Healthcare news in March 2026

Who was in the news most?

1. Food and Drug Administration 41
2. Eli Lilly 17
3. Novo Nordisk 15
4. NHS 12
5. GSK 10
6. Pfizer 9
7. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 8
8. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 8
9. CDC 7
10. Novartis 6
11. Roche 6
12. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5
13. CMS 5
14. Merck & Co. 5
15. Amazon 5

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

Which stories did the most outlets carry?

1. Mar 25 Large study finds covid shot in pregnancy protects babies, reports say 14
2. Mar 25 Hope Medicine Doses First Phase III Patient for Non-Hormonal Endometriosis Drug 13
3. Mar 19 Poll reports what ACA enrollees cut back on for health care 10
4. Mar 5 Iota Biosciences founder to keynote 2026 bioelectronic medicine forum 9
5. Mar 18 Scottish Labour pledges overhaul to tackle cancer screening inequalities 9
6. Mar 15 One-Third of Americans Sacrifice Essentials to Cover Rising Healthcare Costs 8
7. Mar 16 Weight drug boss tells Australia to label unhealthy foods 8
8. Mar 16 More patients are paying for private care to bypass NHS waits – report 7
9. Mar 20 edition.cnn.com: “The White House just laid out how it wants to regulate AI” 7
10. Mar 19 Researchers reveal new approach to obesity drug development 6
11. Mar 21 Reports: 1 in 3 US adults cut basic spending for healthcare 6
12. Mar 7 theadvocate.com.au: “Jacinda Ardern fund targets cervical cancer in Pacific” 5
13. Mar 14 Reports say Australia's flying doctors more needed than ever 5
14. Mar 18 Meningitis jab rollout to 5,000 university campus students begins 5
15. Mar 18 twincities.com: “More than 150, 000 uncounted COVID - 19 deaths occurred early in pandemic” 5

What kind of news was it?

1. Market trends 109
2. Health IT 53
3. Regulation 53
4. Funding 21
5. Medical devices 18
6. Acquisition 11
7. Telehealth 8

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

Week by week

1. Feb 23The week of February 23 to March 1, 20261
2. Mar 2The week of March 2 to 8, 202650
3. Mar 9The week of March 9 to 15, 202676
4. Mar 16The week of March 16 to 22, 202683
5. Mar 23The week of March 23 to 29, 202640