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Texans wait months for psychiatric hospital beds as new state report reveals mental health care backlogs
A new report from Texas Health and Human Services shows hundreds of people waiting for psychiatric treatment, with some facilities reporting average waits stretching beyond eight months.
Netflix announces live-action 'Stranger Things' spinoff series 'Other Worlds'
The title treatment for 'Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure.' (Netflix)
Atman Health forms Strategic Advisory Board as It builds AI-Driven Autonomous Cardiovascular Care
Atman Health today announced the formation of its Strategic Advisory Board to guide the company as it builds AI-driven autonomous cardiovascular care and prepares its system for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The board's founding members are Robert Califf, MD, a cardiologist and clinical trialist who founded the Duke Clinical Research Institute and twice served as FDA commissioner; David Fairchild, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of retail health at CVS Heal
Google’s AlphaGenome 2 zooms in on the cellular roots of disease
DeepMind’s new DNA model better predicts how mutations affect different cells, potentially opening paths to treatment.
Soleo Health Selected as a Specialty Pharmacy Partner for Pasatru™, a New Treatment in Adults with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
FRISCO, Texas, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Soleo Health, an innovative leader and national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, announced today that it was selected as a specialty pharmacy partner for Pasatru™ (garetosmab-grts), Regeneron’s FDA-approved product to reduce formation of new heterotopic ossification (HO) lesions and clinician-assessed flare-ups in adults with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), an ultra-rare genetic disorder. Approved August 19, 2026, Pasa
Lessing’s 5K raised hope for families facing rare disease
Lessing’s Hospitality Group’s 35th annual 5K in Babylon raised funds for the National MPS Society, celebrating the FDA approval of Ultragenyx's gene therapy for MPS IIIA. The event recognizes families affected by this rare disease and highlights decades of community support advancing treatment options.
This law was supposed to force more Californians into mental health treatment. What happened?
Three years ago, Californians expected major changes when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to help people with severe mental illnesses and addictions
Oura to acquire Counsel Health for $625 million
Counsel Health is the maker of a chatbot that users can talk with about health concerns before being transferred to a clinician for treatment and diagnosis over telehealth.
‘Cancer is out’: Former S.C. quarterback shares health update
Former South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia says he is cancer free after surgery, sharing an emotional update on his treatment for stage 4 colorectal cancer.
HHS Announces ARPA-H Awards to Advance Ibogaine Development for PTSD & New $20 Million Funding Opportunity to Advance Rapid-acting Psychotropics
HHS, made several announcements to advance the development of mental health treatments for veterans and civilians.
A NASA space telescope plunged back to Earth after a mission that lasted 11 times longer than planned
The Swift Observatory's demise came less than three months after a long-shot rescue mission failed.
A Law Protecting Pregnant Workers Could Soon Cover Far Fewer Reproductive Health Conditions
The EEOC could narrow workplace accommodations for abortion, fertility treatment, and other reproductive health conditions.
Pamela Abdy feels rage after Warner Bros. exit, she says at WIF Honors
Pamela Abdy received the inaugural Vanguard Award at the Women in Film Honors gala and delivered a powerful, 15-minute speech about the treatment of women in Hollywood.
Aspirus Health explains hospice and palliative care differences
While hospice care focuses more on comfort in the end-of-life stages, palliative care looks at multiple treatment options.
Red Wings Icon Disturbed by Organization’s Treatment of Yzerman
Steve Yzerman was Henrik Zetterberg’s first captain when he joined the Detroit Red Wings in 2002. Yzerman was his teammate […]
Youth and Caregiver Reports of Mental Health Issues Differ, But Both Perspectives Needed
Psychiatric assessments of children and adolescents commonly incorporate reports from both youth and their caregivers. However, they may identify substantially different mental health problems, potentially influencing diagnosis, treatment planning, and estimates of psychiatric disorder prevalence. A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their colleagues examined the extent to which youth and caregiver reports differed across a broad rang
Beyond Traditional Treatment: NEDHSA Redefines Maternal Behavioral Healthcare in Northeast Louisiana
For pregnant and parenting women experiencing substance use disorders, getting help can involve navigating an overwhelming collection of medical appointments, treatment providers, transportation challenges, and family responsibilities. Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA) is working to change that experience through a maternal health strategy that connects treatment with the broader needs of women and their families.
Scientists build whole-Earth simulation to help find life on other planets
It’s a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged
Business and medicine cross paths at inaugural cancer innovation summit
During a sold-out summit that spanned Monday and Tuesday, statewide nonprofit BioCT and the Yale Cancer Center connected hundreds of attendees with over 70 speakers, who presented on recent developments in cancer treatment and biotechnology.
Santa Cruz County business: Biotech company acquired; Joby lands more Air Force funding
Global immunology company Argenx is acquiring Unnatural Products, a Santa Cruz-headquartered company focused on developing new treatments for certain types of rare cancers and diseases, in a deal that could be worth upward of $1 billion, Jessica M. Pasko reports in her weekly roundup of local business. She's also got news on funding for Joby Aviation from the Air Force's innovation arm, the launch of this year's Lookout List and plenty more.
Mystery around 'The Batman: Part II' is growing. Scarlett Johansson has added to the suspense.
The two-time Oscar nominee said she struggled to understand her character in "The Batman: Part II."
