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February 26, 2025 Viktor Zarev 0 min read
  1. Thousands of UC healthcare employees go on strike.
  2. House budget blueprint could bring Medicaid cuts.
  3. State healthcare for noncitizens cost Illinois $1.6B.
  4. HIPAA warns of malicious DICOM installers.
  5. Trump signs healthcare price transparency order.
  6. Mystery illness in DRC kills more than 50 people.
  7. Child becomes first measles death in 10 years.
  8. FDA declares semaglutide shortage over. 
  9. Utah bans fluoride from its tap water. 
  10. Walgreens ducks $1B COVID test settlement.
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