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Corrections and clarifications
- Oct. 4, 2026 · Texas Medicare patient’s COPD medicine delayed by an “insurance issue” (Oct. 3 edition). Editor’s note: we changed the headline so it does not suggest that the medicine delay caused the patient’s death, which the KFF Health News report does not say, and removed a personal detail about his death, in line with guidance for reporting on suicide.
- Oct. 4, 2026 · FDA approves Lyrfigtu for advanced bile-duct cancer (Sept. 30 edition). Correction: an earlier version said the drug fits only patients whose tumors have an FGFR2 gene fusion. The FDA approved it for tumors with an FGFR2 gene fusion or other rearrangement.
- Oct. 4, 2026 · PHL Variable policyholders sue the insurer’s private equity owners (Sept. 29 edition). Clarification: we added Nassau Financial Group’s denial of the claims in this lawsuit and gave the private equity firm’s full name, Golden Gate Capital.
- Oct. 4, 2026 · Dutch police arrest Amsterdam man in ShinyHunters hacking probe (Sept. 29 edition). Editor’s note: we removed details about the arrested man’s past that other outlets reported, because Dutch police have not named him.
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