Jennifer Garner Says She Took Kids Out of School for Six-Week Europe Trip While Ben Affleck Filmed Batman
Jennifer Garner still treasures the memories of a six-week European adventure with her children while Ben Affleck was filming in London. The trip gave the ... Read More
How space weather shapes young planets
Scientists suspect powerful solar flares helped strip away the atmospheres of planets like Mars. A Michigan State University researcher is now searching for evidence of how those same forces shape planets beyond our solar system. Adina Feinstein, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, believes exoplanets are the key to understanding the early days of our solar system. This week, she received a Schmidt Sciences FirstLight grant to investigate how space weather influences young planets.
Business Beyond the Beach: BODYWELLE | The Future of Wellness & Longevity
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Discover BODYWELLE, a premium, physician-led med spa and longevity clinic in South Beach, Miami Beach. Founded and directed by neuroscientist and physician Dr. Alonso Martin, BODYWELLE takes an evidence-based approach to wellness, combining advanced medical aesthetics, body contouring, skincare, and age-management treatments. Learn how BODYWELLE is redefining the wellness […]
EPA methane proposal threatens Maine’s public health, climate goals
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rollback of federal methane regulations but oil and gas sector analysts warned it could pose a significant threat to public health.Methane is considered both a “super pollutant” and a major cause of climate change, trapping 80 times as much heat in the atmosphere in the short term as
Research at School of Medicine and Health Sciences today creates the treatments and prescriptions of tomorrow
Research varies across a spectrum of topics, such as radon increasing the risk ovarian cancer, transport protein variants causing retinal dystrophy and using cell-free DNA to track cancer treatments.
RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Cancer Institute Researchers Contribute to Study Supporting Shorter Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer Patients
Bruce Haffty, MD, associate Vice chancellor for Cancer Programs at Rutgers Cancer shares about the findings of a recent Journal of Clinical Oncology study supporting shorter radiation treatment for breast cancer patients.
Patient comfort with AI-driven health care hinges on provider oversight
More than half of patients (56%) are comfortable with artificial intelligence (AI) making diagnosis or treatment decisions when their health care provider can change or override them, but that figure ...
Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) Adds FDA Approved Obesity Drugs To Its Platform
Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) announced a new partnership with Eli Lilly to offer Zepbound and Foundayo on its platform. The agreement brings fully FDA-approved GLP-1 obesity drugs into the Hims & Hers telehealth ecosystem for eligible patients. Patients will be able to complete consultations, receive prescriptions, and access these Eli Lilly treatments through Hims & Hers digital services. The Lilly alliance for Zepbound and Foundayo is important. However, Hims & Hers Health has broader...
Higher USPS holiday shipping prices hit small business owners
Mountain Thyme Honey and Gifts owner says she will absorb the higher costs and keep her flat shipping rate
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake sells in huge numbers, becoming the fastest-selling Switch 2 game
Huge success for the Ocarina of Time remake on Switch 2. Might Nintendo look at other beloved Zelda games to receive the same treatment?
Why Youth Are Turning to AI for Mental Health Advice
Hannah Simon — a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the medical director of the Brandt Behavioral Health Treatment Center and Retreat at Rutgers, which provides evidence-based behavioral health care and outpatient services to New Jersey youth and young adults — discusses the increased use of chatbots for mental health advice and best practices for using it as an educational tool.
BayMark, Bradford and Deerfield Execs Talk M&A in 2027
This is an exclusive BHB+ story. Activity in the addiction treatment and substance use disorder markets has been trepidatious throughout 2026 as
Kalaris Therapeutics Releases Q3 Financial Results, Provides Business Update
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.—Kalaris Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: KLRS), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for retinal diseases, announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026 and provided a business update. The company reported a net loss of $11.0 million compared with a net loss of $11.9 million for the same period last year. Preliminary data from the ongoing phase 1b/2 study of TH103 in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) is now expected in the second half of 2027, the company advised. TH103 is an investigational dual-targeting biologic with the potential to be best-in-class for neovascular and exudative retinal diseases.
A 24-hour fast triggers a surprising repair response in the gut
Scientists have discovered that fasting for just 24 hours increases a beneficial gut bacterium that helps the intestines regenerate after radiation damage. The preclinical findings could pave the way for new treatments that protect healthy tissue during cancer therapy, potentially without requiring patients to fast.
UMass Chan, New England Rural Health Association partner to address rural substance use crisis
UMass Chan Medical School and the New England Rural Health Association are partnering on a $650,000 federally funded initiative to strengthen substance use prevention, treatment and recovery services in rural New England.
Scientists grow human eye lens, possibly paving way to new treatments
Scientists have grown a realistic human lens from stem cells for the first time which could potentially pave the way for new treatments for cataracts and other eye conditions. In a new breakthrough, r...
Study reveals gaps in women's heart health care in New Zealand
A review of 25 years of New Zealand research has revealed significant gaps in women's heart health care, highlighting opportunities to improve diagnosis, treatment and outcomes. Published in the New Zealand ...
Finding answers to the heart's toughest rhythms
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is a common irregular heartbeat that increases stroke risk and is projected to affect more than 12 million Americans by 2030. Treatments are advancing, but keeping AFib from recurring is the next frontier.
What are biomarkers? A biologist explains how doctors measure your health – and how combining cells from different people can find new markers
Why are some people hit harder by certain diseases than others? Why do some patients respond better to a treatment, while others see no effect? Biomarkers can help answer these questions.
Artemis II launch tore a hole in Earth's atmosphere, say scientists | BBC Sky at Night Magazine
The launch of Artemis II caused three distinct disturbances in Earth's ionosphere. Scientists say future launches could cause more disruption.
Scientists Traced Arctic Arsenic Back to a Montana Mine
Atmospheric modeling of the particles’ journey suggests that millions of North Americans were exposed to arsenic levels 12 to 60 times higher than modern levels between 1898 and 1918.
