News•Feb 17, 2026
Sources: US Healthcare Manufacturer Danaher Is Nearing a Deal to Buy Medtech Company Masimo for ~$10B; Masimo Is in an...
Danaher, a US healthcare conglomerate, is close to finalizing a roughly $10 billion acquisition of Masimo, the maker of pulse‑oximetry and other medical monitoring devices. The deal, still subject to antitrust clearance, would add Masimo’s sensor technology to Danaher’s Life Sciences and Diagnostics platforms. Masimo is currently embroiled in a high‑profile intellectual‑property dispute with Apple over the health‑monitoring features of the Apple Watch. The transaction could reshape competition in both the medtech and consumer‑wearable markets.
By Techmeme
News•Feb 17, 2026
Biopharma Must Cope With The Fetal Bovine Serum Squeeze
Biopharma faces a tightening fetal bovine serum (FBS) market as U.S. cattle inventories hit record lows and European disease outbreaks curb supply. Prices have surged more than 300% over five years and release timelines have lengthened from weeks to months...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 17, 2026
Montana Hospital Restores Phones as Cyber-Related Network Disruptions Persist
Livingston HealthCare in Montana announced that its phone system has been fully restored after a recent cybersecurity incident forced the hospital to shut down communications and other network services. The disruption, first reported on Feb. 13, stemmed from a potential...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Feb 16, 2026
FastFinance: Cost Implications of New HOPD Reporting Rules; Election Year Opportunity on Affordability
HFMA’s FastFinance podcast highlights new off‑campus HOPD reporting requirements that could impose significant cost burdens on health systems. The episode also cites a "Weird Number"—a 3‑5% annual net revenue loss attributed to inefficient electronic health records and billing platforms. Additionally,...
By HFMA – Healthcare Financial Management Association
News•Feb 16, 2026
How Smart Hospitals Push Forward From Pilot to Practice
Smart hospital rooms equipped with interactive displays, sensors, and AI are moving from pilot projects to core infrastructure in new builds and retrofits. The global market, valued at $67 billion in 2024, is expected to nearly triple by 2030 as health...
By HealthTech Magazine
News•Feb 16, 2026
Big Financial Impacts From Off-Campus HOPD Rule Change
Effective Jan. 1 2028, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 requires hospitals to assign separate NPIs and submit two provider‑based attestations for each off‑campus hospital outpatient department (HOPD) or lose Medicare OPPS reimbursement. Compliance documentation can be extensive—up to 200 pages per...
By HFMA – Healthcare Financial Management Association
News•Feb 16, 2026
Leveraging AI to Predict Patient Deterioration
Dr. Michael Spaeder will present at HIMSS26 on using AI‑enabled analysis of continuous bedside cardiorespiratory monitoring to detect patient deterioration earlier than traditional electronic health record methods. He will contrast predictive insights from live physiologic data with retrospective EHR analytics,...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 16, 2026
FDA Approval of Sibeprenlimab Signals New Era in IgA Nephropathy: Jackson Peter Kim, MD
The FDA granted accelerated approval to sibeprenlimab‑szsi (Voyxact) for primary IgA nephropathy, marking the first APRIL‑inhibiting monoclonal antibody for this condition. Interim results from the phase 3 VISIONARY trial showed a 50 % reduction in proteinuria at nine months versus 2 % with...
By AJMC (The American Journal of Managed Care)
News•Feb 16, 2026
HIMSS26: AdventHealth CEO to Give Keynote Address at the Executive Summit
AdventHealth President and CEO David Banks will deliver the opening keynote at HIMSS26’s Executive Summit in Las Vegas, titled “Leading Through Healthcare’s Perfect Storm.” He will frame the current systemic headwinds as an opportunity to shift from episodic, diagnosis‑centric care to...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Reclaiming Nursing Time for Patient Care Through Better Automation
Healthcare faces a looming shortage of over 63,000 full‑time registered nurses by 2030, intensifying pressure on existing staff. Manual tasks such as charting and medication administration divert nurses from bedside care, prompting a push for smarter automation. Omnicell’s new Titan...
By Becker’s Hospital Review
News•Feb 16, 2026
Compassionate Leadership in Times of Disruption
Healthcare leaders traditionally separate emotion from decision‑making, but a recent hospital closure in New York demonstrates that compassionate leadership can coexist with operational rigor. The tertiary medical center reduced from 700 to 200 beds, faced financial loss, and ultimately closed...
By Becker’s Hospital Review
News•Feb 16, 2026
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
Federal policies driven by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are creating a hostile environment for vaccine developers, prompting companies like Moderna to scale back late‑stage studies. A Texas startup canceled a new manufacturing plant, and a San Diego firm...
