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FDA panel OKs 6 peptides, rejects 1 | Physician ownership pays off for HCA | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Penn State Health sued over canceled surgery | Colo. opens med school

Plus: Pharmacist median pay by state July 27, 2026 1. FDA panel votes to add 6 peptides, rejects 1: What to know Full story 2. HCA turns physician control into competitive edge Full story 3. As AI scales, is your…

FDA panel backs 4 peptides: 6 notes | Hospitals shift to 'physician associate' title | Top residency programs for reputation, research | 6 drug shortages | Cedars-Sinai names 1st chief physician

Plus: 8M children see unlicensed therapist July 24, 2026 1. FDA panel recommends easing restrictions on 4 peptides: What to know Full story 2. How 4 systems are navigating the physician associate title change Full story 3. Forward-thinking leaders treat…

FDA's peptide vote: 5 notes | Cleveland Clinic cyclospora tests soar | Texas cracks down on 'birth tourism' | ECRI flags ED safety risk | Ebola deaths top 1K: 5 updates

Plus: HCA Ga. hospital pauses services amid flooding July 23, 2026 1. FDA to vote on peptides: What to know Full story 2. Cleveland Clinic scales lab as cyclospora tests jump from 1-2 daily to 400 Full story 3. Allina…

Cyclosporiasis hits 41 states | Trump eyes generic drug tariffs: 3 notes | 700 hospitals at risk of closure | CHOP, Northwestern form new institutes | 2 more med schools found to discriminate: DOJ

Plus: Inside ECU Health’s ‘department stability index’ July 22, 2026 1. Cyclosporiasis outbreak reaches 41 states, 341 hospitalizations Full story 2. Trump proposes generic drug tariffs: 3 things to know Full story 3. Lead Heart Failure discussions with confidence. Download…

UCSD Health's capacity fix: a new health system | Chicago gets 1st new med school in century | Novo sues Lilly over GLP-1 ads | Hospitals turn to offshore virtual nurses | UCHealth braces for $400M+ HR 1 hit

Plus: Nursing profession’s stability attracts more men July 21, 2026 1. How UC San Diego Health created a new health system to solve its capacity crunch Full story 2. Offshore virtual nursing grows as US hospitals chase 70% labor savings…

AHRQ cancels dozens of grants | 183 top hospitals for clinical communication | Nurses question AI billing proposal | Ebola tops 900 deaths: 5 updates | Pancreatic cancer vaccine shows early promise

Plus: Calif. hospital CEO steps down July 20, 2026 1. AHRQ ends dozens of patient care research grants: Report Full story 2. 183 hospitals with 5 stars in both nurse, physician communication Full story 3. Discover how Mayo Clinic Laboratories brings…

7 Americans quarantined in Kenya: 4 Ebola updates | UCSF clinicians protest ED 'boarding crisis' | HAIs continue to drop | Gender gap emerges in physician training funding | The hidden cost of the GLP-1 boom: 5 notes

Plus: Where hospitals lose revenue without realizing it July 17, 2026 1. 7 Americans quarantined in Kenya after travel ban: 4 updates Full story 2. 1 in 38 hospital patients had an HAI in 2023, down from 1 in 31…

CNOs on nurses' invisible hours | Texas probes 2 hospitals over 'birth tourism' | CRNA pay by state | Corewell, other systems change menus amid cyclospora outbreak | New nurses replace psych. workers in Calif.

Plus: FDA approves cholesterol-lowering drug that outpaced statins in trials July 16, 2026 1. 3 CNOs on a workforce blind spot — and 1 system’s 12-hour-shift fix Full story 2. Texas regulators flag 2 hospitals in ‘birth tourism’ investigation Full…

CMS floats new reporting rules, lower physician pay: 8 notes | Physician pay, happiness splits in 27 specialties | Ochsner redesigns hospitalist notes | Mich. nurses sue for back pay after closure | 1st-time NCLEX-PN pass rates by state

Plus: Ill. hospital taps retired CNO as interim CEO July 15, 2026 1. Michigan nurses sue for back pay after hospital shutters Full story 2. Higher pay, greater happiness? How 27 specialties stack up Full story 3. Make medication price…

Mich.'s 2,600+ cyclospora cases strain hospital labs | Kaiser nurses protest AI plans outside AHA event | Trump blocks Congo-US flights | 2,000-patient panels are likely wrong: Kaufman Hall | NP, RN median pay by state

Plus: Inside military-to-medicine pipelines July 14, 2026 1. White House blocks Americans in Congo from returning to US on commercial flights: 3 Ebola updates Full story 2. Kaiser nurses protest AI strategy outside AHA Leadership Summit Full story 3. Price…

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