Trump lifts tariffs, promises more coming for drugs | UMMC sued after employee allegedly hacks computers to spy on women

President Trump announced that most of his "reciprocal" tariffs have been halted. However, he raised those on Chinese goods to 125%.  

The academic medical center is accused of deploying lax security protocols that allowed an employee to access internet-connected cameras and private emails in acts of privacy invasion that lasted a decade. 

While the tumors are all benign, five nurses working on the same maternity ward have now fallen ill, spurring an investigation into a possible cause. 

Among the agencies impacted is the Department of Veterans Affairs, which released thousands of probationary workers as part of a staffing purge conducted by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

CMS more than doubled the raise in payments for covered services proposed by Biden, increasing the amount from 2.23% to 5.06%. 

Over a year after the breach on Change Healthcare, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield of Maryland has filed a lawsuit saying it suffered data loss stemming from the incident. 

That’s in addition to the $25,000 buyout offer from the federal government. Employees have until Friday to resign. 

Some AI decision-support models have a proclivity for recommending aggressive care pathways. And doing so on the basis of patient demographics, not medical necessity.

Researchers at Oregon State University are working on developing a way to make contrast agents more targeted.