A River of News

Health headlines, Monday, October 5, 2026

43 items. Times are UTC.

21:00 UTC 5

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    Autism Linked to Maternal Health Factors MedPage Today
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    Private Equity in Medicine: At Odds With Doing What's Best for Patients? MedPage Today
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    CDC Warns on Rise in Deadly Fungal Infections That Spread to the Brain MedPage Today
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    GP 10-minute appointment slots 'making it harder to do cancer checks' BBC
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    New Guideline Recommends Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms MedPage Today

20:00 UTC 3

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    Low-Calorie Diet, Exercise Reversed Type 2 Diabetes Without Meds MedPage Today
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    STAT+: Judges skewer HHS arguments in hearing over Medicare Advantage audits lawsuit STAT by Tara Bannow
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    STAT+: Nobel-winning optogenetics research has led to experimental treatments for blindness and Alzheimer’s STAT by Annalisa Merelli, Megan Molteni story

19:00 UTC 2

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    Heart Failure Report: U.S. Headed for Dangerous Territory MedPage Today
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    Stop Arthritis Patients' DMARDs Ahead of COVID Jabs? Trial Brings Clarity MedPage Today

18:00 UTC 2

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    Dramatic Improvement in Suicidal Ideation After Brain Radiosurgery Capsulotomy MedPage Today
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    STAT+: New Trump regulations would clean up health care pricing disclosures STAT by Bob Herman story

16:00 UTC 4

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    STAT+: Prices, prices, prices STAT by Bob Herman
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    Trashing the Health Dashboards MedPage Today
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    Parents' plea for kidney transplant for daughter BBC
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    STAT+: Utah plows ahead with more health AI pilots for prescriptions, women’s health STAT by Mario Aguilar story

15:00 UTC 2

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    Doctors Retrieved Nails From Patient's Bowels MedPage Today
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    Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children The New York Times by Christina Jewett story

14:00 UTC 2

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    Nobel Medicine Prize Goes to 3 Scientists for Research Into Brain Activity MedPage Today story
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    Trump Announces $90 Payments for Seniors on Medicare Ahead of the Midterms MedPage Today story

13:00 UTC 3

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    STAT+: Lilly’s Jaypirca approved as first-line CLL therapy STAT by Meghana Keshavan
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    Mystery Pneumonia Death Sparks Concern; Trader Joe's Recall; OUD in Young People MedPage Today story
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    STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Vaxcyte pneumococcal shot, increasing pharma M&A, and more STAT by Ed Silverman story

12:00 UTC 2

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    STAT+: Vaxcyte claims success in bid to beat Pfizer and Merck in lucrative vaccine market STAT by Jason Mast story
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    Could we one day vaccinate against every cancer? STAT by Amanda Erickson

10:00 UTC 4

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    Nobel Prize awarded for showing how nerve cells shape feelings BBC story
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    I found out I had cancer when my son kicked me BBC
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    Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Divides Rural Voters, KFF-AP Poll Finds KFF Health News by Linley Sanders, The Associated Press, Sarah Jane Tribble, Ali Swenson story
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    2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for brain research tool called optogenetics STAT by Annalisa Merelli story

09:00 UTC 4

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    Are Babies Conscious? The New York Times by Carl Zimmer
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    La ofensiva migratoria de Trump divide a los votantes rurales, según una encuesta de KFF y AP KFF Health News by Linley Sanders, The Associated Press, Sarah Jane Tribble, Ali Swenson ES story
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    Doctors Should Keep an Eye on Your Mix of Medication. If They Don’t, You Should. KFF Health News by Paula Span
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    Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers NPR by Blake Farmer

08:00 UTC 7

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    Las elecciones de medio término reavivan el debate sobre la cobertura de salud universal. Estos estados llevan la delantera KFF Health News by Markian Hawryluk ES story
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    From floating saunas to clinical trials: How heat might help mental health NPR by Will Stone
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    Opinion: Energy drinks’ new college sports partnerships make them more dangerous than ever STAT by Kent Sepkowitz
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    Hospital and pharmaceutical prices are smothering America’s businesses STAT by Bob Herman
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    STAT+: Divergent trial results on cancer vaccines have the field grappling with hard questions STAT by Allison DeAngelis
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    Opinion: Will Claude ever win a Nobel Prize for medicine? STAT by Jeffrey S. Flier story
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    STAT+: Are stem cells the next peptides? These advocates think RFK Jr. could make it happen STAT by Margaret Manto

07:00 UTC 1

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    Los hospitales tienen una herramienta poco conocida para prevenir las deudas médicas. Así funciona KFF Health News by Melanie Evans, Tradeoffs ES

05:00 UTC 1

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    Early Lampard findings could come within weeks BBC

04:00 UTC 1

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    The Conversation BBC