The HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum highlighted increasing cybersecurity threats to healthcare. A Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center warned of a cybercrime group targeting healthcare with advanced ransomware and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Reports showed that 69% of healthcare systems suffered adverse patient care impacts due to cyberattacks, and 41% of state-level information officers were unsure of their ability to handle threats, particularly AI-enabled ones.
Viral sicknesses rise amid 'quad-demic' in US
The U.S. is facing an increase in viral sicknesses in early 2025 due to the ongoing “quad-demic” which involves COVID-19, influenza, the Respiratory syncytial virus
