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Match Day Numbers Show “Promising” Change in Radiation Oncology
Published On: March 25th, 2025This year’s Match Day results show encouraging news for radiation oncology, which saw a nearly 60% drop in unfilled positions from last year, according to data published Friday by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP).
How easing state oversight spurred a construction ‘arms race’
Published On: March 25th, 2025Healthcare construction has ramped up in states that repealed or narrowed certificate of need laws.
Trump tariffs drive pharma manufacturing to US but risk inflation and disruption
Published On: March 25th, 2025The pharma industry has been left reeling by the recent news of US government trade tariffs, with companies Eli Lilly (Indianapolis, IN, US), Pfizer (New York, NY, US) and Merck & Co (Kenilworth, NJ, US) boosting their US manufacturing presence to avoid a potential 25% tariff on imported pharma products.
Health insurers’ rapid adoption of AI tools is outpacing regulators’ ability to keep watch
Published On: March 25th, 2025Inside the nation’s largest health insurance companies, artificial intelligence is taking off like a rocket.
New Guidelines Upped Lung Cancer Screenings, But Gaps Remain
Published On: March 25th, 2025MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- More smokers are getting CT screenings for lung cancer, thanks to guideline changes that included younger people and those who’ve smoked less, a new study says.
Youngkin vetoes Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Published On: March 25th, 2025Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation for the second year in a row that would have established a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB).
A blueprint for Trump to address drug prices
Published On: March 24th, 2025The America First Policy Institute — the think tank founded and staffed by Trump officials to advance his vision for the country — has written a new paper making the case against what it calls pharmaceutical "global freeloading" and outlining various policy measures to address it.
Cancer research, long protected, feels ‘devastating’ effects under Trump
Published On: March 24th, 2025Mark Vieth was stunned when he saw the numbers. Vieth coordinates the Defense Health Research Consortium, which advocates for a Pentagon program that has long received about $1.5 billion a year in federal funds for medical research — nearly half of which typically goes toward cancer.
GOP senators warn Trump agenda will be slowed by internal divisions
Published On: March 24th, 2025Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has cautioned GOP colleagues that the Senate isn’t likely to pass President Trump’s border security, energy and tax agenda until July at the earliest, and some Republican senators are warning the bill could drag well into the fall.
J&J to invest $55B in US manufacturing, research, technology
Published On: March 24th, 2025Johnson & Johnson announced on Friday that it will invest $55 billion in U.S. manufacturing, research and development, and technology over the next four years.