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The bill is endorsed by the American Medical Association, American Hospital Association and numerous others in the industry. 

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Researchers recently presented early findings from the PRIMARY2 clinical trial at the European Association of Urology Congress in London. 

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Earlier this year, Kansas lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 409, seeking to close insurance gaps for women who need follow-up scans after screening mammography. 

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Medusa, an infamous ransomware cybercriminal organization, has claimed credit for the February data breach at University of Mississippi Medical Center. In a post on its leak site, the gang is asking for $800,000 for the sale or deletion of the information it said it stole. An ominous ticking clock sets the deadline for March 20. 

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Judge Brian Murphy with the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts sided with the American Academy of Pediatrics and other plaintiffs who challenged the authority of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to effectively remove the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from the process put in place to make changes to CDC vaccine recommendations. 

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The recall is due to an issue with the software that could make the viewer vulnerable to security threats and data manipulation. 

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“If we are not careful, we run the risk of spending more time admiring these novelty-driven tools than advancing the real frontiers of radiology.” 

Afnan Tariq, MD, JD, FSCAI, FACC, an interventional cardiologist, assistant clinical professor of medicine at University of California, Irvine, presented first-in-man data on a passive, device-agnostic artificial intelligence (AI) platform for heart failure monitoring using consumer wearables at the recent Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics (THT) 2026 meeting. The study showed the AI could help lower repeat hospitalizations.

Afnan Tariq, MD, discusses early data on a passive, device-agnostic AI platform for heart failure monitoring. “When clinicians are empowered with insights and able to act earlier, you're able to have a durable impact," he said.

Nonfatal adverse events after PCI are associated with an increased risk of two-year mortality. That risk is especially high, it seems, when patients are hospitalized for heart failure symptoms such as shortness of breath and edema. 

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The American College of Radiology recently gathered 25 different medical societies to discuss how to save academic radiology. 

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Mass General experts have created a program to pinpoint intimate partner violence, using inputs including radiology reports, imaging and diagnoses to aid in detection. 

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The institution has reportedly suspended multiple members of its staff and is implementing shift-change procedures in the wake of the incident. 

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The bill is endorsed by the American Medical Association, American Hospital Association and numerous others in the industry.