Kompany back at Bayern training after collapse
Bayern Munich say head coach Vincent Kompany is "on the road to recovery" following his recent collapse and treatment in hospital.
5 insightful analyst questions from agilon health’s Q3 2026 earnings call
Agilon health’s third quarter results received a positive market response, propelled by notable gains in operational efficiency and clinical program performance. Management pointed to improved identification and treatment of complex conditions such as heart failure, as well as enhanced support for primary care partners, as key contributors. CEO Tim O’Rourke highlighted technology-enabled clinical pathways and investments in data infrastructure as central to reducing unnecessary medical costs and
FMOL Health first in Louisiana to administer new immunotherapy for HPV-related respiratory disease
Treatment for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is a series of four shots over 12 weeks
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The Onera hPSG ® solution meets the VitalAire homecare therapy network, giving physicians a faster path from diagnosis to treatment while patients retain full freedom to choose their homecare provider Onera Health, a leader in transforming sleep medicine, and VitalAire, the G
New Recommendations Urge ‘Exercise Prescriptions’ Across All Levels of Heart Health
New guidance from the American College of Cardiology emphasizes that physical activity should be an essential part of preventing and managing cardiovascular disease — much like medications, blood pressure monitoring and other established treatments.
Study: Wastewater can indicate health patterns in Ohio
In the study, researchers analyzed 27 wastewater samples collected in 2022 from nine treatment plans in eight Ohio cities.
F1® Arcade Las Vegas Gears up for Grand Prix Weekend With Watch Parties, Thrilling Entertainment
LAS VEGAS (November 2026) – For racing fans and casual race week visitors alike, F1® Arcade Las Vegas is bringing the adrenaline, atmosphere and excitement of the FORMULA 1® HEINEKEN LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX 2026
Nature comes to life in ‘MOMIX: Botanica’ at the Schaefer Center on Nov. 12
MOMIX presents Botanica, a visually stunning dance and illusion show exploring nature’s rhythms, at Appalachian State University’s Schaefer Center on November 12. This multisensory performance combines athleticism, inventive props, and atmospheric music to transform dancers into flowers, insects, and fantastical creatures.
USF Health studies oxygen therapy as potential treatment for veterans with PTSD, brain injuries
Researchers at USF Health are working to better understand whether oxygen therapy could help veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injuries.
Gene therapy seeks a cure for its brittle business model
Financial backers are wary of the pioneering medical treatment as it does not have the same economies of scale as traditional drugs
This law was supposed to force more Californians into mental health treatment. What happened?
A new law was supposed to keep severely mentally ill Californians from falling through the cracks. So far, it’s resulted in few people getting long-term care.
With a major investment, two of Utah’s most prominent families work together to accelerate mental health research
The $35 million investment will fund new mental health treatments — and help get those discoveries in front of patients faster.
Ocular Therapeutix Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results, Provides Business Update
BEDFORD, Mass.—Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCUL), an integrated biopharmaceutical company in the retina space, reported financial results on Monday for the third quarter ended September 30, 2026, and provided recent business highlights including upcoming New Drug Application (NDA) submission plans to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Axpaxli (also known as OTX-TKI), its investigational product candidate for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) and diabetic retinal diseases. Total net revenue was $12.9 million for the third quarter of 2026, compared with $14.5 million for the prior-year quarter.
Trial to test plasma treatment for burn patients
Vanderbilt Health is conducting a research study that will look at whether plasma administered early in the course of treatment helps severely burned patients survive their injuries.
COP31 and climate science in action
Stories of climate science in action at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science during COP31.
Karl Deisseroth, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: ‘ Advanced AI models could infer the activity of the brain’
The inventor of optogenetics for controlling the brain with light explains how the technique brings closer better treatments for mental illness
Dan Hurley gives brutal reaction to being given game ball
Say what you will about Connecticut Huskies basketball coach Dan Hurley, but he is never going to win anyone over with a charm offensive. Hurley has been incredibly successful at UConn, but he’s also drawn criticism for his antics and outbursts, especially his treatment of referees. But when it comes to his press conference escapades, Hurley can sometimes…
Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Science Addresses Lifelong Health Risks After Cure
Advances in childhood cancer treatment have increased five-year survival rates above 85 percent, but approximately 40 percent of survivors develop severe health conditions within 30 years of diagnosis.
Cuts, evictions, and job losses: A view from the trenches of climate science in 2026
A researcher at Columbia University who studies atmospheric and climate science gives a first-hand account of what it is like to pursue this work in the Trump 2.0 era, when the foundations of American science are being profoundly shaken. The post-World War II traditions that have made American science so successful—generous funding, awarded based on merit via peer review; academic freedom; openness to foreign talent; and most of all, systems of funding and executing science that are largely run by scientists, rather than by politicians—are under siege. What comes next is still an open question.
Philly patients with HIV more likely to follow treatment plans after receiving SNAP benefits
Researchers say the findings show that even though modern HIV medicines are "biomedical miracles," issues like food insecurity can interfere with their effectiveness.
Experts call for treatment for Oklahomans with serious mental illness, celebrate other successes
People with serious mental illness need a level of care that Oklahoma doesn’t adequately provide, experts said at a "State of Mental Health" address.
Downtown Sacramento ice rink brings crowds and boosts nearby businesses
The downtown Sacramento ice rink is drawing visitors and increasing foot traffic to local businesses, creating a lively atmosphere in the area.
Hattiesburg receives $361,000 federal grant to expand Behavioral Health Court
Hattiesburg Behavioral Health Court connects people facing misdemeanor charges with mental health and substance use treatment through Pine Belt Mental Healthcare Resources.
