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Today's Healthcare News

Medical school interviews often include questions about current events in healthcare. Here is an ongoing list of articles related to current events and important themes, including social determinants of health, patient advocacy, the state of the healthcare system, and artificial intelligence.
"Gum Disease May Raise Stroke Risk, Even Damage the Brain"
October 23, 2025 -
www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-10-23/gum-disease-may-raise-stroke-risk-even-damage-the-brain

"Prescription drugs cause one quarter of overdose deaths"
October 21, 2025 -
www.nmhealth.org/news/awareness/2025/10/?view=2287
"Youth-Adult Partnership to elevate youth voices in public health"
August 19, 2025 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/awareness/2025/8/?view=2263
"​New Mexico syphilis rates drop 31% — first decrease in years"
July 24, 2025 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/awareness/2025/7/?view=2254
"Health department and Navajo Nation sign historic agreement"
July 2, 2025 - 

www.nmhealth.org/news/awareness/2025/7/?view=2246
"​Can antidepressants increase sudden cardiac death risk?"
April 6, 2025 -
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/can-antidepressants-increase-sudden-cardiac-death-risk
"Measles Cases in State Outbreak Rise to 54"
April 4, 2025 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/vaccine/2025/4/?view=2198
"​Responsive Parenting Can Help Counter Childhood Obesity"
March 12, 2025 - 
​www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-03-12/responsive-parenting-can-help-counter-childhood-obesity
"New Mexico Launches Comprehensive Measles Resource"
February 28, 2025 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/information/2025/2/?view=2185
"Black Maternal Deaths Remain High Despite Overall Decline In U.S."
February 7, 2025 -
​www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-07/black-maternal-deaths-remain-high-despite-overall-decline-in-u-s
"Overdose Deaths Declined in New Mexico Again"
​January 7, 2025 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/awareness/2025/1/?view=2169
"AI Proves Useful for Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis"
January 3, 2025 - 
www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-01-03/ai-proves-useful-for-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis
"Parents' Smoking Could Raise Risk for MS in Kids"
December 11, 2024 - 
www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-11/parents-smoking-could-raise-risk-for-ms-in-kids
"New Online Tool Combats Alcohol Misuse"
December 4, 2024 - 
www.nmhealth.org/news/information/2024/12/?view=2160
"U.S. Life Expectancy Gains Ground Despite Another Overdose Record"
March 21, 2024 - 
​https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-03-21/u-s-life-expectancy-gains-ground-despite-another-overdose-record
"Global Fertility Rates to Decline, Shifting Population Burden to Low-Income Countries"
March 20, 2024 - 
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-03-20/global-fertility-rates-to-decline-shifting-population-burden-to-low-income-countries
"US CDC Urges Measles Vaccinations Amid Rising Cases"
March 18, 2024 - 
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-03-18/us-cdc-urges-measles-vaccinations-amid-rising-cases
"Minority Children in US Get Poorer Healthcare, Analysis Finds"
January 17, 2024 - 
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-01-17/minority-children-in-us-get-poorer-healthcare-analysis-finds
Rural Healthcare
November 16, 2023 - 
https://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2023/11/faculty-experts-rural-health-23.php

"Youth Cancer Death Rate Down Nearly 25% in U.S."
November 16, 2023 - 
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-11-16/youth-cancer-mortality-falls-nearly-25-percent-in-u-s
Climate-driven health action
November 15, 2023 - 
https://www.who.int/news/item/15-11-2023-lancet-countdown-report-calls-for-climate-driven-health-action
"More Screen Time for Babies Could Slow Development"
​
August 22, 2023 - 
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-22/more-screen-time-for-babies-could-slow-development 
​https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2808593 
"1 in 5 U.S. Mothers Say They've Been Mistreated During Maternity Care"
August 22, 2023 - 
​https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-22/1-in-5-u-s-mothers-say-theyve-been-mistreated-during-maternity-care 
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7235e1.htm#:~:text=Results%3A%20Among%20U.S.%20mothers%20with,or%20no%20insurance%20reported%20mistreatment. 
"Cigna health giant accused or improperly rejecting thousands of patient claims using an algorithm"
July 25, 2023 - 
​https://apnews.com/article/cigna-california-health-coverage-lawsuit-4543b47cd6057519a7e8dc6d90a61866 
"Primary care providers say field is 'crumbling'"
July 20, 2023 - 
​https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/primary-care-providers-say-field-is-crumbling/688518/
"Docs still shifting away from private practice, survey finds - Trend is 'emblematic of the fiscal uncertainty and economic stress,' AMA president says"
July 18, 2023 - 
​https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/105530 
"Associations of change in body size with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among healthy older adults"
April 10, 2023 - ​https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2803643 
August 14, 2017 - ​https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2017188.
"California enters a contract to make its own affordable insulin"
March 19, 2023 - 
​https://www.npr.org/2023/03/19/1164572757/california-contract-cheap-insulin-calrx
"Overdose and Substance Abuse in New Mexico"
January 2023 -
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Entity/LFC/Documents/Session_Publications/Budget_Recommendations/2024RecommendVoI.pdf
"Artificial Intelligence and Health Care: What premeds should know"
October 4, 2022 - ​
​https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/medical-school-admissions-doctor/articles/artificial-intelligence-and-health-care-what-premeds-should-know
"Georgetown Street Medicine Outreach Group Seeks to Better Understand Health Challenges of DC's Unhoused People"
June 10, 2022 - 
​https://som.georgetown.edu/news-stories/georgetown-street-medicine-outreach-group-seeks-to-better-understand-health-challenges-of-the-dc-unhoused/
"The Psychiatric Bed Crisis in the US: Understanding the problem and moving toward solutions"
May 2022 - ​
​https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/research/psychiatric-bed-crisis-report
"Crisis in Ukraine: U.S. doctors, hospitals step up to help"
April 26, 2022 - 
​https://www.aamc.org/news/crisis-ukraine-us-doctors-hospitals-step-help
"​The Science of Speech: Ph.D. Student Helen Dominic Researches Improvements in Ways We Handle Immigrant Care"
March 16, 2022 - 
​https://college.georgetown.edu/news-story/the-science-of-speech-ph-d-student-helen-dominic-researches-improvements-in-ways-we-handle-immigrant-care/
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