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Briefing: HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration 2025-2026

Strategic angle: A comprehensive timeline of public health policy actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump administration from 2025-2026.

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Senate Democrats Lay Out Plans to Overhaul Health Insurance After Setbacks Under Trump

Democrats are sharpening their health care message as the midterms loom.

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Briefing: Maguire, Mainoo, Garner? Who made Sky Sports writers' England squads

Strategic angle: Ahead of a crunch England squad selection, Sky Sports writers reveal their picks for potential World Cup hopefuls.

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Briefing: Mystery fish deaths in Papua New Guinea prompt health warning

Strategic angle: Villagers on a remote island in Papua New Guinea have been warned not to eat fish until scientists can identify the cause of thousands of deaths of marine creatures and hundreds of cases of illness.

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Briefing: Europe’s healthcare - A right or a business model? MEPs face off in The Ring

Strategic angle: In this special edition of The Ring, MEPs debate the funding of European health innovation.

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Briefing: As Trump administration cracks down on health care fraud, people with disabilities feel singled out

Strategic angle: As the Trump administration goes after fraud in health care, advocates say the disability community feels singled out.

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Briefing: Why Guardant Health’s (GH) 2026 Screening Story Reinforced Piper Sandler’s Bullish View

Strategic angle: Piper Sandler maintains a positive outlook on Guardant Health following its 2026 screening developments.

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Briefing: Two key figures of Iranian leadership killed: Who's next?

Strategic angle: Ali Larijani and Gholamreza Soleimani, pivotal figures in Iran's security, have been killed, raising questions about the future of the regime.

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Briefing: Argentina has officially left the World Health Organization

Strategic angle: Javier Milei's government finalises Argentina's withdrawal from the WHO, citing health sovereignty.

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Briefing: Who was Ali Larijani, Iran's unofficial strongman?

Strategic angle: Veteran politician Ali Larijani came from a powerful family — but was never fully embraced by Iranian hardliners.

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Briefing: 'The biggest challenge’ and ‘opportunity’: Euronews Health Summit key takeaways

Strategic angle: Medicine shortages, European health sovereignty, the ethical lines of AI, and mental health dominated the conversation Euronews’ Health Summit in Brussels.

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Briefing: Eight Trends Shaping 2026 Health Care Costs

Strategic angle: A new Peterson-KFF policy explainer lays out the health care trends shaping the 2026 policy debates.

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Briefing: Who will win the race to become Paris mayor?

Strategic angle: The Paris mayoral race narrowed as a former minister joins forces with a fellow right-winger for the second-round run-off.

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Briefing: Smoking rates are at a historic low. You’re not hearing about it from the government

Strategic angle: The CDC had remarkable data on smoking rates last fall, but it no longer had smoking experts available to review it and disseminate it.

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Briefing: Epic notches a legal win, but the saga continues

Strategic angle: An update on Epic's lawsuit over alleged improper access to health records, Nvidia's new radiology AI partnership, and more.

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Briefing: Opinion: Semaglutide is going off-patent in India. But will people who need it be able to get it?

Strategic angle: Rules determining who gets access to semaglutide in India were written for different bodies with different cardiovascular risks.

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Briefing: Opinion: The greatest threat to federally qualified health centers may not be federal funding cuts

Strategic angle: After 50 years of operation, FQHCs are discovering that their financial structure has not kept pace with the realities of delivering on their mission.

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Hundreds feared dead in strike on Kabul hospital

Taliban blames Pakistan for attack that threatens to escalate neighbours’ conflict

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400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Afghanistan hospital treating drug users

A tragic incident unfolds as a hospital in Afghanistan is targeted, resulting in significant loss of life.

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Briefing: Ducks' Moore addresses mental health in letter

Strategic angle: Oregon quarterback Dante Moore has revealed he struggled with mental health issues associated with the pressures of major college football.