Bipartisan Bill Aims to Cut VA 'Red Tape' and Speed Up Health Care Innovation
Backers say VA deals with outside innovators can take months or years. Here's what the INNOVATE Act would change and who's backing it.
SPARK at USC Helps Scientists Move Discoveries from the Lab to Patients - USC Viterbi
The new program gives early-stage USC and CHLA teams funding, mentoring and a practical road map for turning promising biomedical research into potential treatments
Scientists simulate an Earth without life to help hunt for aliens and inhabited worlds
By modeling how a planet without life develops its atmosphere, astronomers hope to be able to better distinguish rocky planets without life from those that are inhabited.
Bottling Clouds: The Sky Is Full of Scents We’ve Never Smelled
Scientists are exploring how airborne microbes and molecules could offer a less extractive way to make perfume.
High Impact Optical Partners Make Commitments at Global Summit for Eye Health
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda—Last week, the inaugural Global Summit for Eye Health drew more than 40 governments to St. John’s to tackle the challenge of avoidable vision loss worldwide. Convened by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), hosted by the government of Antigua and Barbuda, and co-hosted by the governments of Bangladesh, Guyana, Ireland and Nigeria in technical collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Summit met its goal with more than $1 billion committed globally to improve access to eyecare screening, spectacles and treatment.
The Iowa Clinic retains lung cancer care designation for second year
The Iowa Clinic has been recognized as a Center of Excellence by GO2 for Lung Cancer for the second consecutive year. The designation recognizes health care providers for their commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based lung cancer care, including access to specialized services and coordinated treatment. The recognition comes as Iowa continues to face higher lung cancer…
CARROLL CONDEMNS CHILD’S MISTREATMENT, RENEWS PUSH FOR JUVENILE MENTAL HEALTH DETENTION FACILITY
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Nov. 4, 2026) — Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, chairman of the Senate Families and Children Committee, issued the following statement in response to reporting on the mistreatment of a child at the McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center. “Leaving a child in a flooded cell for
Harry Potter star reveals newborn son's devastating health battle
Bonnie Wright reveals her newborn son Aster has visited hospital six times in five weeks while receiving treatment for an undisclosed condition. See details
How to Tell If Your Head Pain Is a Tension or Sinus Headache—or Actually a Migraine
Correct identification is key for effective treatment.
‘Entertainment tavern’ with golf simulators, Clubs, set to open in McHenry
McHenry is getting what operators call an "entertainment tavern" with golf simulators, TVs and a social atmosphere. It's called Clubs.
Why the simple flu shot could be a surprise weapon against cancer
Scientists are exploring whether the flu vaccine can disrupt tumors, providing another treatment along with expensive cutting-edge care. A small clinical trial offers hope.
Franklin County Health Department, partners awarded grant
In a major boost for local treatment, recovery and prevention initiatives, the Franklin County Health Department (FCHD) has been named as one of 87 organizations nationally to be awarded funding […]
The fierce battle for James Bond is playing out in public
(CNN) — It’s been five years since Daniel Craig bid farewell to the role of 007 in “No Time to Die,” which ended with a closing credit promise that “James Bond will return.” And while corporate machinations have slowed the character’s reappearance, the battle to play cinema’s most famous secret agent is playing out more publicly than usual.In recent weeks, there have been numerous leaks to the press about the slew of big-name actors said to be auditioning for Bond in what will be the 26th film in the franchise, stoking debates among fans.Last month, it was reported that “final screen tests” were being held, with “One Night Only” heartthrob Callum Turner, “Slow Horses” actor Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor of “Challengers” said to be among those who made the cut. Then two surprise names entered the mix over the weekend, with Deadline and Variety reporting “Primetime” star Robert Pattinson and “X-Men” actor Nicholas Hoult had also undergone screen tests for the role. (Pattinson’s casting would be particularly remarkable given he’s also currently leading another major franchise as Batman, while Hoult is appearing as Lex Luther in the new “Superman” movies.)Other wild cards, per Variety? Pop singer Harry Styles or “The White Lotus” star Theo James. At 32, Styles would be the youngest choice, while 41-year-old James is the oldest.Representatives for the actors and Amazon MGM Studios, didn’t respond to requests for comment. None of the actors have revealed what the audition process has involved, although O’Connor told the BBC that being considered was an “incredibly bizarre pinch-me moment.”A ‘methodical’ huntProducer Amy Pascal, who steered “Spider-Man” to several reboots over her career, has said fans can expect a decision by the end of the year. “We are being really, really methodical,” she told Deadline this summer. “Daniel Craig is a hard act to follow. And it’s got to be something really different that is a stirring and exciting and different.”There is immense pressure to get the decision right. For one, the Bond franchise is big business, with Craig’s “No Time to Die” earning more than $900 million. (In 2022, Amazon paid $8.5 billion to acquire Bond’s parent company, MGM.) But the role also occupies huge cultural real estate as one of the most identifiably “British” characters in film.Just six actors have portrayed Bond. Sean Connery first appeared as the suave, shaken-not-stirred secret agent in 1962’s “Dr. No.” Tradition has it that the role should be played a Brit, although George Lazenby, an Australian, played Bond in 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”Pierce Brosnan, who played 007 in four movies, appeared to back Turner in an interview with Vanity Fair last week, saying the husband of Dua Lipa was a strong actor. “They all have a voice and a physique, and a presence on film,” Brosnan said of the final candidates. “They all have longevity as actors, all of these young men.”“Whoever plays the role, I wish him the very best of life and strength and courage,” he said.The next Bond movie will be directed by Denis Villeneuve, who knows a thing or two about working in a franchise, given he has overseen the “Dune” trilogy. At a Los Angeles gala on Saturday, Villeneuve appeared to be reveling in the media’s focus on the battle for Bond.“I should not comment right now because every word I’m going to say is going to be scrutinized,” Villeneuve told Variety. “I would just say that I’m having a great time.”The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.THE-CNN-WIRE (TM) & © 2026 CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC., A TIME WARNER COMPANY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Nicole Taylor, one of country band Taylor Red’s identical triplets, dies at 35
Nicole Taylor, at 35 the oldest of three sisters, was diagnosed in 2022 with breast cancer. Treatment put the disease into remission, but it returned.
