Healthcare news in February 2026

Who was in the news most?

1. Food and Drug Administration 6
2. Eli Lilly 5
3. NHS 4
4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 4
5. Novo Nordisk 4
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 3
7. Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) 3
8. Medicare 3
9. Healthcare IT News 3
10. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 3
11. Medicaid 3
12. CDC 3
13. World Health Organization 3
14. Medtronic 2
15. CMS 2

Counts are events (one per story, however many outlets carried it) on this desk in February 2026 that named each person, company or body. Source: GetYourBrief's record of the outlets' reports.

Which stories did the most outlets carry?

1. Feb 18 medpagetoday.com: “Moderna Says the FDA Will Consider Its New Flu Shot After Resolving a Public Dispute” 18
2. Feb 25 Reports: NHS not meeting key cancer target, some patients waiting over 104 days 15
3. Feb 25 Vance says administration pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota 13
4. Feb 20 Clinical trial into puberty blockers paused after new regulator concern 9
5. Feb 26 East Tennessee Children's Hospital becomes Dolly Parton Children's Hospital 8
6. Feb 26 wbaltv.com: “Takeaways from surgeon general nominee Casey Mean Senate confirmation hearing” 6
7. Feb 20 AI to Bridge Specialist Gaps in Underserved Regions: Ex-WHO Official 5
8. Feb 27 Congo and US agree to $1.2 billion health partnership 5
9. Feb 19 ksat.com: “Wisconsin passes expanded Medicaid for moms, would leave Arkansas as only state without it” 4
10. Feb 24 us.cnn.com: “Novo Nordisk to slash Ozempic and Wegovy list prices by up to 50% for 2027” 4
11. Feb 27 B.C. MLA says dysfunctional system led to Vernon hospital escape, death 4
12. Feb 17 Experts urge Netflix-style subscription model for new antibiotics 3
13. Feb 18 Limits on AI in mental health therapy win OK from legislative panel 3
14. Feb 23 Victorian health watchdog launches inquiry into Epworth hospital governance 3
15. Feb 27 Australia to cut spinal implant subsidies 3

What kind of news was it?

1. Market trends 44
2. Regulation 31
3. Medical devices 15
4. Health IT 11
5. Funding 7
6. Telehealth 3
7. Acquisition 1

Categories come from the pipeline's classifier; how they are assigned.

Week by week

1. Feb 16The week of February 16 to 22, 202636
2. Feb 23The week of February 23 to March 1, 202666