Supreme Court Doesn't Seem Convinced FDA Was Unfair in Blocking Flavored Vapes Companies say agency changed its standards with little warning as it blocked sale of new products Dec 03, 2024
Harvey Weinstein Hospitalized; Medicare Advantage Under Trump; NFL Icon's Health Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 03, 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
Drug Prices Negotiated by Medicare Still Higher Than Other Countries' All drugs except one remained more expensive in the U.S. Dec 02, 2024
Study: Patients Better Be Very Literate to Understand These Handouts Some educational materials require college-level reading ability Dec 02, 2024
Indoor Air Purification Improved Pulmonary Health in Kids Trial included school-age kids in Chinese city known for severe air pollution Dec 02, 2024
Fauci Facepalms Won't Cut It in the Second Trump Administration Consider what's at stake when leaders in medicine simply watch from the sidelines Dec 02, 2024
What If...? Let's imagine how smart computer systems can make it easier to practice primary care Dec 02, 2024
The Supreme Court Takes Up Tennessee's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors The justices will hear arguments on Wednesday 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
Doc Murdered 8 Patients? RFK Jr. Will 'Cost Lives'; $412M in Penile Injection Case Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 02, 2024
Ultraprocessed Foods Implicated in Psoriasis Activity Association believed to be related to inflammation Dec 02, 2024
People on Breathing Machines Struggle Without Power After Weather Disasters Recent events highlight need for improvement and regulation Dec 01, 2024
Medical Education Needs Its Own AI Playbook Artificial intelligence should be used differently in training and medical practice Dec 01, 2024
Florida's Canadian Drug Import Plan Goes Nowhere After FDA Approval A year after being greenlit, the program has yet to begin Nov 30, 2024
Benefits of HPV Vaccination; Contraindications to Newer Obesity Drugs Also in TTHealthWatch: minimum effective dose of pneumococcal vaccines Nov 30, 2024 podcast
Worried About Healthcare Worker Well-Being? Contact members of Congress to reauthorize the Lorna Breen Act Nov 30, 2024
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
TV's Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him to Lead Shares included a stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as $600,000 Nov 29, 2024
Time to Act on What We See in the Mirror The U.S. ranks poorly on healthcare compared to other countries; maybe we can learn from them Nov 29, 2024
AI Teaches Surgery; AI Quality Registry; AI Matches Patients With Trials A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Nov 29, 2024
FDA Investigating Blood Cancer Risk With Gene Therapy Skysona Agency is evaluating the need for further regulatory action Nov 27, 2024
ASCVD Mortality Linked to Specific Air Pollution Sources Pollution-mortality relationship evidenced at the level of PM2.5 source type 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
Chronic Pain Is Rising, and It's Not Clear Why More Americans are living with pain now, CDC data show Nov 27, 2024
Doc Admits Owning Explosives; Doc Says He Was Fired for Sounding Alarm on Procedures A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 27, 2024
Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations 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
Texas Governor Scolds Hospital After Doctor Goes Viral on TikTok Tony Pastor, MD, said patients didn't have to respond to citizenship question on intake forms Nov 26, 2024
Medicare Advantage Plans' Prior Auth Rules Would Be Made Public Under CMS Proposal Rule would also make provider directories easier to compare Nov 26, 2024
Another Emergency Medicine Staffing Firm Goes Under Doctors still not paid, now on the hook for malpractice tail coverage Nov 26, 2024
Biden Proposes Coverage of Obesity Drugs in Medicare, Medicaid Federal government would pick up about three-fourths of the cost for Medicaid coverage Nov 26, 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
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
What 'Make America Healthy Again' Gets Right About Communications We all want a healthier America. Let's talk about how to get there. Nov 26, 2024
COVID Contrarians Rise; Philly Residents Want Union; What Happens After IVF Mix-Up? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 26, 2024
Lack of Workplace Control Fans the Flames of Doc Burnout AMA study shows physicians impacted by poor control over patient volume, clinical schedules Nov 25, 2024
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased? The answer may have more to do with how we track them, experts say Nov 25, 2024