Democrats flip New Jersey House seat held by Republican Tom Kean
Democrat Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot, on Tuesday defeated two-term Rep. Tom Kean, who missed four months of votes in Washington this year as he underwent treatment for depression, a diagnosis he did not disclose until his return.
In the Mood for Security: Taiwan and the Politics of “resist China, protect Taiwan” (抗中保台)
Written by Meng Kit Tang. The piece examines how the slogan “resist China, protect Taiwan” has evolved from a campaign phrase into a structuring political atmosphere in Taiwan. It argues that the p…
Diabetes in the Americas: 112 million adults live with the disease as gaps in diagnosis and treatment persist
More than 4 in 10 people living with diabetes worldwide are unaware they have the condition. Ahead of World Diabetes Day, PAHO calls for stronger early detection and primary health care, as well as measures to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes and its complications.
‘You’re Not Alone’ - After Treatment at Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital, Breast Cancer Survivor Encourages Women to Seek Support During Cancer Journey
Bethanne Kelleher takes pride in her health. She stays active, eats well, and has healthy habits. That made her diagnosis with an aggressive form of breast cancer, at the age of 45, a shock. “I know that it can happen at any age, but I definitely didn’t think it would be me,” she said. It had been about 18 months since her last scree...
Science For The People, Right On!
Recent elections mean scientists will return to research and leadership roles, so that forward-looking innovations can resume.
Messenger: Mental health cases create a conundrum for the criminal justice system
Missouri’s mental-health crisis in jails is fueled by failures in treatment as well as the criminal justice system. How to fix is is the next challenge.
BayMark, Bradford and Deerfield Execs Talk M&A in 2027
This is an exclusive BHB+ story. Activity in the addiction treatment and substance use disorder markets has been trepidatious throughout 2026 as
NASA is racing against time to save the Hubble Space Telescope
NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere. After more than 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, Hubble is slowly losing altitude, and without intervention, it could fall back to Earth as early as 2033 or 2034. To keep the iconic observatory operating, NASA is asking private space companies to propose innovative ways to boost Hubble into a higher orbit, upgrade its capabilities, or safely dispose of it when its mission finally ends.
Artelo Biosciences Provides Business Update and Reports 2026 Third Quarter Financial Results
Continued Progress Across Pipeline Supports Expanded Therapeutic OpportunitiesSOLANA BEACH, Calif., Nov. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artelo Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTL) (“Artelo” or the “Company”), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on modulating lipid-signaling pathways to develop treatments for people living with cancer, pain, obesity, dermatologic, ophthalmic, and neurological conditions, today provided a business update and announced its financial and operational results fo
Asking More of Science: How Daiichi Sankyo Is Challenging Assumptions About the Future of Cancer Care
After playing a key role in sparking a new era in cancer treatment through its work in antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), Daiichi Sankyo is pursuing an even bigger ambition: to shape what comes next | See how Daiichi Sankyo is asking more of science to bring the next wave of innovation to patients.
AFGHS co-signatory countries ask health care users to help fill the financing gap
Hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV on antiretrovirals could be targeted for user fees or community health insurance schemes requiring modest premium payments, according to the April 2026 version of the country’s America First Global Health Strategy implementation narrative.1 As part of the “sustainable financing for the private not for profit sector” strategy, 491 facilities will be targeted for a phased introduction of user fees and scale up of community health insurance programs.2 In the Ugandan context, PNFP facilities include faith-based hospitals and other health facilities, US missionary organizations and centers of excellence—services that are often co-located at government facilities but run with additional financial and technical resources. 402,000 people—or about 28 percent of the total Ugandan adult PLHIV population on treatment—get ART from the private not for profit sector. The selected facilities provide the majority of ART and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services. The plan doesn’t give the total number of clients served by the 491 facilities, so it is not possible to give a precise number. But the majority of 402,000 is a figure in the hundreds of thousands—hence the estimate I’m using.3 The April draft of the Ugandan implementation plan narrative is the only one I’ve been able to review. But the government of Uganda is not alone in turning to health care users to help fill the financing gaps caused by the abrupt withdrawal of US funds. In July 2025, the Government of Liberia introduced user fees for previously free services including “registration, accommodation, patient feeding, hospitalization, and a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures.”4 Earlier that year, Liberia rolled out a revolving drug fund designed to stabilize drug supplies by “allowing patients to pay a small fee for standardized, quality medications,” according to a Ministry of Health press release.5 (Both of these approaches had been proposed in the National Health Policy 2022-2031; media coverage explicitly connects the launch with the US foreign aid cuts.) The health financing strategies proposed by Uganda and established in Liberia are qualitatively different from user fees officially adopted by specific health facilities to cover funding shortfalls caused by the new US approach.6 The latter is a stopgap, adhoc change. The former is a national governmental adoption of policies that pass costs on to health care users, despite evidence that such approaches can exacerbate inequities and leave deficits unfilled. Two countries does not make a pattern, but they do point to urgent questions: Have other countries, including Liberia, included user fees or community health insurance schemes in their implementation plans? If so, do any of these narratives have what Uganda’s lacks: a fall-back plan in place in case these strategies for sustainable health systems fail to deliver—as they have before? I wonder if you think about it Subscribe Predictable pitfalls Both community-based health insurance and user fees are as old as the hills. And after decades of people climbing up these hills, duking it out, climbing back down—neither strategy has shown the results the Ugandan implementation plan is counting on. This is, in fact, a hill some folks are willing