Exploring Social Media Use and Anxiety Symptoms in Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Secondary Data Analysis

• by Melissa Powell, Kristen Choi, Russell G Buhr, Lauren E Wisk

• October 15, 2026

Loneliness linked to fewer mental disease-free years

A healthy lifestyle was associated with a smaller loss of disease-free life expectancy related to social isolation, but the same pattern did not hold for loneliness. 

• by Andrea Surnit

• October 5, 2026

• 4 min

HHS Office for Civil Rights Clarifies Privacy Rules for State Medicaid Programs

• by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

• September 29, 2026

VA/DoD guideline broadens tobacco treatment

Recommendations prioritize varenicline and combination NRT while extending pharmacotherapy to patients not ready to quit.

• by Andrea Surnit

• September 28, 2026

• 5 min