Alabama Cardiovascular Group, Kootenai Health, and Fraser Child and Family Center experienced healthcare data breaches in 2024, affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals. The unauthorized access disclosed personal information such as name, social security numbers, medical data, and more. The organizations have alerted law enforcement and have taken preventive measures like resetting passwords and offering identity theft protection services. No misuse of information has been identified so far.

Phage Chemical “Crosstalk” Can Backfire, Steering Responders Into Lysogeny
Phages have been known to trade chemical messages to guide their life‑cycle decisions, but new research shows that some of those messages function more like