By New York Times – Health
News•Feb 16, 2026
HIMSSCast: 2026 Could Be the Most Challenging Year yet for Medicare Advantage Payers
Medicare Advantage insurers are confronting a perfect storm of rising medical costs and a flat payment increase of less than 1% announced by CMS for 2026. The new risk‑adjustment formula and stagnant reimbursement fall below the medical‑cost trend, compressing margins...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Dr. Oz Endorses AI Avatars for Rural Mental Health Access
Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS administrator, advocated AI avatars as the most effective solution to bridge mental‑health gaps in rural America. He highlighted the chronic shortage of clinicians and argued that agentic AI can conduct early intakes, detect subtle speech cues,...
By MobiHealthNews (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Prime Healthcare Pits Two Virtual Sitter Vendors Against One Another – Who Won?
Prime Healthcare conducted a nine‑month, 13‑hospital trial of two virtual sitter models—an integrated turnkey vendor and a split‑component approach—to enhance patient safety in Phase 2 of its virtual care strategy. The integrated model, which supplies hardware, software, and remote observers, outperformed...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 2/16/26
The article traces the shifting terminology of digital health records, noting that the "electronic health record" (EHR) label gained popularity during the Bush 43 era while earlier versions were called CPR and later EMR. It argues the rebranding served vendor pricing...
By HIStalk
News•Feb 16, 2026
Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?
Direct‑to‑consumer advertising for prescription drugs is resurging, highlighted by Novo Nordisk’s $180 million spend on Ozempic TV spots in 2022 and $189 million in 2023. The ads use upbeat jingles and lifestyle imagery to present the GLP‑1 medication as a gateway to...
By New York Times – Health
News•Feb 16, 2026
Produce Prescription Program Shows Limited Impact on Cardiometabolic Health in Diabetes
A pragmatic randomized trial in the southeastern US tested a 12‑month produce‑prescription program that gave diabetes patients at risk of food insecurity an $80 monthly debit card for fruits and vegetables. After enrolling 2,155 participants, the intervention showed no significant...
By AJMC (The American Journal of Managed Care)
News•Feb 16, 2026
Systematic Discovery of Molecular Glues Targets Protein Degradation in Leukemia
Researchers at the AITHYRA Institute introduced a high‑throughput chemical diversification platform that systematically creates molecular‑glue candidates and screens them directly in living cells. Applying the workflow to the leukemia‑associated protein ENL, they identified a small molecule that selectively induces ENL...
By GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
News•Feb 16, 2026
VISIE Achieves Commercial Milestone With Launch of Partner APIs
VISIE Inc. announced the launch of its Partner APIs, a robot‑agnostic interface that brings the company’s spatial computing and real‑time scanning capabilities to surgical robotics platforms. Built on gRPC and supporting multiple programming languages, the APIs deliver scanner control, object...
By AI-TechPark
News•Feb 16, 2026
I Tested Sentai, the AI Voice Companion for Seniors – and Now I Get Why It’s More than Just Another...
TechRadar’s Graham reviews Sentai, a UK‑made AI voice companion built for seniors living independently. The speaker delivers reminders, medication prompts, and conversational companionship while deliberately avoiding constant listening or surveillance. In testing, Sentri handled emotional cues, emergency alerts, and privacy...
By TechRadar
News•Feb 16, 2026
Google Puts Users at Risk by Downplaying Health Disclaimers Under AI Overviews
Google’s AI Overviews, which appear atop search results, provide health answers without an upfront safety disclaimer. The only warning—"For informational purposes only"—shows after users click the “Show more” button and is rendered in a smaller, lighter font. Experts say this...
By The Guardian AI
News•Feb 16, 2026
New Broad-Spectrum Infection Prevention Method Successfully Blocks Drug-Resistant Bacteria and Influenza
Researchers at KRIBB demonstrated that the pharmaceutical excipient n‑dodecyl‑β‑D‑maltoside (DDM) can pre‑activate innate immunity, delivering complete survival in mice challenged with multidrug‑resistant bacteria and lethal influenza. The protection stems from selective neutrophil mobilization that activates only upon pathogen detection, avoiding...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 16, 2026
2026 Could Mark a Turning Point for American Innovation
The United States faces a potential decline in biotech leadership as recent Supreme Court decisions blur patent eligibility and congressional price‑control measures under the Inflation Reduction Act force program cancellations. Proposals to seize university licensing revenue further strain tech‑transfer offices,...
