CDC leadership changes, Epic outbreak alerts & surgery delays top today’s news.

February 26, 2026

1. CDC's leadership shakeup: Key implications for hospitals Full story

2. Mark Cuban calls for free medical school Full story

3. Northwell. Johns Hopkins. Memorial Hermann. CommonSpirit. Their leaders are among the 3,500+ headed to Becker's Annual Meeting, April 13-16. Join them here.

4. ANA recognizes men's health nursing as own specialty Full story

5. Epic to launch disease outbreak alerts Full story

 

6. Concierge medicine myths clarified: Find a path to revenue growth without practice restructuring here.

7. Sterilization issue temporarily disrupts surgeries at California hospital Full story

8. Tennessee children's hospital to be renamed after Dolly Parton Full story

9. 6 in 10 women to have cardiovascular disease by 2050: 5 notes Full story

10. Surgeon general nominee pressed on vaccines, experience: 4 takeaways Full story

 

11. Measles a 'canary in the coal mine' for other infectious disease outbreaks Full story

12. Drug pricing in 2026: 5 forces reshaping pharmacy economics Full story

13. 4 health system physician executives weigh in on measuring glycemic safety at scale — here.

14. Child obesity rates hit record high: 5 notes Full story

15. 3 UH execs spell out difference between 'patient' and 'customer' Full story

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17. Northwestern Medicine and others explain how to move AI beyond pilot purgatory here.

18. Losing 1 physician can cost $1M. Find a roadmap to reduce turnover here.

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