State Attorney General William Tong filed a "statement of interest" on Tuesday in the bankruptcy case of hospital owner Prospect Medical Holdings, "making it clear that Connecticut expects to have a full seat at the table in ensuring the transition of Prospect's hospitals in the state to a responsible new owner," Tong said. The filing is also aimed at "protecting and asserting Connecticut's claims for relief based on Prospect's prior misconduct."
The U.S. confirmed at least a dozen deaths from whooping cough last year, according to preliminary figures released this week by the CDC. That marks the most fatalities from the bacterial infection since a 2017 surge of the illness, which is also known as pertussis.
During his confirmation hearing Jan. 21, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins pledged to preserve veterans benefits and not "balance the budgets on the backs of veterans." But the confirmation of OMB Director Russell Vought, who contributed to two conservative playbooks that support significant changes to VA disability benefits, has put veterans service organizations on guard against any potential shifts in VA compensation.
When donor lungs arrive at Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute, they can be placed in a refrigerator set at 50 degrees Fahrenheit and be kept "alive" in the fridge for up to 18 hours. The innovative technology was used in a dozen of the 148 lung transplants the Chicago health system performed in 2024. These days, it's being used in "pretty much every" transplant.
Early CDC Data Suggests For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, more people in the U.S. died of influenza than from COVID-19 in the week ending on Jan. 25, according to weekly figures published by the CDC. For the week ending on Jan. 25, nearly 1.7% of all deaths nationwide were attributed to the flu, compared to roughly 1.5% being the result of COVID-19, according to CDC data.
Republican leaders on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of cuts to Medicaid benefits as they seek a reconciliation bill with up to $2 trillion in savings. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) sought to reassure the public — and potential jittery members of their own caucus — that the Medicaid changes under discussion include work requirements and fraud reduction, not drastic cuts like lowering the federal match for Medicaid expansion states or instituting a per capita cap.