By BioSpace
News•Feb 16, 2026
Handgrip Strength Forecasts Depression in Chinese Elders
A new BMC Geriatrics cohort study of Chinese seniors finds handgrip strength inversely predicts incident depression. Participants with lower baseline grip were significantly more likely to develop depressive symptoms over several years, even after controlling for age, gender, socioeconomic status...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 16, 2026
Ultrasound Enables In Vivo Acoustoelectric Neural Recording
Researchers have demonstrated in‑vivo acoustoelectric neural recording in mice using ultrasound‑induced frequency mixing, achieving high‑fidelity, non‑invasive monitoring of brain activity. The technique converts neuronal electrical fields into detectable frequency shifts, delivering millimeter‑scale spatial resolution and millisecond‑level temporal precision. By calibrating...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 16, 2026
How AI Innovations Like DeepSeek Are Revolutionizing Emotional and Mental Health Support for Chinese Youth
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has launched a conversational platform that delivers real‑time emotional and mental‑health support to teenagers. Leveraging large‑language models tuned with culturally specific data, the service offers 24/7 chat‑based counseling, crisis detection, and personalized coping strategies. Within...
By Bioengineer.org
News•Feb 15, 2026
What Makes an Agentic AI System Safe for Medical Records Management?
The episode explores how Non‑Human Identities (NHIs)—machine credentials like tokens and keys—are reshaping cybersecurity in healthcare, especially as cloud adoption and Agentic AI expand. It outlines a lifecycle‑focused NHI management strategy that includes discovery, classification, continuous threat monitoring, and context‑aware...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 15, 2026
What Medicines Are Kept on the International Space Station, and Why?
The International Space Station maintains a structured “space pharmacy” organized into color‑coded medical kits that address convenience care, minor illnesses, and emergency stabilization. Medications are selected for stability in radiation‑rich microgravity, versatility across multiple symptoms, and ease of use by...
By New Space Economy
News•Feb 14, 2026
Guernsey Medical Practice Sanctioned After Cyber Criminals Access Patient Data Through Email Account
Guernsey’s Data Protection Authority has sanctioned First Contact Health after a phishing attack compromised an employee’s email, exposing confidential patient data. The breach was discovered by the practice, which reported it to authorities, but regulators found the organization lacked adequate...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Feb 13, 2026
Neil Huber: Building Pulse Radiology Education Into a Modern Training Leader
Neil Huber founded Pulse Radiology Education in 2015 to give working radiologic technologists a flexible path to advanced certification. The company now operates two arms—Pulse Radiology Education and Pulse Radiology Institute—offering ARRT‑approved coursework, clinical placement, and an MRI associate degree....
By CEOWORLD magazine
News•Feb 13, 2026
Researchers Achieve the First Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass
Researchers at NIH and Emory have performed the world’s first minimally invasive coronary artery bypass, called VECTOR, without opening the chest. The technique reroutes blood flow by creating a new coronary ostium using catheter‑based tools introduced through the femoral vessels....
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
A Fresh Energy Supply May Shield Nerves From Diabetic or Chemo-Induced Neuropathy
Researchers funded by the NIH discovered that satellite glial cells (SGCs) deliver mitochondria to sensory neurons through tunneling nanotubes, a process essential for neuronal energy supply. In mouse models of diabetes and chemotherapy‑induced neuropathy, this mitochondrial transfer is impaired, leading...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
NIH Halts Arm of Clinical Trial Evaluating a Potential Stroke Treatment
The National Institutes of Health halted the low‑dose rivaroxaban arm of the CAPTIVA trial after the Data Safety and Monitoring Board identified a rise in adverse events and concluded the treatment was unlikely to be beneficial. CAPTIVA, a double‑blind, three‑arm...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
NIH Opens East Palestine Health Research Office to Study Train Disaster
The National Institutes of Health has inaugurated the East Palestine Health Research Program Office, a five‑year, $10 million initiative to study the long‑term health impacts of the 2023 train derailment in Ohio. The office will coordinate community‑focused studies, enroll residents in...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
NIH-Funded Study Clearly Ties Risk of Dementia to Severe CTE
A new NIH‑funded study provides the strongest evidence linking severe chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to dementia risk. Analyzing 614 donated brains without Alzheimer’s or other common neurodegenerative diseases, researchers found stage IV CTE patients were 4.5 times more likely to have...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
NIH Scientists Develop "Digital Twin" Of Eye Cells to Understand and Treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration
NIH researchers have built the first subcellular‑resolution digital twin of human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, using 3‑D imaging of 1.3 million cells and an AI algorithm called POLARIS. The model maps polarity, organelle size and volume across developmental stages, creating...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
Cognitive Speed Training over Weeks May Delay the Diagnosis of Dementia over Decades
A 20‑year NIH‑funded study of adults 65+ found that a brief, adaptive visual speed‑training regimen reduced Alzheimer’s and related dementia diagnoses by about 25% compared with memory or reasoning training. Participants completed 60‑75‑minute sessions twice weekly for five to six...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
NIH Proposes Embryonic Stem Cell Research Shift to Put Patients First
The National Institutes of Health announced a Request for Information aimed at identifying biotechnologies that can replace human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in research. NIH is temporarily pausing the review and approval of new hESC lines, leaving the existing 503...
