Although Oracle has denied its cloud infrastructure services were breached, security experts recommend Oracle customers independently verify if they were affected and take measures to reduce exposure to potential fallout.
The changes to medical records hit federal systems first. In February, CMS removed sexual orientation and gender identity questions from enrollment forms for Medicare beneficiaries, and the U.S. DOGE Service said it had removed gender identity from the personal information pages of VA patients. Now, the Trump administration's efforts to strip these demographics from patient forms have reached the private sector.
Concerns over the political climate in the U.S. has opened a "floodgate" of inquiries about moving to Canada, according to recruiter Michelle Flynn. "The amount of interest has more than doubled over the last several months," she told CBC. The COO of CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc., Flynn recruits U.S.-trained physicians to work in Canada and places Canadian specialists in roles in the U.S. Lately though, she has struggled to get any Canadians interested in moving south.
NYU Langone Health on Monday named Dr. Alec Kimmelman as its next CEO and dean of New York University's Grossman School of Medicine. Kimmelman, who has been leading NYU Langone's Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center since 2023, will step into his new role on Sep. 1, succeeding Dr. Robert Grossman, who is retiring after 18 years at the helm of the hospital.
Employees across HHS began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan last week to remake the department, which, through its agencies, is responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, and monitoring the safety of food and medicine, as well as for administering health insurance programs for nearly half of the country.
Oregon Health & Science University's plan to acquire its financially distressed rival, Legacy Health, reflects a broader national trend: hospitals merging to stay competitive.