Read the latest positive news, breakthroughs, and inspiring stories about health care, curated daily by BrightWire.
A former Nunavut executive who helped launch a healing center is joining Canada's National Council for Reconciliation. Kilikvak Kabloona will help track whether the country is keeping its promises to Indigenous communities.
A bipartisan program in North Carolina proved that paying for healthy food, housing, and transportation through Medicaid actually saves money while keeping people healthier. The results are so strong that Congress is being urged to let every state do the same.
A thousand people gathered in Oklahoma City to celebrate cancer survivors walking a runway while their community cheered them on. Tenaciously Teal has now distributed nearly 60,000 care packs and half a million dollars in financial assistance over the past decade.
Six teams are showcasing quantum computers that could revolutionize medicine at a competition in California next week. The breakthrough isn't just about quantum power, it's about making these cutting-edge machines work alongside regular computers to solve health problems we couldn't tackle before.
Five liberal arts students just showed NASA how space-age health monitoring technology could save lives in mines, firehouses, and emergency rooms. Their four-month journey proves you don't need an engineering degree to launch the next big innovation in health care.
After a holiday weekend of negotiations, Congress is bringing back a bipartisan health care package that includes major reforms to pharmacy benefit managers and hospital billing practices. The deal, which was derailed in late 2024, could finally deliver protections that help millions of Americans afford their medications.
