Weekly Recap: 14 Health Press Releases You Need to See

A roundup of the most newsworthy healthcare press releases from PR Newswire this week, including women's health awareness, new funding for breast cancer research and advances in AI in the healthcare space.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help healthcare journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

1. Omnicare Initiates Voluntary Chapter 11 Process During the court-supervised process, Omnicare is continuing to provide safe and reliable pharmacy services to long-term care facilities. Omnicare customers and patients can expect to continue to access pharmacy and clinical services without disruption.
2. Cardiology Experts Warn of Growing Heart Failure Epidemic and Soaring Costs in New HF Stats 2025 Report The lifetime risk of heart failure has increased to 24%, while related costs are projected to grow significantly and could rise to $858 billion.
3. The Digital Medicine Society Unveils Healthcare 2030 -- A Blueprint to Transform U.S. Healthcare in the Digital Era The launch coincides with the Healthcare 2030 Summit in Washington, DC, bringing together top government officials, industry leaders, and patient advocates. The thesis is a practical roadmap for navigating the twin pressures reshaping U.S. healthcare: severe economic headwinds across the sector and unprecedented technological innovation.
4. Aetna Expands Clinical Collaboration Program to Enhance Support for Hospitals and Provide Personalized Member Care The Aetna Clinical Collaboration Program is on-track to implement in ten hospitals by the end of 2025. Early indicators show high member engagement with the program projected to reduce 30-day readmissions and length of hospital stay.
5. States of Mind Launches a European Platform for Progressive Mental Health Mental health conditions affect one in six people in the EU, yet access to therapies such as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, ketamine infusions, and transcranial magnetic stimulation remains limited. States of Mind addresses this gap with a provider directory and media platform linking patients to clinics, therapists, retreat centers, and digital health services, while educating them on evidence-based options.
6. The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Awards Record-Breaking $74.75M in Scientific Grants in Year of Exceptional Turmoil in Scientific Funding This unprecedented investment spans the full continuum of the disease—from prevention and early detection to metastatic breast cancer (MBC).
7. Ladywell Launches "Uncensor Your Health" Campaign, Urging Change In Censorship of Health Terms An alarming 84% of ads related to women's health get pulled on social media and a staggering 90% of women's health organizations get censored for using medical and anatomically correct terms like menopause, perimenopause, miscarriage, discharge, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, vagina, breast, and many more.
8. MindHYVE.ai™ Unveils ChironAI™: The World's First AGI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System, Redefining Healthcare Intelligence Designed from the ground up to transcend the capabilities of conventional AI, ChironAI™ brings unprecedented intelligence, accuracy, and efficiency to frontline healthcare—while reinforcing, not replacing, human clinical judgment.
9. Scientists Call for Urgent Action to Reduce Children's Plastic Exposure This is the main conclusion after a review of hundreds of the latest studies on the topic, published online Sept. 21 in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. In their report, the authors outline decades of evidence that substances often added to industrial and household goods may contribute to disease and disability, particularly when they are encountered early in life. 
10. Valvoline Inc. Partners with College Athletes to Raise Awareness about the Importance of Mental Health Top student athletes from Ohio State University and the University of Tennessee encourage everyone to "Protect What Matters" during Suicide Prevention Month.
11. Capital Rx Announces Funding Round of $400M to Accelerate AI-Powered Health Benefits Platform; Rebrands as "Judi Health" to Reflect Expansion Beyond Pharmacy The oversubscribed round, led by Wellington Management and General Catalyst, will be used to enhance and scale the Company's Enterprise Health Platform, and transform health benefit management and administration for employers and plans.
12. RevSpring to Acquire Kyruus Health, Creating a Connected Care Journey from Search to Final Payment The unified platform will support whole-person engagement while simplifying operations and improving financial outcomes for healthcare organizations.
13. Alvogen Announces Sale to Lotus, Creating a Leading International Specialized Generics Platform The agreement builds upon the existing long-standing collaboration between Alvogen and Lotus including several highly successful co-developed product launches, and gives Lotus access to a U.S. platform including a dedicated salesforce, in-house manufacturing at Alvogen's Norwich, New York facility, and a complementary R&D pipeline.
14. TegMine Therapeutics Enters Collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to Advance Novel 2-Factor Antibody System for Cancer "This collaboration endorses our approach, and specifically our 2-Factor Antibody System, which unlocks specific tumor-associated antigens and targets that were previously inaccessible with other technologies," said Jeff Bernstein, Ph.D., CEO of TegMine.

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