Paxlovid Trial Flops for COVID Pneumonia Small study found no decrease in mortality among inpatients in three countries Jun 06, 2024
Man Sentenced in Physician Wife's Murder; Research Beagle Company Fined Heavily A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 06, 2024
Republican Senators Block Bill to Federally Protect Contraception Access Test vote won a 51-39 majority Jun 06, 2024
Cucumbers Hospitalize 54; First H5N2 Bird Flu Death; FDA Warns on Oysters, Clams Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Jun 06, 2024
FDA Advisors Give a Hearty Thumbs Up to a COVID Vaccine Based on the JN.1 Strain "Even with some variation, there's still reasonably good protection" Jun 05, 2024
FDA Warns Company Making Stem Cell Products for Pets Safari Stem Cell claims its products can treat a range of animal diseases, FDA says Jun 05, 2024
Surgeons, Trainees Experience Distress After Medical Errors Female and racial minority trainees reported more negative emotions, self doubt Jun 05, 2024
NIH Leaders Evade FOIA? Discovery of Counterfeit Ozempic; Device Battery Scam? This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 05, 2024
Three-Dose Lyme Vaccine Candidate Stimulates Immunogenicity, Appears Safe But public acceptance of a vaccine requiring multiple boosters could be problematic, experts say Jun 05, 2024
House Committee Divided on Whether Changes are Needed in 340B Drug Discount Program Program's value undisputed, but some members say hospitals are taking unfair advantage Jun 04, 2024
New CDC Guidelines Recommend Doxy PEP to Prevent Bacterial STIs Clinicians should offer doxy PEP to at-risk gay and bisexual men, transgender women Jun 04, 2024
Here's What I'm Looking For in an Ob/Gyn Residency: Comprehensive Training Access to abortion training in all states can help prevent the growing gaps in women's health Jun 04, 2024
U.S. Lags Behind All Other High-Income Nations on Maternal Mortality What have other high-income nations figured out that the U.S. hasn't about maternity care? Jun 04, 2024
Fauci Denies 'False Accusation' of COVID Origins Cover-Up Republicans question his interactions with scientists who may have acted improperly Jun 03, 2024
Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Surgical Castration for Sex Crimes Against Kids Bill now heads to the governor Jun 03, 2024
Most Heart Disease Deaths Still Occur in Cold Weather, but Heat Is a Growing Problem Rising mortality burden from high ambient temperatures around the world Jun 03, 2024
Co-Locating COVID Vaccines, Infection Testing With Syringe Services Shows Success 94% of people completed primary vaccination in this Baltimore-based initiative Jun 03, 2024
'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour Jun 03, 2024
After Grilling an NIH Scientist Over COVID Emails, Congress Turns to Fauci The former NIAID director set to appear before a House subcommittee next week Jun 01, 2024
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected May 31, 2024
Fauci's Private COVID Emails Requested; Death Penalty for Abortion? WHO's Cash Woes Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 31, 2024
Social Media Physician Endorsements Raise Prickly Ethical Questions Just 28 physicians who endorsed products made $1.5 million May 30, 2024
First U.S. Bird Flu Case With Respiratory Symptoms Emerges The third human case of H5N1 occurred in a Michigan dairy farm worker May 30, 2024
PA Killed in Crossfire; Doc Gets 4 Years for Insider Trading; Wrongful Death Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts May 30, 2024
Lab-Grown Meat Isn't on Store Shelves Yet, but Some States Have Already Banned It Backers of bans want to protect farmers and are concerned about safety for consumers May 30, 2024
Nurse Fired After Gaza Comments; Sedative-Laced Drugs; 4 Million Chickens Killed Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 30, 2024
Allowable Lead Levels in U.S. Water Supply Can Harm Dialysis Patients, Study Shows Those with higher lead levels in household drinking water more likely to need maximum ESA dosing May 29, 2024
COVID Shots Could Use Another Update, Study Suggests Latest vaccines mostly kept up with circulating strains, but dipped against JN.1 May 29, 2024
Smoking Isn't the Only Source of Nicotine Addiction in Town Emerging data suggest pharmacological interventions may help patients quit vaping May 29, 2024
Company Warned Over Atypical Fat-Derived Stem Cell Product Stromal vascular fraction isn't usually sourced from donors May 29, 2024
State Gives Hospital Monopoly an 'A' Grade — Even When It Reports Failure Tennessee's scoring rubric largely ignores Ballad Health's performance May 29, 2024
Doc Accused of Faking Cancer Dx; Out-of-Hospital C-Sections; Forced Sterilizations? This past week in healthcare investigations May 29, 2024
NIH Scandal Grows; Ancient Skull Shows Brain Surgery; Drugs in New York's Rivers Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 29, 2024
Noise and Air Pollution Linked to Mental Health Conditions in Young People Exposure to common air pollutants during pregnancy was associated with greater odds of depression May 28, 2024
Some Families With Private Health Insurance Still Need Financial Help, Study Says Lower-income families spend one-fourth of their post-subsistence income on healthcare needs May 28, 2024
Brain Health Compromised by Climate Change Shifting weather patterns may continue to affect stroke, dementia, neurologic infections May 28, 2024
FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Men Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias" May 28, 2024
Efforts to Draft an International Pandemic Treaty Falter Countries unable to agree on how to respond to next global emergency May 28, 2024
A Life in Medical Innovation and Philanthropy A discussion with the former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation May 28, 2024 podcast
Are We Desensitized to Fire Alarms in the Hospital? We hear them and see them, but we often don't react to them May 26, 2024