to die on. (You knew I’d get there, right?) In November 2025, an African-led team of health system experts published a paper directed at low- and middle income country governments trying to figure out how to create self-sustaining health systems. The money wasn’t coming back. It had been more than nine months since the season of freezing, waivering and wood-chippering; two months since AFGHS tumbled into the world touting co-financing requirements and reductions in future US government health aid. Governments were looking for strategies for sustainable, self-financed health systems, the authors wrote. For countries considering user fees and community health insurance to fill the financing gaps, they had a simple message: Don’t. On user fees, the paper states: “Reliance on user fees is ultimately a regressive and inequitable approach. It places a disproportionate burden on the poor and undermines health system goals of equity and financial protection. […] There is overwhelming evidence that user fees mobilise very limited resources for the public health sector, making it an inefficient mechanism for revenue mobilisation.” On community health insurance: “Attempting to shift the burden of funding previously donor-funded services, such as HIV care and management, and TB treatment, onto contributory schemes would exacerbate their fragility and fail to protect the population.”7 The WHO says that community-based health insurance “cannot be expected to provide a major source of funding or coverage,” and noted that most schemes offer only moderate benefit to individuals paying into them, and exclude the poorest segment of the population.8 And yet, the US-Ugandan implementation plan says that community health insurance is “the central pillar of this [PNFP] sustainability strategy” and that this approach that will generate “pre-paid pooled funding at facility and community level [that] improves financial risk protection for households, reduces catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure, and generates structured, transparent revenue streams that can progressively absorb recurrent costs including health worker salaries.” Unfortunately, Uganda’s own history suggests the pillar might not be able to bear this weight. Ugandans Have Been to this Rodeo Before—and Some Want Their Money Back Uganda introduced its first community health insurance scheme in 1996 with support from international donors.9 Thirty years later, somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 percent of the population is covered by CHI; just over 1 percent has any kind of health insurance.10 User fees were universally introduced in 1993 as a condition of a World Bank loan.11 They were abandoned in 2001, and in 2004—the year I moved to Uganda to watch the free HIV program get underway—a definitive study found that the fees did not improve health systems and outcomes.12 In 2004, most clinics and hospitals had ‘free’ and ‘fee for service’ options for getting care.13 The fee for service, or “cash and carry” programs had often been established in the years prior to PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. People who could afford to paid for the drugs, often at facilities in the private-not-for-profit (PNFP) sector. When free drugs arrived, some people who’d been paying kept on doing so, perhaps because of shorter wait times, greater confidentiality, convenience or other factors. But in the year that I spent visiting the same clinics around the country week after week—including a “center of excellence” that maintained separate days for cash and carry clients and those accessing free ARVs—lots of people who had been paying tried to switch to the free option. They’d paid because they had no other choice. They’d sold pieces of family land, begged family members for loans, bought pills by the week, and sometimes by the day. Or they were just cash-strapped, like most of us, and wanted the funds for other things. 14 Twenty-two years later, this hasn’t changed. Ugandans pay out of pocket for 30-40 percent of their health care costs, leading one paper to declare that “falling ill is more than a health crisis. It is a financial emergency.”15 One recent study found that up to 48.5 percent of households dealing with tuberculosis sold something, took out a loan or dug into savings to defray the costs of TB care—which is supposed to be universally free.16 The Ugandan implementation plan does anticipate challenges. It proposes a phased approach, with 187 facilities introducing user contribution systems in Year 1, 152 in Year 2, and 153 in Year 3. Willingness to pay and feasibility studies will precede roll out; fees will be tiered by region, and a waiver system is proposed to ensure that no one has to pay who is unable to. Moreover, the plan provides for quarterly reviews of epidemiological data to “ensure that user contributions do not compromise epidemic control gains, ART continuity for the client cohort, TB case management, or PMTCT services.” Alt text: A screenshot of a table included in the implementation plan narrative that is the subject of this stack. It’s got a fetching pink bar at the top. It uses the abbreviation “CHI” which is Community Health Insurance, and FBO which is Faith Based Organizations, and it details the number of facilities that will implement user fees with waivers and community health insurance schemes over the five years of the agreement. As I said in the footnote, this is a super interesting document with a lot of other rich material. Tell me what you see—and what you would have focused on. And if you’ve seen something like this, or anything else that strikes you, in another implementation plan, tell me that too. You can use the Substack message platform or try me on Signal at @endaplague_again.25 (because @mercoonfan was, weirdly, taken). But the plan doesn’t fully explain what will happen if this approach doesn’t work out. Yes, progress will be monitored, and corrective action triggered. However, there is no specified funding replacement if premium and fee revenue prove inadequate. Instead, the authors write, “Currently, COEs serve a total client cohort of over 180,000 across 28 facilities. In the initial years, the U.S. Government (USG) will provide financial support for clients; over time, user fees generated by COEs will become the primary source of funding for sustaining their services.” Failure does not really seem to be an option. Health insurance schemes are more acceptable to the Ugandan population than user fees. Members of Parliament and civil society traveled to Ethiopia to see how that country’s scheme worked. In a follow up report, a veteran civil society group recommended allowing the “health insurance ecosystem to grow organically and [to] keep reviewing the law and regulations as this growth takes root.”17 One study found that more than three-quarters of Ugandans were willing to join a health insurance program.18 However, coverage of community-based health insurance is minimal, as is coverage of any kind of insurance—including private plans.19 A national health insurance scheme bill has been stalled