Dartmouth Health has signed a letter of intent to bring Littleton Regional Healthcare into its network and rebranded its home‑health agency to expand rural access. Leaders say new digital tools and a capacity center aim to keep more care close to home.

Damien Center will hand out two-week PrEP starter packs and write same-day Truvada prescriptions at Indy Pride’s Military Park health pavilion. No preregistration or insurance is required.

A bat that flew into a rural Snohomish County home tested positive for rabies; three residents are receiving post-exposure treatment.

A new OneRF trigeminal‑nerve ablation at University Hospitals gave an Elyria mother immediate relief from years of crippling facial pain.

A new city report finds a growing life‑expectancy gap for Black Bostonians; officials announced multi‑million investments and summits aimed at closing it.

State health data show pertussis cases rose in 2024 and 2025, with children making up most infections and public-health officials urging updated vaccines and boosters.

Novartis is bringing an Inclusive Health Accelerator to Baltimore to expand free breast and prostate cancer screenings, education and patient navigation in under-served neighborhoods.

From pill production in the Triangle to a brief Medicaid U‑turn, North Carolina is now the center of debates over access, cost and safety for GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs.

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.