MedPod Today: CEO Murder Shows Industry Risks; RFK Jr. Conspiracies; Gold Card Laws 51˶ reporters offer further insights into recently covered topics Dec 13, 2024 podcast
FDA Advisors Say More Data Needed for RSV Vaccines in Young Kids A "very complicated situation" after mRNA vaccine trial was halted, expert says Dec 13, 2024
RFK Jr.'s Lawyer Asked FDA to Pull Polio Vaccine; Pollution-VTE Link; H5N1 in Cats Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 13, 2024
Trump Nearly Backed 16-Week Federal Abortion Ban And other highlights from president elect's interview with Time magazine Dec 12, 2024
Mystery Disease in Congo May Be Malaria but More Testing Needed, Authorities Say More than one disease may be involved, according to WHO director Dec 12, 2024
California Child May Have Bird Flu After Drinking Raw Milk Case stands out for being outside the usual farm work setting Dec 11, 2024
Jamie Foxx Reveals Diagnosis; Genital Herpes Prevalence; Dr. Oz's Stand on Medicare Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 11, 2024
What Happened to the Canadian Teen Who Became Critically Ill With H5N1 Bird Flu? Public health investigation is closed, but officials haven't provided patient updates Dec 10, 2024
Masking Policies Show Clear Impact on Hospital-Onset Respiratory Infections Study links lifting and reintroducing masking policies to infection rate changes Dec 10, 2024 video
'Parasites Simply Had it Coming'; Second U.S. Kid With Bird Flu? Rx for Solar Power Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 10, 2024
Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics Duration of antibiotic treatment about a day shorter than usual in the ICU Dec 09, 2024
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.'s Watch Some experts fear he could "make America sick again" Dec 09, 2024
RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 09, 2024
USDA Orders Nationwide Testing of Milk for Bird Flu In an effort to stop the virus, testing will begin in six states on December 16 Dec 06, 2024
A Mystery Illness Has Killed Dozens in Congo. WHO Experts Are Now Investigating. "First diagnostics are leading us to think it is a respiratory disease," said the health minister Dec 06, 2024
Fostamatinib Fails to Improve Outcomes in Hypoxemic COVID Patients Drug did not increase oxygen-free days versus placebo in randomized study Dec 06, 2024 video
New Clues in CEO's Killing; Time to Worry About Disease X? Ketamine Diversions Grow Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 06, 2024
Psilocybin Cut Depression Symptoms in COVID's Frontline Healthcare Workers Clinicians who received psilocybin had a 21-point drop in MADRS score at day 28 Dec 05, 2024
Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for COVID Billing complexities and patient skepticism partially to blame Dec 05, 2024
CEO's Killer Left Messages on Bullets; RFK Jr.'s Nonprofit; Splash Pad Diseases Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 05, 2024
RNA Interference Therapeutic Shows Promise for Chronic Hepatitis B 23% achieved HBsAg loss with xalnesiran plus immunomodulator, but relapses occurred in some Dec 04, 2024
ITP Drug Disappoints in Hospitalized COVID Patients With Hypoxemia Number of oxygen-free days lower compared with placebo Dec 04, 2024
UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed; Mystery Illness Kills 143; RFK Jr.'s Fluoride Water Biz Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 04, 2024
Long List of Tasks Awaits New CDC Director, Experts Say Combatting new or re-emerging disease threats, agency reorganization could be on the agenda Dec 02, 2024
A Twice-Yearly Shot Could Help End AIDS. But Will It Get to Everyone Who Needs It? Drugmaker to allow sale of generic versions in poor countries, but excluded most of Latin America Dec 02, 2024
HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS and Other Conspiracies RFK Jr. Endorsed He has also claimed Wi-Fi causes cancer and that antidepressants are to blame for mass shootings Dec 02, 2024
Benefits of HPV Vaccination; Contraindications to Newer Obesity Drugs Also in TTHealthWatch: minimum effective dose of pneumococcal vaccines Nov 30, 2024 podcast
Bird Flu Virus Was Found in Raw Milk. What to Know About the Risks. The bird flu has been spreading widely since March Nov 29, 2024
Long-Acting Injection Better for PrEP in Men, Gender-Diverse Groups PURPOSE 2 trial affirms benefits previously proven in cisgender women Nov 27, 2024
Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found Nov 27, 2024
Trump Picks Jay Bhattacharya, Who Backed COVID Herd Immunity, as NIH Director Bhattacharya was also a critic of COVID pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates Nov 27, 2024
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Be Having Its Moment Experts raise concern that Trump will parrot untested and unproven public health ideas Nov 26, 2024
New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies Nov 26, 2024
CDC Director Urges Focus on Health Threats as Agency Confronts Political Changes Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, will be leaving office in January after about 18 months in the job Nov 26, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: He Has Facial Lesions--and So Do Some Teammates. What's Up? A 17-year-old mixed martial arts athlete presented to the doctor with complaints of facial lesions that developed 4 days prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Nov 26, 2024
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased? The answer may have more to do with how we track them, experts say Nov 25, 2024
Do Not Wash Your Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tips to Keep Your Food Safe Ways to avoid food-related danger during the holidays Nov 25, 2024
Increases in Myopia Progression in Kids Tied to the COVID Pandemic Closure of schools and cancelling of activities likely played a role Nov 25, 2024
Dr. Oz's Dubious Claims; Bird Flu Found in Raw Milk; Whooping Cough Surges Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 25, 2024
Trump Nominates Physicians for CDC Director, Surgeon General What to know about Dave Weldon and Janette Nesheiwat Nov 23, 2024