for several years and presently sits with President Yoweri Museveni.20 Community-based health insurance scheme that do exist are expanding in number, but losing enrollees. Between 2022 and 2026, the number of community-based health financing schemes across the country increased by 42 percent, while the number of people enrolled decreased by nearly 11 percent.21 None of this means that community-based health insurance should not happen in Uganda—or that people do not want insurance. It doesn’t even mean that user fees and waivers won’t ever work. But there is highly relevant evidence from Uganda and the surrounding region that it is quite optimistic to describe community health insurance and user fees as central supports for sustainable financing in any sector of the health system. And now for the best-case scenario In the best-case scenario22, the Ugandan approach does exactly what it sets out to do, and so does the Liberian fee structure and revolving pharmacy fund—though I’ve not confirmed that these are in the MoU. In one best-case scenario, Uganda is an outlier, and user fees and community health insurance are not recurrent pillars of self-sustaining financing in other countries’ implementation plans. In another best-case scenario, all countries that include these strategies enjoy success beyond anyone’s evidence-informed wildest dreams: reliable funding generated by health care users fees, great health care outcomes for everyone, no exacerbation of inequities, no crippling household debt. No sold land, repurposed school tuition or high-interest loans. In the best-case scenario, not one of the hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV receiving antiretrovirals from 491 PNFP facilities misses a refill or leaves care because of user fees or community health insurance premiums. This is the best-case scenario for these people for their own health, and for their families. It is also the best-case scenario if Uganda wants to stay on the path to eliminating HIV as a public health threat. According to the country’s most recent data, 96.5 percent of people living with HIV on antiretrovirals are virologically suppressed. Epidemic control depends ensuring that 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95 percent of those individuals are on ART, and 95% of those individuals are virologically suppressed. Uganda is still struggling with the first “95"—a frankly abysmal 85.3 percent. If HIV epidemic control and the attendant prevention of new infections, avoidable suffering and premature death matter, the country cannot afford to lose any clients who are currently in care.23 As I write this a couple hours before the polls close for the US elections in the city I live in, I say with soul-deep sincerity: I am rooting for the best-case scenario. I think it’s safe to say that we all are.24 I think it’s also safe to say that if the US and co-signatory governments have inked plans that lead to successful expansion of community health insurance and strategic use of user fees, we all would like to know, now, so that we don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate when success happens. The implementation plan narratives have to enter the public domain. They are the fullest expression of a strategy co-created by two governments. There are assumptions and details that people living in the US and co-signatory countries need to understand that are not available in the MoUs or, to date, in the Congressional Notifications. Some of these details can help other countries that are, as I write this, still working on implementation plans. Others, like a solid count of how many other countries have plans for expanding user fees or health insurance, are important for regional and global health architecture reform initiatives. No matter how this election night turns out, there will be a slew of new Congressional member orientations, briefings and talking points papers in the next few months. Release of implementation narratives should be a bullet point in every context that AFGHS is discussed. These documents can be redacted so that procurement sensitive information isn’t disclosed. There is much more historical precedent for sharing such documents than there is for relying on user fees to fill health financing gaps. Let’s look at the information together so we can hope for the best and prepare for, you know, the other thing. Alt text: A substack first: a bicep selfie! It’s my arm - peachy-white skin, black shirt (flannel, notch neck, too hot for this appallingly balmy November weather, if you’re wondering) and a sticker that says I VOTED 2026. Beige letters on red for I voted. Beige on blue for 2026. You bet I did.25 In your wildest dreams. Subscribe 1 This is a really, really rich 95 page document. There are fascinating ideas and detailed plans in it. It is all worth reading AND I have, in this post, highlighted an instance of content that could pose challenges and certainly posits success of strategies that haven’t worked before. I would love to hear what readers’ see that’s interesting and should be lifted up as something to check for in other implementation plans. I will also shortly be adding a static page to the substack site where implementation plan documents will live. I will put the url into this footnote and it will also be there on emilybass.substack.com by the end of the week. Uganda Implementation Narrative Section 4 April 22 2026 Draft 1.51MB ∙ PDF file Download Download 2 User fees are costs charged for visits, labs, medicines or other health services, usually at the time they are provided. Community health insurance, or community-based health insurance, is what the World Health Organization calls “micro insurance,” which is health insurance targeted at low-income people. 3 As usual (by which I mean always), please prove me wrong. 4 https://smartnewsliberia.com/liberias-ministry-of-health-announces-2025-hospital-service-fees-for-public-facilities/?utm 5 https://moh.gov.lr/news/2025/grand-cape-mount-leaders-residents-embrace-new-community-pharmacy-program/?utm 6 https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/hiv-usaid-pepfar-africa-foreign-aid-cuts-mission-hospitals/?utm 7 https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/11/e021270 8 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/community-based-health-insurance-CBHI 9 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2827475/ 10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 11 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC527704/ 12 Same citation as the footnote 2 - the article is called “Learning from failed health care reform in Uganda.” To which I say: If only. If. Only. 13 There is a whole taxonomy of user fees to be aware of, if not commit to memory. Out of pocket costs are everything that someone pays for themselves. In this Stack, user fees are planned and policy-supported out of pocket costs. There are also out of pocket costs that people pay to buy drugs or receive tests or health care assessments that would be free if the drugs were on the shelves, or the machines or kits were available, or the staff were on site. A user fee is usually designed to be modest, pegged to willingness to pay, and may be waiveable at the point of care for anyone who is unable to do so. The costs for things that would otherwise be free are whatever the market will bear and people either have to pay them or go without. Out of pocket costs for services and stuff that aren’t available in public facilities are different again from bribes or unofficial fees that some health workers may impose, even though most are indefatigable, tireless and tired, and devoted to their clients. 