DHSC (UK) · Jul 6, 2026
Policy paper: Departmental minute on public dividend capital write-off: 2025 to 2026
DHSC minute on the cancellation and transfer of outstanding public dividend capital following the dissolution of one NHS trust in 2025.
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The latest headlines across every section, pulled from official and open-access sources.
KFF Health News · Jul 6, 2026
In California Governor’s Race, Voters Face Stark Choice on Immigrant Healthcare
California’s next governor will face tough decisions on a highly controversial piece of healthcare policy: what to do about health coverage for the more than 1.4 million low-income residents without legal status. Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton present starkly different choices as public opinion wavers.
KFF Health News · Jul 6, 2026
New Medicaid Work Rule Means More Opportunities To Lose Coverage
A work requirement is coming to Medicaid. Sam Whitehead tells WAMU’s “Health Hub” how to keep your coverage — and who’s exempt from the new rule.
DHSC (UK) · Jul 6, 2026
Guidance: NHS staff standards
The NHS staff standards set national minimum employment requirements to improve staff experience, outlining employer actions and what staff can expect.
Fierce Biotech · Jul 6, 2026
NICE recommends Endosure and Endotest diagnostics for endometriosis
Women in England are set to gain new, taxpayer-funded tests for endometriosis after NICE recommended them for regular use.
BMJ Open · Jul 6, 2026
Korean translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the revised patients attitudes towards deprescribing questionnaire for caregivers
Objectives To translate, cross-culturally adapt and validate the Korean version of the revised Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing (rPATD) questionnaire for caregivers. Design Cross-sectional validation study. Setting Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in South Korea. Participants 1000 caregivers of older adult residents in LTCFs. Primary and secondary outcome measures Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and corrected item–total correlations. An alpha-if-item-deleted analysis was conducted to evaluate individual item contributions. Construct validity was evaluated…
Fierce Biotech · Jul 6, 2026
Novartis to pay $1.1B upfront for UK biotech Myricx to expand the pharma's ADC pipeline
Novartis is pushing deeper into antibody-drug conjugate development, paying $1.1 billion upfront to buy Myricx Bio for a pipeline based on a novel payload.
FDA MedWatch · Jul 6, 2026
Convenience Kit Correction: Windstone Medical Packaging, Inc. Issues Correction for Convenience Kit
Certain Cardinal Health Webcol Large Alcohol Prep Pads in Custom Convenience Kits manufactured by Aligned Medical Solutions are not sterile.
CDC Emerging Infections · Jul 6, 2026
Novel Parvovirus in Pigs Associated with Exophthalmos and Erythema, the Netherlands
T. J. Tobias et al.
MedCity News · Jul 6, 2026
What to Know About CMS’ New Proposed Outpatient Payment Rule
CMS published its proposed 2027 outpatient payment rule, including a 2.4% base rate increase alongside steep cuts to 340B drug payments and an expansion of site-neutral payment to off-campus imaging services. Provider groups warn that these changes would push many hospitals’ payments into negative territory. The post What to Know About CMS’ New Proposed Outpatient Payment Rule appeared first on MedCity News .
MedCity News · Jul 6, 2026
Medicare to Spend $13B on MA Quality Bonus Program in 2026
KFF estimates Medicare will spend $13.4 billion on the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program in 2026 amid continued scrutiny of the program. The post Medicare to Spend $13B on MA Quality Bonus Program in 2026 appeared first on MedCity News .
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Personalizing N-of-1 Trial Results to Facilitate Decision-Making
Statistics and Research Methods
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Prostate Cancer Screening—Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and What Comes Next
Oncology
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Care Cascade Outcome Measures for Hepatitis C Among Insured US Adults
This cohort study compares hepatitis C care cascade outcome measures using laboratory and pharmacy data to document viral clearance and treatment initiation, respectively, among insured US adults.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Image Quality of At-Home Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasonography
This nonrandomized clinical trial evaluates image quality and patient experience associated with at-home transvaginal ultrasonography among premenopausal women.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Aerobic Exercise and Subthreshold Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial evaluates associations between aerobic exercise and reductions in subthreshold depressive symptoms in adolescents and explores potential neural mechanisms underpinning symptom improvement.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Prefrontal Transcranial Pulse Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder
This randomized clinical trial of patients with major depressive disorder evaluates the antidepressant efficacy of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex transcranial pulse stimulation and its neuromodulatory effects.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Tamsulosin Deprescribing for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Older Men
This crossover trial evaluates whether N-of-1 deprescribing trials can identify older men who are receiving minimal benefit from tamsulosin therapy for lower urinary tract symptoms.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adults With Insulin-Treated Diabetes
This cohort study examines the association of primary care–initiated continuous glucose monitoring with hemoglobin A1c levels and use of acute health care services among patients with insulin-treated diabetes.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Postacute COVID-19 and Health Care Utilization and Spending in Medicare Beneficiaries
This cohort study examines differences in health care utilization and spending among Medicare beneficiaries with vs without a COVID-19 diagnosis.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening Patterns and Metastatic Prostate Cancer in US Veterans
This cohort study analyzes associations of prostate-specific antigen testing practices with incidence of metastatic prostate cancer among US veterans.
JAMA Network Open · Jul 6, 2026
Multifocal Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation to Enhance Cognition in MCI
This randomized crossover trial examines whether sequential cerebellar transcranial magnetic stimulation and striatal transcranial temporal interference stimulation enhance working memory in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
MedCity News · Jul 5, 2026
Lung-Focused Celea Secures $180M for Pivotal Test of Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug
PureTech Health spinout Celea Therapeutics will apply the financing toward a Phase 3 test of its idiopathic pulmonary (IPF) drug, deupirfenidone. The pivotal study will test the oral small molecule head-to-head against a standard of care IPF drug. The post Lung-Focused Celea Secures $180M for Pivotal Test of Pulmonary Fibrosis Drug appeared first on MedCity News .
MedlinePlus (NLM) · Jul 5, 2026
Diagnosis of Amyloidosis
Source: Merck & Co., Inc. Related MedlinePlus Pages: Amyloidosis