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The use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist medications continues to rise, with a 155% increase in the percentage of people with type 2 diabetes taking these drugs from 2018 to 2022

Update July 10, 2026: Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of 2.5 million bottles of prednisoLONE Acetate Ophthalmic Suspension, USP, 1%. The prescription eye drops are being recalled due to a “foreign substance.” You can see a full list of the recalled eye dropshere.  

Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the Office of Addictions and Mental Health has failed to provide effective oversight of mental health and addiction services and its staff were not aware of all provincially funded centres offering care

Jio Financial Services Ltd (JFSL) and Allianz Group have signed a binding agreement to establish a 50:50 primary insurance joint venture in India, focused on general and health insurance. The agreement, announced on April 22, 2026, formalizes a partnership first outlined in July 2025 and is subject to statutory and regulatory approvals. The partners are…

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed the first case of a cyclosporiasis infection in the state so far this year

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins visited Tampa General Hospital on Thursday to roll out a nationwide push aimed at transforming how medical facilities feed their patients. FOX 13’s Briona Arradondo reports. 

Loneliness is increasingly recognised as a major public health issue, with growing evidence connecting it to poorer health. However, it is unclear whether loneliness itself contributes to poor health or whether these links are driven by other factors

THE UK’s Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, has relaunched the Women’s Health Strategy for England on 14th April 2026, following a 4th March report from the Women and Equalities Committee highlighting that women’s health has been overlooked in NHS reforms, partly driven by “medical misogyny”

The HSE have announced that Women and families attending Cavan General Hospital will soon benefit from safer, more connected maternity care as the hospital prepares to introduce the Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System (MN‑CMS), Ireland’s national electronic health record for maternity services

A mid-tier South Korean non-life insurer has stepped into territory long occupied by government agencies and hospital foundations – and the move points to a question the market is now confronting more directly: as public healthcare infrastructure struggles to keep pace with rising paediatric mental health needs, who fills the gap?