14 For the record—which really is these footnotes—I would give a whole stack of fridge magnets for a systematic analysis of the economic and social impact of the Mass Unemployment Event in AFGHS countries among the very people who used to be able to afford and cover user fees, both for themselves and vast family networks. Locally employed USAID technical staff, house cleaners, caregivers, drivers and technicians were financial anchors for cousins, friends, friends’ children, friends’ childrens’ cousins, teachers, pastors, neighbors and so many other kinds of kin. Aid recipients lost direct funding; many other people who had not been aid recipients, but parts of the elaborate care webs that function as safety nets for so many people, lost crucial support too. And that’s even before we get to the people who worked at the hotels and restaurants and bars where people employed by the US and its implementing partners used to spend disposable income. Those businesses have lost revenue; those folks have lost jobs. It will be some time coming—and someone will have to fund this work—but I do hope it happens. And I hope, as usual, to be proven wrong. 15 https://eprcug.org/blog/how-out-of-pocket-healthcare-costs-keep-driving-ugandans-into-poverty/ 16 Another straight-to-the-point journal article title. Households experiencing catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Uganda: magnitude and cost drivers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32938411 17 https://www.cehurd.org/download/technical-policy-brief-on-community-health-insurance-scheme/?wpdmdl=13661&refresh=6ae9122f5d4ed1793659439 18 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10125197/ 19 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 20 https://ugandapost.news/uganda-to-make-health-insurance-mandatory-by-2026/ 21 https://shu.org.ug/download/235 22 With a nod, tip of the stack hat, and wag of the Mercoon tail to a deeply valued reader who told me that I have a tendency to speculate about the worst-case scenarios a little too much of the time. 23 https://news.mak.ac.ug/2026/10/uphia-2025-shows-ugandas-hiv-status-awareness-gap-despite-strong-treatment-outcomes/ As you’ll see in the next footnote, I’ve already written a subSubstack on another topic, so I will be brief with regard to the study referenced in this article. The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment, or UPHIA, will never happen in this way again. For more than a decade, PHIAs have been supported by the US government as a way to generate accurate estimates of country progress on key HIV indicators. They are a holdover from the PEPFAR program that was laser focused on ensuring US taxpayer dollars subsidized progress in pandemic control. There may be other population-level surveys and the data may even be publicly released, as the entire set of FY2026 MER data have not. But PHIAs will never happen again. If you’re wondering whether the estimates of HIV progress at country level might get less reliable….you’re not alone. 24 Ooh baby, I hate “we” in almost all forms. But sometimes I go there, when I am looking for company, which I am. Because this Stack moves into the somewhat-uncharted territory of assessing what the implementation plan narratives may suggest about co-signatory countries’ roles and responsibilities to the people living within their borders. The MoUs, specimen and data sharing agreements were templates. Countries’ answers fit into pre-specified questions that did not include, “how are you going to fill financing gaps and stabilize your health system as this plan unfolds?” In contrast, the implementation narratives are open form—the product of co-creation between the two governments. Co-creation can mean lots of things, but nothing leads me to believe that implementation plans are ghost-written by the US government, or that contents were imposed by the US counterparts. Instead, I think the parts of the plans that read like country government initiatives are endorsed, if not initiated by, those governments. For instance, the Ugandan implementation plan narrative describes plans for revenue-generation through fees charged for equipment calibration, repair and maintenance provided through Uganda’s National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, and laboratory accreditation through the Uganda National Accreditation Service (UGANAS), targeting private sector, PNFP, research and academic clients. That’s super specific and also quite ambitious. It doesn’t read like an American idea. There’s also a provision for solar panels, and other stuff that feels country owned and driven. This is where it gets interesting. If co-creation is the case, then both the US and co-signatory governments are accountable for the contents and the outcomes. Most discourse about AFGHS to date has focused on the decisions that America has made, or demanded that other countries make. The AFGHS architects have monopolized the hot seat. As they should, in so many ways. America absolutely created the conditions under which countries needed to come up with health financing strategies to fill unanticipated, catastrophic funding gaps. And with not-too-long a lens, we can look back and see that America is also on the hook for its role in the Bretton Woods institutions that made user fees and health system fiscal austerity conditions of loans during the era of structural adjustment. But in the here and now, it is not at all clear to me that the US is requiring Uganda or any other country to implement specific approaches to sustainable financing. Instead, it is as the authors of that paper up in footnote 6 suggest: African governments have agency. As implementation plans roll out—whether or not the narratives are shared—it will be important to understand what this agency looks like and what it means for people, including the poorest of the poor. And it will be important to figure out how to talk about it safely, respectfully and critically in places other than the literal and metaphorical footnotes. 25 This week’s song is “Once upon a time” by the Moody Blues. (I know, this is gonna be a weird, largely banger-free end of 2026 playlist. HMU with requests.) AND please do watch the video and appreciate the truly amazing opening sequence—a drum kit wasteland, a coupla plastic bags, a bit of sand. Sort of like the hill where fiscal austerity policies that put costs on health care users might go to perish. But then there’s a lady with amazing hair. It’s worth it.
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