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Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax
March 16, 2026·7 min read

Reckoning With State and Federal Cuts, Los Angeles Safety-Net Clinics Push for a New Tax

KFF Health News – Read More LOS ANGELES — Mia Angulo, who is pregnant and due in May, is living in a tent with her boyfriend…

Employers Are Buying Health Insurance Blind: It’s Time to Demand Data Transparency
March 16, 2026·4 min read

Employers Are Buying Health Insurance Blind: It’s Time to Demand Data Transparency

HIT Consultant – Read More Monique Yohanan, MD, MPH, Senior Fellow at Independent Women Employers spend a fortune on health insurance. Health benefits are often their…

New sensor sniffs out pneumonia on a patient’s breath
March 16, 2026·6 min read

New sensor sniffs out pneumonia on a patient’s breath

MIT News – Health sciences and technology | Medicine | Health | Health care | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) – Read More Diagnosing…

Nitra Secures $187M to Expand AI-Native Healthcare Operating System
March 14, 2026·3 min read

Nitra Secures $187M to Expand AI-Native Healthcare Operating System

HIT Consultant – Read More From left: Tim Hwang, CEO; and Jonathan Chen, President. What You Should Know The Mega-Round: Nitra, an AI-native operating platform for…

Amigo AI Secures $11M to Build & Train Patient-Facing Clinical Agents
March 14, 2026·3 min read

Amigo AI Secures $11M to Build & Train Patient-Facing Clinical Agents

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know The Funding: Amigo AI secures $11M in Series A funding round led by Madrona, with participation from…

Weight Watchers Releases GLP-1 Results Report Demonstrating 61% Greater Weight Loss
March 14, 2026·3 min read

Weight Watchers Releases GLP-1 Results Report Demonstrating 61% Greater Weight Loss

HIT Consultant – Read More What You Should Know: The Strategic Pivot Validated: Weight Watchers (WW) has released GLP-1 Results Report validating its integrated weight health…

European retailers yank popular headphones after study reports trace amounts of hormone-disrupting chemicals
March 14, 2026·1 min read

European retailers yank popular headphones after study reports trace amounts of hormone-disrupting chemicals

Health | The Verge – Read More Some European retailers have stopped selling certain headphones after an EU-funded study found that they contained hormone-disrupting chemicals. The…

Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Mandate in Georgia and Wage Garnishment Bill in Colorado
March 14, 2026·1 min read

Journalists Talk Medicaid Work Mandate in Georgia and Wage Garnishment Bill in Colorado

KFF Health News – Read More KFF Health News southern correspondent Sam Whitehead discussed Medicaid work requirements on WUGA’s The Georgia Health Report on March 6.…

Scientists discover genetics behind leaky brain blood vessels in Rett syndrome
March 14, 2026·5 min read

Scientists discover genetics behind leaky brain blood vessels in Rett syndrome

MIT News – Health sciences and technology | Medicine | Health | Health care | Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) – Read More MIT…

‘Dark Money’ Group Angles for Higher Medicare Advantage Payments
March 14, 2026·3 min read

‘Dark Money’ Group Angles for Higher Medicare Advantage Payments

KFF Health News – Read More If you judged by the more than 16,400 comments posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a…