HMSA is ending monthly value‑based payments and returning to fee‑for‑service on July 1, and doctors warn the roughly 60‑day timeline could force clinics to close. Providers from neighbor‑island practices to Oʻahu offices say the abrupt shift risks consolidations and legal fights.

MarinHealth has opened a Women’s Lifelong Health & Wellness Clinic in Greenbrae offering longer, team-based care for menopause and midlife health. The clinic is led by Dr. Lizellen La Follette and is accepting patients.

A M Health Fairview air-mobile ECMO team flew to Belle Plaine in March and placed a portable heart pump that helped save a 39-year-old mother. The rescue highlights the program's push to bring advanced cardiac care to rural suburbs.

Hospitals and charities across the Austin area are adding NICU beds, opening new units and expanding family housing as neonatal intensive‑care needs rise.

Wake Forest researchers analyzed the U.S. POINTER trial and found coach‑led diet and exercise programs produced measurable reductions in frailty over 24 months.

A new Common Sense Media assessment finds safety gaps in AI mental-health apps for teens; two consumer apps vanished and Wysa earned an "unacceptable" rating.

Livingood Daily agreed to a $50,000 Prop 65 settlement after tests found lead and PFOA in several supplements; the deal imposes warnings, testing and sales limits for California customers.

Honolulu psychiatrist Dr. Chad Koyanagi won NAMI’s 2026 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award for street psychiatry and helping open Hawaii’s first Behavioral Health Crisis Center.

Two D.C. families say their infants were secretly enrolled in a 1960s NIH‑backed RSV trial and later died; lawyers allege preserved tissue informed 2023 vaccine research.

Alameda County Vector Control confirmed a bat found near Palo Verde Common tested positive for rabies; officials say there are no known exposures.

A local pet mortician says heat-related pet deaths are already rising in Las Vegas and urges owners to keep animals cool, hydrated and indoors as summer nears.

A Denver mother’s 14‑month fight with Anthem over her son’s emergency surgery ended when the insurer reversed a $67K denial after documentation and consumer‑assistance help.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will outline federal steps to improve Lyme testing and care in Concord on May 29, 2026. The package includes investments in diagnostics and a renewed LymeX accelerator.