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An AHA Cyber & Risk Intel blog by John Riggi, AHA national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, explores what health care leaders need to consider to reduce their organization’s cyber risk — including health care’s top three current and anticipated cyberthreats of 2026. LEARN MORE 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday issued an advisory on the Ebola disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The agency said the risk of spread to the U.S. is currently considered low. The notice includes recommendations for clinicians and guidance…
 The AHA has won two Telly Awards for its three-part video series, Voices of Leadership: Breaking Mental Health Stigma. The Telly Awards, a global competition founded in 1979, honor excellence in video and television across all platforms. The AHA is a Silver Telly Winner in the Online — Public…
Duke University School of Medicine’s Jonathan Posner, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Matthew Engelhard, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, break down the “Duke PMA” — an artificial intelligence-powered predictive model…
The White House May 18 announced an expansion of TrumpRx.gov, which now features more than 600 generic drugs.
A KFF analysis published May 19 examined early indicators of how the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits has impacted effectuated enrollment levels, plan selections and out-of-pocket costs for Health Insurance Marketplace enrollees in 2026.
The Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution May 14 recognizing National Hospital Week, which was May 10-16.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its fiscal year 2025 Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports, or PEPPERs, for critical access hospitals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a Health Alert Network Health Update May 18 informing clinicians about testing available for patients with suspected hantavirus infection to include Andes virus.
Early registration rates for the 2026 AHA Leadership Summit end June 1.