A Million Veterans Gave DNA To Aid Health Research. Scientists Worry the Data Will Be Wasted.
By Darius Tahir
Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health questions for not only others in the military but all Americans, creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the world. The Trump administration is dragging its heels on agreements to analyze it with supercomputers.
Lost in Translation: Interpreter Cutbacks Could Put Patient Lives on the Line
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
Recent federal reductions in funding for language assistance and President Donald Trump’s executive order designating English as the official language of the United States have some health advocates worried that millions of people with limited English proficiency will be left without adequate support and more likely to experience medical errors.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Errors in rehab hospitals, HHS layoffs, covid cases, blood supply shortages, food safety, the homeless crisis, and more.
Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed
By Jordan Rau and Irena Hwang, The New York Times
For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.
How To Find the Right Medical Rehab Services
By Jordan Rau
Specialized hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and home health agencies provide rehab therapy. Insurers may limit the services you can get.
Cómo encontrar el servicio de rehabilitación adecuado
By Jordan Rau
Es fundamental encontrar una opción segura y de alta calidad con profesionales con experiencia en el tratamiento de tu afección.
Daily Edition for Monday, July 14, 2025
California Creates Housing Agency: After years of soaring rents, increasingly out-of-reach home prices and an enduring homelessness crisis that touches every corner of the state, California is finally creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
In Rush To Satisfy Trump, GOP Delivers Blow to Health Industry
By Phil Galewitz and Stephanie Armour
The health industry couldn’t persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.
Vested Interests. Influence Muscle. At RFK Jr.’s HHS, It’s Not Pharma. It’s Wellness.
By Stephanie Armour
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other “Make America Healthy Again” notables have their own financial ties to the vast and largely unregulated $6.3 trillion global wellness industry that ethicists say raise red flags.
Daily Edition for Friday, July 11, 2025
Obamacare affordability, housing crisis, Medicaid cuts, vaccines, immigrant health, opioid settlement funds, and more are in the news.
