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Lown Institute’s 2026 Hospitals Index Names 123 Honor Roll Hospitals, Finds Little Overlap With U.S. News

The new index adds health-equity and value scores to outcomes and could reshape how patients, payers and policymakers judge hospital performance.

Doctors Pause June Strike Wave as Conflict Over Estatuto Marco Leaves Health Services Strained

Brazil Begins Public Rollout of 20‑Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine

UK Faces Record Medicine Shortages That Pharmacists Say Endanger Patients

Rotunda Board Orders End to Private Maternity Care by Public‑Only Consultants

Minister Orders Rotunda to End Private Maternity Work by Public‑Only Consultants

South Africa Begins National Rollout of Twice‑Yearly HIV Injection

Galicia Protests Demand Answers Over Alleged Manipulation of Waiting Lists

Andhra Pradesh Opens 600‑Bed Hospital and Announces Statewide Sanjeevani Rollout

Punjab Reports Over ₹84 Crore Spent on Orthopaedic Care Under Sehat Yojana

Bengal Announces Statewide Ayushman Bharat Rollout and Health Overhaul

Report Finds Peru Delivers Complete Medicines for Fewer Than Half of SIS Prescriptions

Argentina Creates National Stroke Program to Speed Diagnosis and Treatment

Koh Poh Koon to Step Down as Senior Minister of State

Government to Test Replacing GP Fit Notes with Work-Focused Support in Four English Areas

Fukuoka Prefecture Admits Inflated Lecture Fees, Orders Review of Payout Rules

Osakidetza Names Neurologist Javier Almeida to Lead Mental Health Coordination

ACA Medicaid Expansion Linked to Lower One-Year Deaths for Young Adults Starting Dialysis

Kota Maternal Care Crisis Deepens With New Death, Expanding Probe

Nadda Launches New Health Portals at National Summit in Chandigarh