The National Institutes of Health plans to launch a public-private partnership in December to speed development of personalized cancer vaccines, according to an Oct. 9 New York Times report. Here are six things to know:

Thirty-one Democratic and independent lawmakers are pressing CDC Director Erica Schwartz, MD, on the Trump administration’s childhood vaccine overhaul and the agency’s measles response. The lawmakers, led by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash., sent Dr.…

Nearly one-third of newly licensed nurse practitioners in four states were educated at for-profit programs in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2010, a recent study found. The study, published Oct. 6 in Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed 117,156 nurse practitioners…

Increased immigration enforcement is associated with “sharp, persistent” drops in emergency department visits among patients born outside the U.S., but an increase in inpatient admissions rates, a recent study found. The study, published Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open, analyzed…

Flu season is arriving weeks earlier than usual this year, with health system, retail pharmacy and federal surveillance data all showing activity rising ahead of schedule. Five things to know:  1. Data from Epic Research shows flu rates are off…

The CDC has implemented measures to identify and assess travelers from the Russian region where a woman may have died from pneumonic plague, ABC News reported Oct. 8.  The agency said about 200 travelers from that region come to the…

Researchers at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have tested a patient-facing conversational AI system with people scheduled for urgent primary care appointments, in what they say is the first prospective real-world study of its kind, according to a study…

Suicide became the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023, according to final mortality data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Suicide deaths fell 1% over the same period, from…

As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…

The U.S. is on track for its worst measles year since 1991. The CDC had confirmed 4,080 cases as of Oct. 8, up 193 from the previous week and 78% above the 2,289 cases in all of 2025. The 2026…