly deaths linked to emergency room wait times
It is a grim arithmetic with no easy answer. On the other side of the Atlantic, the British National Health Service—the crown…
May 30, 2025
Thailand Reverses Cannabis Policy, Halting Commercial Sales and Growth
Immediate suspension of commercial licences Officials declared that all pending licences for commercial production would be suspended immediately. While the existing legal…