A Federal Agency That Regulates Lawnmowers Is Now Demanding Your ER Records. Its Own Press Release Leaves Out the Part Where Hospitals Were Told It's Mandatory.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission — the agency that recalls dangerous toys and coffeemakers — is quietly pushing at least 100 hospitals to hand over identifiable emergency-room records for every patient, not just consumer-product injuries: names, addresses, diagnoses. A private Kansas contractor, Konza Health, is running the pipeline under a contract worth up to $15.9 million. Internal correspondence calls hospital participation "mandatory." Federal law requires public notice and a comment period before any agency collects information from 10 or more entities — CPSC hasn't done it, and its own spokesperson admits that. And when CPSC finally announced the program publicly, its press release never mentioned Konza by name, never mentioned that hospitals were told sharing was mandatory, and never mentioned the legally required public notice it hasn't filed.
RFK Jr. Said the Outbreak Was ‘Under Control.’ His Own FDA Had Already Said the Opposite.
The man in charge of America's vaccine and food-safety infrastructure fired the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, cut food-safety surveillance, had his signature vaccine-schedule policy blocked by a federal court, and is now on the record calling an active outbreak "under control" — days after his own agency's evidence fell apart and a foreign government publicly disputed his account.
The Pentagon Is Ordering Annual Testosterone Tests. The Medical Guidelines Say Not to Screen Everyone.
The screening is mandatory for male troops 30 and older; treatment is not. The unanswered question is why the military is testing an entire population when the leading clinical guideline recommends testing people with symptoms.
Nonprofit Hospitals Have to Forgive Bills for People Who Qualify — Even After You're in Collections. Almost No One Asks.
There's a federal law that makes most community hospitals offer charity care — and it's stronger than almost anyone realizes: you can apply after the bill, after it goes to collections, even after they've started suing, and if you qualify they have to stop, undo it, and refund you. The catch is they rarely bring it up. Here's the lever, and exactly how to pull it.
Zero Cervical Cancer Deaths in the First Vaccinated Generation
A 2026 Lancet study found zero cervical cancer deaths among the first generation of English women vaccinated against HPV as schoolgirls — putting the disease on track toward elimination in vaccinated groups, though screening and higher uptake are still needed to finish the job.