Google Launches Own Agentic AI Healthcare Platform

Google Launches Own Agentic AI Healthcare Platform Google Cloud has developed and launched a specific version of Gemini for healthcare. Agentic AI systems can act independently and make complex decisions with minimal human oversight, Healthcare Dive explained. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/pharma-and-tech-111226/

CMS Metes Out Final 200 Residency Positions; Medical Groups Urge More Federally Funded Spots

CMS Metes Out Final 200 Residency Positions; Medical Groups Urge More Federally Funded Spots "While this final distribution represents a meaningful step forward, our country remains in desperate need of additional, permanent residency positions to help alleviate the persistent physician workforce shortage," David Skorton, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, said. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/health-industry-111226/

Decades After Achieving Measles-Elimination Status, US Will Lose It Again, Scientists Say

Decades After Achieving Measles-Elimination Status, US Will Lose It Again, Scientists Say A Pan-American panel of the World Health Organization met Tuesday to consider whether measles transmission has spread uninterrupted in the United States for more than 12 months, the threshold for losing elimination status. Although the panel's decision won't be available until Nov. 17, scientists tracing transmission chains have concluded there's strong evidence that measles is endemic again. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/outbreaks-and-health-threats-111226/

Minnesota's Recent Medicaid Reimbursement Was 1,000 Times Less Than It Expected

Minnesota's Recent Medicaid Reimbursement Was 1,000 Times Less Than It Expected Minnesota was denied more than $112 million in Medicaid reimbursements for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2025, MPR News reported. John Connolly, Minnesota's temporary Human Services commissioner, alerted department leaders Tuesday of the disallowance. Also making news: Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, Texas, California, Michigan, North Carolina, and elsewhere. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/state-watch-111226/

Rand Paul Angles To Fill Key GOP Post On Senate Health Panel After Cassidy's Exit

Rand Paul Angles To Fill Key GOP Post On Senate Health Panel After Cassidy's Exit "I will stand against efforts to put Washington between Americans and their doctors, their children’s schools, and their paychecks,” the Kentucky Republican said. In addition to Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chair Bill Cassidy, two other GOP members of the committee — Susan Collins of Maine and Roger Marshall of Kansas — were ousted in the midterm elections. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/capitol-watch-111226/

Senate Health Committee Sets Key Vote For Heidi Overton's FDA Nomination

Senate Health Committee Sets Key Vote For Heidi Overton's FDA Nomination The vote is set for Nov. 18, but committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) remains undecided on Overton, Stat and The Hill reported. Other news on the Trump administration covers SNAP, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the scientist brain drain, and more. https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/administration-news-111226/

Is global health dead? The Lancet Global Health (++...)

Is global health dead? The Lancet Global Health https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(26)00290-1/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email Global health is undergoing an existential crisis. 5 years ago, we invited readers to tell us what was wrong with it, and the result was a rich catalogue of thought pieces on “The future of global health research, publishing, and practice”. Those in the field acknowledged its colonial roots and the power imbalances that remain, discussed whose knowledge and priorities count, and made proposals for change. The past 2 years, however, have seen a more grave introspection. As development assistance and donor funding have dwindled, the promise of sovereign futures and a long-overdue acceptance that “aid” and “international research partnerships” were as much about self-interest as altruism have taken a firm hold. So is global health now, in fact, dead? Nov 2026 Volume 14 Issue 11 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/issue/vol14no11/PIIS2214-109X(26)X2009-5