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U.S. and international agencies are warning of potential cyberattacks on health care and other critical infrastructure from state-sponsored cyber actors in Russia and China.

The early registration deadline for the 2026 AHA Rural Health Care Leadership Conference is Dec. 12.

Medical school enrollment reached 100,723 for 2025-2026, crossing the six-digit mark for the first time, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released guidance Dec. 8 for states implementing Medicaid community engagement requirements outlined by the budget reconciliation bill.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dec. 9 issued a proposed rule that would make changes to the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model beginning July 1, 2026.

John Pastor, president of Fairview Pharmacy Services and chief operating officer of Fairview Pharmacy Solutions, shares how M Health Fairview’s expansive pharmacy network, centralized services hub and integrated technology are reshaping medication access in Minnesota and beyond.

U.S. and international agencies Dec. 3 released guidance on integrating artificial intelligence into operational technology.

A critical, unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability known as React2Shell has been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.

When I began my year as AHA Board Chair, my goal was for us to be all in.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Dec. 5 that it will launch the Technology-Enabled Meaningful Patient Outcomes for Digital Health Devices Pilot, or TEMPO, an initiative aimed to promote access to certain digital health devices.

A study published Dec. 3 by the New England Journal of Medicine found that one dose of the HPV vaccine could be as effective as two in preventing cervical cancer.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Dec. 4 and 5 discussed draft payment update recommendations for 2027, which the commission will vote on in January.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Dec. 5 recommended individual-based decision-making for parents deciding whether to give the hepatitis B vaccine, including the birth dose, to infants born to women who test negative for the virus. If not receiving the vaccine at birth, ACIP recommended infants receive the initial dose no earlier than two 2 months of age.

If you had to describe a hospital’s mission, philosophy and guiding light with a single word, safety would sit at the top of the list.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory Dec. 3 on an outbreak of Marburg virus in Ethiopia.

The AHA Dec. 4 released a new resource outlining how hospitals and health systems can take action to improve care for people with disabilities.

The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 4 released its strategy on integrating artificial intelligence across internal operations, research and public health efforts.

The AHA released a report Dec. 4 that found patient safety in hospitals and health systems across the nation continues to improve.

The AHA Dec. 3 released its 2026 Health Care Workforce Scan (https://www.aha.org/aha-workforce-scan) — an annual snapshot of America’s hospital and health system employment based on reports, studies and other data sources from leading organizations and researchers.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has updated its GitHub repository with new resources to help hospitals comply with changes to hospital price transparency requirements finalized in the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system final rule for calendar year 2026.