November 27, 2025 | Volume XVI | Issue 48

How healthcare ransomware attacks shifted in 2025

Fierce Healthcare reports:


Healthcare organizations are facing evolving ransomware tactics as data extortion attacks are on the rise. Cyber attackers are taking advantage of the sensitive data held by healthcare providers to launch quicker and easier attacks, according to Sophos, a cybersecurity software and security services company.


Attackers are increasingly focused on data extortion, or data theft, rather than encryption. The percentage of providers...

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How gratitude transforms our physical and mental health

 Dr. Daniel Amen writes for TIME:


We are living through a sustained mental-health crisis. Anxiety, depression, and burnout have reached levels unseen in modern surveys, and the effects are rippling through workplaces, classrooms, and homes. For many, these struggles can feel overwhelming. But sometimes, moments of peace come in unexpected ways. Every Thanksgiving, when families gather to share what they’re grateful for, something powerful happens in the brain. The simple act of giving thanks changes how we feel, how we think, and even how our brains work.

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CMS sets 2027 Medicare prices for Wegovy, Trelegy and 13 other drugs

Healthcare Dive reports:


Medicare will pay billions of dollars less in 2027 for 15 drugs, including major medicines for cancer, asthma and metabolic conditions, after completing the second annual round of price negotiations required under the Inflation Reduction Act.


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Tuesday announced the...

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Doctors see spike in norovirus, flu cases as the Thanksgiving holiday arrives

ABC 11


Doctors at Duke University Hospital say flu cases are rising earlier than normal, while norovirus cases are also spiking in the Triangle and nationwide.

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