988 Calls Will Now Be Routed by Location Instead of Area Code Change is a "significant leap forward" for the service, says HHS secretary Sep 26, 2024
GOP Doctor Vying for House Seat in Kansas Air Force, Harvard Business School, clinical practice all part of Prasanth Reddy's resume Sep 26, 2024
Med Student Eats 720 Eggs; More Deli Meat Deaths; Hospital CEO in Criminal Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 26, 2024
Sickle Cell Disease Drug Pulled From Global Markets Benefits of voxelotor (Oxbryta) no longer outweigh the risks, Pfizer says Sep 26, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of Osimertinib in Lung Cancer EGFR inhibitor now indicated for unresectable stage III disease following chemoradiotherapy Sep 25, 2024
Second Drug OK'd for Ultra-Rare Neurodegenerative Disease FDA approves levacetylleucine (Aqneursa) for Niemann-Pick disease type C Sep 25, 2024
More Women Charged With Pregnancy-Related Crimes Since Roe's End, Study Finds Most of the cases include charges of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment Sep 25, 2024
IG Live September 27: Court Adjourned, Healthcare Overturned Decoding recent SCOTUS decisions and their potential impact on healthcare Sep 25, 2024
Anti-Pharma Bus Tour; Rapamycin for Longevity? Hospital Forgives Debt After Pressure This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 25, 2024
'Stop Ripping Us Off': Senate Goes After Ozempic-Maker Over Pricing Novo Nordisk needs to cut prices, says Sen. Bernie Sanders Sep 24, 2024
Senators Tangle Over Impact of Dobbs Abortion Decision "It's like there are two totally different realities," said one senator Sep 24, 2024
Immunotherapy May Not Benefit All Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients, FDA Staff Says Data since approvals suggest benefits limited to subgroups with PD-L1 expression of at least 1% Sep 24, 2024
Brett Favre Diagnosed With Neurological Disorder NFL legend made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal Sep 24, 2024
Euphoric 2 Years Ago, Anti-Abortion Movement Now Divided, Worried as Election Nears "Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope," says one abortion opponent Sep 23, 2024
Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 23, 2024
EPA Scientists Say They Were Pressured to Downplay Health Harms From Chemicals And a watchdog found they were retaliated against Sep 22, 2024
FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S. Sep 20, 2024
FDA OKs First Flu Vaccine for At-Home Use FluMist nasal spray can now be used without the help of a healthcare provider Sep 20, 2024
First Drug Approved for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Arimoclomol (Miplyffa) greenlit for ultra-rare genetic disorder Sep 20, 2024
U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years Sep 20, 2024
COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 20, 2024
House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years Sep 19, 2024
FDA Rejects NK1R Antagonist for Gastroparesis Drugmaker none-too-pleased with agency's request for additional studies Sep 19, 2024
After Georgia Deaths Tied to Abortion Ban, Experts Maintain Safety of Abortion Pills Facts about mifepristone and misoprostol Sep 19, 2024
Critics Call Feds' Response to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Feeble and Fractured There were 249 attacks targeting health institutions in 2023, the most of any industry Sep 19, 2024
RFK Jr. Helping Trump Pick CDC Chief; Excess COVID Death Lingers; Turmoil at 23andMe Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 19, 2024
Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says Sep 18, 2024
FDA OKs New Option for Rare Immune-Mediated Vasculitis Benralizumab wins approval for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis Sep 18, 2024
Man Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pill Liable for $5.8 Million in Death of Young Woman "We've won the battle but not the war," victim's father said Sep 18, 2024
Senate Republicans Again Block Legislation to Guarantee Women's Rights to IVF Democrats say Republicans who insist they support IVF are being hypocritical Sep 18, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of Ribociclib to Early Breast Cancer Broad indication doubles the number of patients eligible for adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibition Sep 17, 2024
Eye Drop Company in FDA's Sights Once Again Agency sounds alarm that products still may contain amniotic fluid Sep 17, 2024
First Drug OK'd for Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps in Adolescents Dupilumab lands expanded indication for upper airway disease Sep 17, 2024
Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven't Slowed the Deaths National experts and government officials agree strategies simply haven't been embraced widely Sep 17, 2024
Are Regulators the Root of the Problem of Serious Device Recalls? Study lays out common gaps in evidence both before and after approval Sep 16, 2024
Reproductive Rights Central to Wisconsin Ob/Gyn's Run for Congress Medicare physician pay, healthcare-for-all also central to Kristin Lyerly's campaign Sep 16, 2024
Conviction for Fatal COVID Spread; Who Is Alleged Trump Shooter? BMI & Schizophrenia Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 16, 2024
Lebrikizumab Wins FDA Approval for Eczema 38% of patients treated with IL-13 blocker achieved clear or almost-clear skin at 16 weeks Sep 13, 2024
Approved Liver Disease Drug Has No Clinical Benefit, FDA Panel Says Agency advisors put their foot down on shaky science for Ocaliva in primary biliary cholangitis Sep 13, 2024
HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV Sep 13, 2024