Tuesday, February 17, 2026

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Health Care – General

Healthcare industry exposed more than 10M Social Security numbers in 2016

(By Erin Dietsche for Becker’s Hospital Review) A new report from CyberScout and the Identity Theft Resource Center found the healthcare

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Sunscreen protects against sunburn better than beach umbrellas, concluded a study1 last week in JAMA Dermatology.

PHRMA, the largest lobbying organization for pharmaceutical companies, began running TV ads to improve the industry’s image as criticism about

(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel Prize for her research on telomeres — structures

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Should gun owners have to share information with health professionals about their firearms

(By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review) Congress gave the CDC $160 million in fiscal year 2016 to fight antibiotic

(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Amid the cacophony of confirmation hearings for Cabinet nominees, President-elect Donald Trump

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna and Allina Health in Minneapolis inked a partnership to establish a

(By Richard Harris for NPR) The first results from a major project to measure the reliability of cancer research have

(By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review ) When CMS updated the formula used in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating