July 2026 Health News Roundup
Date postedJuly 3, 2026
Topics in this News Roundup
- Cancer
- Cardiology
- Care and Insurance Costs
- Chronic Health Conditions
- Consumer and Patient Safety
- Criminalization of Medicine
- Environmental Health
- Food, Nutrition, and Food Safety
- Good News
- Government and Advocacy
- Health Care Systems and Facilities
- Health Equity and Access to Care
- Infectious Diseases and Infections
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medications and Prescribing
- Neurology
- Public Health
- Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Social Factors Affecting Health
- Social Safety Nets
Cancer
- Racial Gaps in Cancer Pain Management Persist in Community Care (American Journal of Managed Care, 7/1/26)
Cardiology
- Sugar-Sweetened Beverage, Fruit Juice Intake Linked to Hypertension Risk (HealthDay, 7/2/26)
Care and Insurance Costs
- More states try to give patients relief from medical debt (New Hampshire Bulletin, 7/1/26)
- (New Hampshire) NH Dems decry Medicaid premium increases (NH Union Leader, 7/1/26)
Chronic Health Conditions
- Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)
- First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Positive Results, Study Finds (Journal of the American Medical Association, 7/2/26)
- Long COVID
- Long COVID Brain Fog Eases With Cognitive Rehabilitation (Medscape, 7/3/26)
- Migraine and Headache Disorders
- Conventional Wisdom on CGRP in Migraine Challenged (Medscape, 7/2/26)
Consumer and Patient Safety
- A Mom Said Infant Formula Killed Her Baby. The Manufacturer Closed the File. (KFF Health News, 7/2/26)
Criminalization of Medicine
- Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires (The Hill, 7/2/26)
- New Jersey Finally Passes Trans Care Shield Law, The Last Blue State Left To Do So (Erin In The Morning, 7/1/26)
Environmental Health
- (New Hampshire) Merrimack River downstream of Haverhill too contaminated for July 4th fun, tests show (NH Union Leader, 7/3/26)
- (New Hampshire) Beat the Heat: New Hampshire Faces Increased Risk of Heat-Related Illness (NH Public Health Association, 7/2/26)
- (New Hampshire) Haverhill sewage leak into Merrimack River has been stopped (NH Union Leader, 7/2/26)
- Plans must be put in place before heatwaves – not cobbled together during them (The Guardian, 7/2/26)
Food, Nutrition, and Food Safety
- FDA issues most serious recall alert for potato chip brands over salmonella risk (The Guardian, 7/2/26)
Good News
- (New Hampshire) Register for Cheshire's Summer Blood Drive (Cheshire Medical Center, 7/1/26)
Government and Advocacy
- Care and Insurance Costs - View more Care and Insurance Costs articles >>
- More states try to give patients relief from medical debt (New Hampshire Bulletin, 7/1/26)
- Health Equity and Access to Care - View more Health Equity and Access to Care articles >>
- New Jersey Finally Passes Trans Care Shield Law, The Last Blue State Left To Do So (Erin In The Morning, 7/1/26)
- Medicare and Medicaid - View more Medicare and Medicaid articles >>
- CMS mulls tougher Medicare enrollment rules to combat fraud as part of 2027 home health payment rule (Fierce Healthcare, 7/1/26)
- Medications and Prescribing - View more Medications and Prescribing articles >>
- Public Health - View more Public Health articles >>
- New Disease Threats Follow Trump Administration’s Health Program Cuts (KFF Health News, 7/2/26)
- Reproductive and Sexual Health - View more Reproductive and Sexual Health articles >>
- Democrats demand HHS reinstate canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants (The Hill, 7/2/26)
- Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends (New Hampshire Bulletin, 7/2/26)
- Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires (The Hill, 7/2/26)
- Social Factors Affecting Health - View more Social Factors Affecting Health articles >>
- U.S. Supreme Court Says Trump Can’t Restrict Birthright Citizenship (InDepth NH, 7/1/26)
- Social Safety Nets - View more Social Safety Nets articles >>
- (New Hampshire) Latest performance indicates N.H. could face $15M cost-share penalty for SNAP payment error rate (Concord Monitor, 7/2/26)
