Marstacimab Gets FDA Nod for Hemophilia A or B Without Inhibitors First once-weekly subcutaneous prophylactic option for hemophilia B Oct 11, 2024
Payments to Medicare Plan Brokers Need Reform, MedPAC Says No preferential treatment should be given for enrolling people in Medicare Advantage, they argue Oct 11, 2024
MedPAC Commissioners Pan Some Medicare Advantage Plans' 'Extra Benefits' Services cost Medicare an extra $83B in 2024; are debit cards and groceries really healthcare? Oct 11, 2024
Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome Survives FDA Advisory Vote Panelists acknowledge difficulty generating stronger data in ultra-rare disease Oct 11, 2024
PI3K Inhibitor Wins FDA Approval for Advanced Breast Cancer Adding inavolisib to palbociclib/fulvestrant more than doubled PFS in endocrine-resistant disease Oct 10, 2024
FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients Oct 10, 2024
Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption American Hospital Association called on Biden administration to take more steps to ease shortage Oct 10, 2024
To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential Oct 09, 2024
FDA Reviewers Cast Doubt on Drug Candidate for Barth Syndrome Agency appears unswayed by mitochondria-targeting drug for rare cardioskeletal disease Oct 09, 2024
CMS Unveils Sample $2 Generic Drug List for Medicare Part D Enrollees But experts are skeptical the list would have much impact Oct 09, 2024
'Make America Healthy Again' Crusade; Psychiatrist's Misconduct; Extreme Alpha-Gal This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 09, 2024
How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court? Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 09, 2024 video
The Project 2025 Promise: Worse Health and Climate Chaos The outcome of the November election will have an impact for decades to come Oct 08, 2024
Supreme Court Declines Biden's Appeal in Texas Emergency Abortion Case Decision is another setback for opponents of Texas' abortion ban Oct 08, 2024
White House Mandates 10-Year Deadline for Replacing Lead Pipes Clean water is "matter of basic human rights," EPA head says Oct 08, 2024
Just What the Doctor Ordered: Civic Engagement Can Improve Community Health The upcoming election is an important reminder of the value of voting Oct 07, 2024
Trump Leads, and His Party Follows, on Vaccine Skepticism A number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics Oct 06, 2024
Should I Prescribe Liraglutide to a 6-Year-Old Patient With Obesity if FDA Approved? I anticipate benefits outweighing potential risks in only a select few situations Oct 06, 2024
Harris Correct That Trump Fell Short on Promise to Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices KFF Health News and PolitiFact evaluate claims Oct 05, 2024
Doctors Cut Back on Seeing Medicare Patients as Another Pay Cut Looms Those still seeing Medicare patients struggle to stay in private practice Oct 04, 2024
Melania Trump Says She Supports Abortion Rights, Putting Her at Odds With the GOP Former First Lady defended women's "individual freedoms" Oct 04, 2024
Where Are Trump's Medical Records? New Sunscreen Under Review; Why Condoms Are Nixed Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 03, 2024
Surprise! The Copay for PrEP Just Disappeared Medicare's decision to cover all PrEP drugs under Part B has unexpected benefit for enrollees Oct 02, 2024
Judge Rules Against Stem Cell Clinic Two federal court decisions now hold that fat-derived stem cell treatment is a drug Oct 02, 2024
'Late Abortion' Doc; Missed Warnings in Listeria Outbreak; $3.5B for Healthcare CEOs This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 02, 2024
VP Debate: Abortion, Gun Violence, Obamacare Make Appearances Americans "just don't trust" Republicans on the abortion issue, JD Vance says Oct 02, 2024
Trump Vows to Veto Abortion Ban; Breast Cancer Climbs; Diagnostic Errors for 1 in 14 Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 02, 2024
Elevating Family Medicine Is Key for New AAFP President Jen Brull, MD, outlines her priorities for the coming year Oct 01, 2024
VP Nominee Medical Records Breached; Queen Elizabeth's Cancer; Galaxy Gas Whippets Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 01, 2024
A Woman Was Accused of Murder After Losing Her Pregnancy. Now She Tells Her Story. Amari Marsh speaks out after being arrested following a miscarriage Sep 29, 2024
Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage Plan Premiums to Stay Stable in 2025, CMS Says "People will continue to have ample, affordable choices" Sep 28, 2024
Decades After D-Day, Family of Black WWII Combat Medic Receives His Medal of Heroism Waverly B. Woodson Jr. treated wounded troops while under heavy German fire Sep 28, 2024
Experts Call for Targeted Policies to Address Opioid Epidemic Focus should be on communities of color, the incarcerated, Gen Z Sep 27, 2024
Nonprofit Hospitals Took in Over $37 Billion in Tax Benefits in 2021 Researcher offers a way for local communities to assess the benefit hospitals provide in return Sep 27, 2024 video
No Benefit for PD-1 Inhibitors in Certain Gastroesophageal Cancers, FDA Panel Says Despite problematic dataset, risk/benefit profile not favorable with PD-L1 expression below 1 Sep 27, 2024
First-Ever Biologic Approved for COPD Phase III trial program showed 30% to 34% reduction in moderate or severe exacerbations Sep 27, 2024
FDA Approves First Novel Drug for Schizophrenia in Decades Xanomeline and trospium chloride (Cobenfy) has no boxed warnings Sep 27, 2024
NIH Neuroscience Leader Committed Research Misconduct, Agency Says Longtime NIA researcher investigated synaptic damage in neurodegenerative disorders Sep 26, 2024
How to Help Patients Save on Drug Costs Even in the face of slow to no policy change, we can still increase access Sep 26, 2024
U.S. Health Authorities Need to Play Larger Role in Cannabis Policy, Report Says A federal advisory panel is calling for a new public health approach Sep 26, 2024