Centre asks states to ensure hospitals prominently display prices
Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava has called for a comprehensive review of compliance with applicable statutory provisions.
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Hong Kong steps up Russia arrival checks after Siberian lab worker’s death
Hong Kong will step up health surveillance measures for arrivals after a laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia died from pneumonia, but authorities have stressed the risk to residents remains low. According to World Health Organization (WHO) information provided by Russian
South China Morning PostChina
Karnataka considering law for action against pvt hospitals withholding bodies
The proposed legislation aims to prevent hospitals from making payment a condition for handing over bodies
Hindustan Times
He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.
NYT Science
Scientists discover why a 100-year-old mushroom disease won't go away
Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret behind a mushroom disease that has frustrated growers for more than a century: It involves more than 17 species of harmful bacteria, not just one. The discovery could explain why treatments have struggled to stop the disease and open the door to more eff
Science Daily
Barabak: Is there a doctor in the House? Backlash to Trump, RFK Jr. may boost their political ranks
Anti-vaxxers and attacks on the nation's public health system have spurred hundreds of doctors and scientists to seek office. In Sacramento, congressional hopeful Richard Pan is part of that wave.
LA Times World
Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall
This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bible’s Book of Revelation speaks of “end times”, a period of trib
Guardian Technology
Americans trust science more than peers around the world, survey shows
Just 40 percent of Americans reported a lot of confidence in U.S. hospitals and health clinics, the same proportion as in Portugal and Uruguay.
STAT News
STAT+: Biotech leader, leading lab leak theorist no longer in consideration for top infectious disease role
Steven Quay, a biopharmaceutical executive with no background in infectious diseases, is no longer being considered for director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
STAT News
STAT+: Hospitals sue – again – to halt Trump administration’s 340B rebate pilot
The AHA is once again suing the Trump administration over its plan to revamp a federal drug discount program into one that provides after-the-fact rebates instead of upfront discounts.
STAT News
I Tried the At-Home Flu Vaccine, and It Was Great
Instead of scheduling five appointments for my family, I just had a box of vaccines shipped to my door.
Lifehacker
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next
MIT Technology Review AI
How Trump’s America First policy hit the Ebola response in Congo
Strict US travel and quarantine rules are keeping American medical volunteers away from Congo, where more than 4,000 people have died in the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak on record. The post How Trump’s America First policy hit the Ebola response in Congo appeared first on Reuters Best.
Reuters WorldCongo
WHO Director-General visits Jordan to recognize strong collaboration on health system delivery, emergency relief and advancing mental health
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today concluded the first day of his two-day State visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, underscoring the strong partnership between WHO and Jordan across the areas of universal health coverage (UHC), mental he
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