- (New Hampshire) NH WIC Program Accepting Comments for 2027 State Plan (NH Board of Medicine, 7/2/26)
Health Care Systems and Facilities
- (New Hampshire) VA awards New Hampshire more than $7 million in grant funding for infrastructure upgrades to state-operated Veteran nursing home (NH Union Leader, 7/1/26)
Health Equity and Access to Care
- New Jersey Finally Passes Trans Care Shield Law, The Last Blue State Left To Do So (Erin In The Morning, 7/1/26)
Infectious Diseases and Infections
- COVID-19
- Comprehensive review affirms that COVID mRNA vaccines are safe, effective (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/1/26)
- Ebola and other hemorrhagic fevers
- Clinical trial for Ebola therapies begins in DR Congo (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/2/26)
- Researchers launch study on Ebola treatments as Congo outbreak worsens (AP, 7/2/26)
- Ebola deaths in Africa top 400 as Uganda reports death of child from Marburg (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/1/26)
- Uganda Finds Isolated Marburg Virus Case, Africa CDC Says (Medscape, 7/1/26)
- Fungal Infections
- The WHO aims to help nations confront growing threat of fungal disease, antifungal resistance (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/1/26)
- HIV/AIDS
- HIV May Hide in More Cells Than Previously Thought—Here’s What That Could Mean for a Cure (Journal of the American Medical Association, 7/2/26)
- Influenza
- Air Force trainee in San Antonio, Texas, died from flu (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/1/26)
- Mosquito-Borne Diseases
- US sees earliest start to West Nile virus season and most cases by late June since 2004 (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/2/26)
- Bangladesh Warns Of Dengue Surge as Weather Aids Spread (Medscape, 7/1/26)
- CDC urges people to prevent mosquito bites as West Nile virus season hits a strong, early start (AP, 7/1/26)
- Norovirus
- Cruise ship docked in San Francisco hit by norovirus outbreak (The Hill, 7/2/26)
- Parasites
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
- Most women opt for maternal RSV vaccination, prefer it to infant immunization, international study finds (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/2/26)
- Tick-Borne Diseases
- A once rare tickborne illness is on the rise. This UVM researcher is chasing a cure (NH Public Radio, 7/2/26)
- Increase of tick-borne diseases in Illinois highlights the need to prevent tick bites year round (The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, 7/2/26)
Medicare and Medicaid
- CMS mulls tougher Medicare enrollment rules to combat fraud as part of 2027 home health payment rule (Fierce Healthcare, 7/1/26)
Medications and Prescribing
- FDA Scientists Warn Against Expanded Peptide Access As Kennedy Reshapes Advisory Panel (HealthDay, 7/1/26)
Neurology
- Long COVID Brain Fog Eases With Cognitive Rehabilitation (Medscape, 7/3/26)
- Conventional Wisdom on CGRP in Migraine Challenged (Medscape, 7/2/26)
- First Alzheimer Disease Blood Test May Produce Many False-Positive Results, Study Finds (Journal of the American Medical Association, 7/2/26)
Public Health
- WHO’s Role in Stopping Cross-Border Infections (Medscape, 7/3/26)
- New Disease Threats Follow Trump Administration’s Health Program Cuts (KFF Health News, 7/2/26)
Reproductive and Sexual Health
- Democrats demand HHS reinstate canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants (The Hill, 7/2/26)
- Medicaid again to cover non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood as GOP ban ends (New Hampshire Bulletin, 7/2/26)
- Planned Parenthood set to regain federal funding as GOP ban expires (The Hill, 7/2/26)
Social Factors Affecting Health
- U.S. Supreme Court Says Trump Can’t Restrict Birthright Citizenship (InDepth NH, 7/1/26)
Social Safety Nets
- (New Hampshire) Latest performance indicates N.H. could face $15M cost-share penalty for SNAP payment error rate (Concord Monitor, 7/2/26)
- (New Hampshire) NH WIC Program Accepting Comments for 2027 State Plan (NH Board of Medicine, 7/2/26)