By NIH – News Releases
News•Feb 13, 2026
Family Caregivers Face ‘Vicious Financial Cycle’
A new report from the Center for Innovation & Value Research quantifies caregiver stress as a massive economic driver, estimating $14.1 trillion in annual U.S. costs. Interviews with 55 workshop participants reveal that chronic stress leads to work disruption, higher household...
By Hospice News
News•Feb 13, 2026
Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer May Do Well With Simple Strategy for CV Risk
A randomized trial of 347 adult survivors of childhood cancer found that early cardiovascular (CV) risk screening alone was as effective as screening plus one‑on‑one counseling. Both groups showed improvements in blood pressure and lipid measures, with the counseling arm...
By TCTMD
News•Feb 13, 2026
Interoperability That Pays Off: Turning Data Exchange Into ROI
In a HealthLeaders podcast, Muhammed Chebli, NextGen Healthcare’s vice president of product, interoperability, explains how health systems can convert data exchange initiatives into measurable business value. He outlines concrete methods for linking interoperability to revenue‑cycle efficiency, claim‑denial reduction, and faster...
By HealthLeaders
News•Feb 13, 2026
CDC Newsroom Releases
The episode reviews recent CDC press releases, highlighting a series of Salmonella outbreaks tied to moringa leaf powder and other dietary supplements, as well as raw oysters. It also notes the launch of the nation’s largest National Firefighter Registry for...
By CDC Newsroom – Press Materials
News•Feb 13, 2026
Interoperability and AI: Industry Perspectives and Best Practices
On February 17, 2026, HIMSS will host a 30‑minute panel featuring IBM Consulting’s Cathy Reese and Snowflake’s Jesse Cugliotta to explore the intersection of interoperability and artificial intelligence in healthcare. The discussion will assess current AI maturity, outline best practices for constructing...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 13, 2026
VENUS Safety Expands PPE and Air Filtration Portfolio, Prepares New Launches to Support India's Manufacturing-Led Growth
VENUS Safety & Health Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai‑based PPE and air‑filtration manufacturer, announced an expansion of its product portfolio and upcoming launches to back India’s Make‑in‑India drive. The firm now operates seven facilities with a daily capacity of 1.5 million units,...
By Business Standard — Economy/Markets
News•Feb 13, 2026
Health Cover to Be Bundled with Pension Schemes, Says PFRDA Chief
India’s PFRDA is piloting pension plans that bundle health insurance, allowing up to 30% of the retirement corpus to be earmarked for medical expenses. ICICI, Axis and Tata‑backed funds are testing the “Swasthya” product, which could leverage pooled investors to...
By The Hindu Business Line – All
News•Feb 13, 2026
Akron Children's Uses Epic and Real-Time Analytics to Reduce Waste Anesthesia Gases
Akron Children’s Hospital leveraged its Epic EHR and real‑time analytics to dramatically cut waste anesthesia gases, a source of 5‑10% of its greenhouse‑gas emissions. By introducing low‑flow reminders in Epic and on anesthesia machines, the team achieved an initial 5%...
By Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
News•Feb 13, 2026
Georgia Advances Bill Expanding Pharmacists’ HIV Care Role
Georgia’s House of Representatives approved a bill, 155‑7, that would let pharmacists prescribe and administer HIV prevention drugs such as pre‑exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post‑exposure prophylaxis (PEP). The legislation aims to remove the prerequisite of a primary‑care visit, expanding access...
By Becker’s Hospital Review
News•Feb 13, 2026
HCA Texas Hospital Names Chief Medical Officer
DeVry Anderson, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, a 465‑bed HCA Healthcare facility in Texas. In his new role, Anderson will oversee clinical operations at both the North Austin Medical Center and the...
By Becker’s Hospital Review
News•Feb 13, 2026
Biopharma Money Raised: Jan. 1-Feb. 12, 2026
BioWorld’s latest brief highlights three emerging biotech advances. Researchers pinpointed the SCAN network as a central circuit disrupted in Parkinson’s disease, offering a new therapeutic target. Astellas presented promising preclinical data on ASP-2246, an mRNA‑encoded NeuroD1 candidate aimed at neural...
By BioWorld (Citeline) – Featured Feeds