Regulators Move Against Two 'Misinformation' Doctors Peter McCullough, MD, and Sherri Tenpenny, DO, face new scrutiny Nov 01, 2022
'Pill Mill' Docs, You May Be in for a Big Scare Two recent Supreme Court cases have major implications for physician practice Oct 27, 2022
The Updated COVID Boosters Could Have Been Better From design to implementation, our bivalent shots missed the mark Oct 26, 2022
FDA Broadens Options for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma With Teclistamab Bispecific antibody achieved durable responses in a majority of heavily pretreated patients Oct 25, 2022
Makena Is Just the Latest in Accelerated Approval Mayhem Congress must take action to reform the process Oct 24, 2022
FDA Approves New CTLA-4 Inhibitor for Cancer Treatment Tremelimumab (Imjudo), in combination with durvalumab, lands approval in advanced liver cancer Oct 24, 2022
Thumbs Down for Genetic Test for Opioid Use Disorder, FDA Advisors Say False positives, false negatives remain a concern Oct 21, 2022
CMS Puts the Kibosh on Misleading Medicare Advantage Sales Pitches "Secret shoppers" found that 80% of agent calls with clients were inaccurate or insufficient Oct 21, 2022
Mayo Warns It Won't Take Most Medicare Advantage Plans Letters to Florida, Arizona patients suggest they enroll in original Medicare with a supplement Oct 20, 2022
Revoke Approval of Preterm Birth Drug, FDA Advisors Say Makena is ineffective, argued FDA panel Oct 19, 2022
Biden Promises to Codify Roe Protections Into Law if Democrats Win Midterms It will be "the first bill" I send to Congress in the new session, he said Oct 18, 2022
FDA Moves to Pull Controversial Preterm Birth Drug From the Market Briefing data show Makena was ineffective in reducing preterm birth, improving neonatal outcomes Oct 14, 2022
The Medicare Advantage Trade-Off: Saving Money, Losing Access Beneficiaries may spend less on premiums, but care delays are common. Do worse outcomes follow? Oct 13, 2022
Why I Voted 'No' on the New ALS Drug Here are the shortcomings I saw in the phase II Relyvrio study Oct 13, 2022
What Good Is a CPAP Machine Without a Microchip? The shortage threatens the well-being of patients with sleep apnea, among others Oct 11, 2022
FDA Approves At-Home Furosemide for Heart Failure Strong diuretic to become available outside the hospital setting Oct 10, 2022
FDA OKs Tdap Vaccine for Whooping Cough Protection Before Birth Boostrix vaccine is to be delivered to the unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy Oct 07, 2022
The Search Is On for Another Xeno Heart Transplant Recipient Transplant surgeons discuss testing the concept in more humans Oct 04, 2022
FDA's Power Morcellator Warning Tied to Drop in Distant Leiomyosarcomas Local and regional illness remained unchanged Oct 04, 2022
What Drug Laws Are in the Inflation Reduction Act? The Answer Might Surprise You It's not just about negotiating drug prices in Medicare Oct 04, 2022
Dupilumab Gets First FDA-Approved Indication for Prurigo Nodularis Significant improvement in itch and nodules at 24 weeks seen in two randomized trials Sep 29, 2022
Biden Hits Republicans, Drug Companies in Healthcare Speech "This year, the American people won and Big Pharma lost" Sep 27, 2022
CIA Doc Sent to Investigate Illness Developed Havana Syndrome "The amount of ringing in my ears was just astounding," he told CNN Sep 26, 2022
Healthcare Organizations Can Get Out the Vote Civic engagement is good for both patients and providers Sep 20, 2022
Gene Therapy for Degenerative Brain Disorder Wins FDA Nod $3 million price tag for one-time treatment Sep 19, 2022
Long COVID, ME/CFS Patients Protest in Front of White House Protesters expressed frustration that President Biden declared the pandemic over on "60 Minutes" Sep 19, 2022
FDA Finally OKs First Drug for Hepatorenal Syndrome Pivotal trial data showed terlipressin nearly doubled reversal of the condition Sep 15, 2022
House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program Measure would require states to help some "dual eligibles" who have trouble accessing the benefit Sep 15, 2022
Republicans in Congress Introduce Bill to Restrict Abortion Nationwide Measure comes less than 2 months before the midterm elections Sep 13, 2022
First TYK2 Inhibitor for Psoriasis Wins FDA Approval Deucravacitinib significantly outperformed apremilast in two randomized trials Sep 11, 2022
First Approved Treatment for Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Spesolimab led to complete clearance of pustules within a week in more than half of patients Sep 07, 2022
Mothers in WIC Program Have Better Birth Outcomes, Lower Infant Mortality Review highlights need for better evidence about WIC and health outcomes, researchers say Sep 05, 2022
Gun Violence Bill Contains an Unlikely Provision on PBMs Why is it there? To save money by not being implemented Aug 30, 2022
FDA Data Link Diabetes Drug Class to Gallbladder Disease FAERS analysis turns up dozens of cases of acute cholecystitis tied to GLP-1 receptor agonists Aug 30, 2022
Nearly Half of MSM Are Changing Sex Behaviors to Reduce Monkeypox Risk Some cities seeing "downward trend" in cases, according to the CDC Aug 26, 2022
FDA Warns on Potential for Monkeypox Spread via Fecal Transplant Agency urges additional protections around donor screening Aug 24, 2022
Petition to Cut Leana Wen as APHA Speaker Faces Backlash Organization said it stands firmly behind decision to include Wen in meeting lineup Aug 18, 2022
Monkeypox: Another Lesson in Global Health Neglect We ignore the health of poorer nations at our peril Aug 11, 2022
Biden Administration Authorizes Intradermal Use of Monkeypox Vaccine Move is expected to increase available doses by five-fold Aug 10, 2022
False Claims About COVID Vax Animal Testing Resurface Misinformation promoted by Texas lawmaker in 2021 pops up again on Twitter Aug 09, 2022
