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TuesdayMay 12, 2026 10:00 am

NHS Starts Offering Immunotherapy Injection to Cancer Patients

The NHS in England is rolling out a treatment upgrade under which thousands of patients with cancer will now receive a one-minute injection of the immunotherapy pembrolizumab instead of having the drug administered via infusion as has been the case in the past. The jab slashes the administration time from hours to just a minute or two. Approximately 14,000 new cancer patients are enrolled on pembrolizumab immunotherapy infusions each year in England, and the majority of this patient population is expected to switch to the injectable form of the treatment. The drug is used in the treatment of 14 types of cancer, such as head and neck, lung, cervical and…

FridayMay 08, 2026 10:00 am

DOJ Announces Task Force to Combat Tech-Driven Fraud in Health Care

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a plan to tackle tech-driven fraud in the health care system on the West Coast. The initiative will focus on California, Arizona and Nevada. Their investigations will target fraudulent schemes, especially those executed by digital health firms. The effort will be led by the National Fraud Enforcement Division in collaboration with the offices of the attorneys general in California, Arizona and Nevada. Together, they will form a unit dubbed West Coast Health Care Strike Force. This particular initiative builds on the nationwide enforcement model through which technology firms, individuals and health care providers have been prosecuted and convicted on charges related to defrauding…

ThursdayMay 07, 2026 10:00 am

Hantavirus Fatalities on Cruise Ship Draw Attention to This Little-Known Infection

The media is awash with news that a cruise ship, called MV Hondius, has suffered an outbreak of hantavirus. Three fatalities have occurred, with one victim confirmed to have died from this infection. Many people are wondering what this infection is and what they can do to stay safe or what they can do in case they are infected. We provide an explainer of the basics you need to know about this virus. For starters, hantavirus is transmitted by rodents like mice and rats. Infections resulting from this virus are rare in humans, and when they happen, they fall into one of…

TuesdayMay 05, 2026 10:00 am

Immunologists Discover How Cancer Reprograms Immune Cells to Support Cancer Growth

Immunotherapy has emerged as a key weapon in the fight against cancer. However, nearly 80% of patients either don’t respond to these treatments or they become unresponsive after initially responding to the immunotherapy. The scientific community has been grappling with how to improve response rates, and a new study uncovering how cancer cells reprogram our immune cells to support cancer growth could provide a key. The study, whose findings were published in Science Immunology, was conducted by a team at the University of Texas at Dallas. The team found that cancer doesn’t just hide from immune cells. Rather, it actively reprograms the immune cells within the tumor microenvironment so that they become suppressed and cannot mount an attack against…

FridayMay 01, 2026 10:00 am

Study Uncovers Why the Risk of Breast Cancer Increases with Age

New research has mapped how breast tissues change as women age. The findings help to explain why breast cancer cases are higher in older women, and this could potentially help in finding new ways to fight this disease. The study, which appeared in Nature Aging, was conducted by a team from the UK-based University of Cambridge and the Canada-based University of British Columbia, and they created a map that covered at least 3 million breast tissue cells. This is the most extensive such map so far available. The map revealed how these breast tissues change as someone ages, and they found an especially notable shift coinciding with menopause. The study’s joint first…

ThursdayApr 30, 2026 10:00 am

House Hearing Puts Hospital CEOs on the Spot Over Exorbitant Charges

During a recent House hearing conducted by the Ways and Means Committee, hospital CEOs were put on the spot over the inexplicably high facility fees that they charge. GOP members of the committee accused the hospitals of taking advantage of the healthcare system and of overcharging patients. The hospital executives who attended the hearing included those from CommonSpirit Health, HCA Healthcare, ECU Health and New York Presbyterian. Approximately $1.6 trillion of the money spent on healthcare in 2024 went to hospitals, and this was approximately 33% of the total amount that went to healthcare in that year. The executives asserted that it was within their rights to levy higher fees when…

FridayApr 24, 2026 10:00 am

Survey Finds That American Adults Want Health Inequities Eliminated

Last fall, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing through its Institute for Policy Solutions conducted a survey on health inequities and the full report from that survey was released weeks ago. The findings of that poll offer valuable insights that policymakers and all stakeholders need to weigh while making decisions impacting the health of Americans. The majority (70%) of the respondents say health care is a right and that it shouldn’t be treated as a privilege. The survey found that while there is a sense that Americans are heavily polarized on national issues, this isn’t the case when it comes to matters of health care. Notably, 62% of those who participated in the survey revealed…

ThursdayApr 23, 2026 10:00 am

New Urine Test Could Predict Response to Bladder Cancer Treatment

Researchers have developed a urine test that can screen for tumor DNA and detect whether a patient has residual bladder cancer after they have undergone surgery to remove the tumor. This test may also detect whether immunotherapy treatment administered after surgery has been effective or residual bladder cancer remains. The study containing those findings appeared in the journal Cell. If this urine test is successfully validated in larger clinical trials, it could mark a major shift in the way bladder cancer is treated. Conventionally, bladder cancer is monitored by obtaining a tissue sample for molecular analysis. This approach is costly and subjects patients to several invasive procedures. With this new test, all a…

TuesdayApr 21, 2026 10:00 am

Why Molecular Testing is Increasingly Important in CNS Cancers

Primary and metastatic central nervous system (CNS) tumors can have extraordinary biological and anatomical complexity, and these tumors can be hard to identify using traditional imaging or histopathology analysis. Molecular analysis has emerged as a major way to identify these tumors and help medical teams plan how best to help those diagnosed with these cancers. Biomarker testing is a growing field that is making it possible for the molecular structure of CNS cancers to be analyzed for not only diagnostic purposes but also other functions as well. Recent advances like the detection of tumor RNA particles in blood samples now mean that a brain cancer can be identified and tracked without subjecting patients to…

FridayApr 17, 2026 10:00 am

Americans are Supplementing Healthcare Visits with AI, Gallup Survey Finds

A survey that was conducted toward the end of last year by Gallup and West Health found that a sizeable number of Americans are using AI to supplement their interactions with healthcare providers. However, the specifics of how people used these digital tools varied based on age groups, income level and motivations. The survey was carried out from October 27 to December 22 in 2025. A total of 5,500 adults participated in the poll that was designed to be nationally representative. Among those who had used AI in the last 30 days, 59% said they used AI tools to conduct research on their own prior to visiting their doctor.…