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Cyberattacks on hospitals are urgent threats to patient safety, care delivery and public trust. In this conversation, Ajay Gupta, board chair of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic and CEO of HSR.health, speaks about the vital role hospital boards play in preparing for and responding to cyber incidents.
The AHA July 8 wrote in opposition to the 鈥淧atient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act鈥 (H.R. 4002), which would repeal current law banning the creation and limiting the expansion of physician-owned hospitals.
President Trump July 7 issued an executive order, 鈥淓xtending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates,鈥 which extends the original July 9 reciprocal tariff freeze to Aug. 1 at which time the reciprocal tariff rate or newly announced rates will begin.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine influenza data given the low public health risk and lack of person-to-person spread.
A study published July 7 by JAMA found children鈥檚 health has significantly worsened from 2007 to 2023.
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The AHA encourages hospitals and health systems that are committed to leadership and innovation in improving quality and advancing health to apply for its 2026 Quest for Quality Prize by Sept. 9.
The National Institutes of Health July 3 announced that all NIH-funded research published in scientific journals must be made publicly accessible immediately upon release, accelerating a policy originally set to begin in December.
The United States July 7 reached its highest annual measles case tally in 33 years, hitting at least 1,277 confirmed cases across 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Center for Outbreak Response Intervention at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
The AHA July 2 expressed support for the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act (H.R. 3890), bipartisan legislation that would add 14,000 Medicare-funded residency positions over seven years to help alleviate ongoing physician shortages.
The House July 3 voted 218-214 to pass the final version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), which enacts many of President Trump鈥檚 legislative priorities on taxes, border security, energy and deficit reduction.