UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed; Mystery Illness Kills 143; RFK Jr.'s Fluoride Water Biz Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Dec 04, 2024
Most Top Medical Journals Prohibit Use of AI During Peer Review Process Of the 78 top journals with guidance on the use of AI for peer review, 59% prohibit its use Dec 03, 2024
Hello Buprenorphine, Step Into My Practice It's time for the medical field to reduce OUD stigma and embrace this essential medication Dec 03, 2024
Better Drugs Through AI? What Machine Learning Can Teach Big Pharma. Companies promising to speed up drug discovery by using machine learning to analyze huge datasets Dec 03, 2024
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
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
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
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
Ultraprocessed Foods Implicated in Psoriasis Activity Association believed to be related to inflammation Dec 02, 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
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
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 Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Nov 26, 2024
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased? The answer may have more to do with how we track them, experts say Nov 25, 2024
Utility Shutoffs Can Be Deadly During Extreme Weather Events Legislation to ensure continued electricity access is critical Nov 25, 2024
Do Not Wash Your Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tips to Keep Your Food Safe Ways to avoid food-related danger during the holidays Nov 25, 2024
Philly's Tax on Sugary Drinks Did Not Trim Kids' Obesity "Weight is multifactorial," researcher noted Nov 25, 2024
Increases in Myopia Progression in Kids Tied to the COVID Pandemic Closure of schools and cancelling of activities likely played a role Nov 25, 2024
Dr. Oz's Dubious Claims; Bird Flu Found in Raw Milk; Whooping Cough Surges Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Nov 25, 2024
Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors Tissue donation guided by different rules than organ donation, with less transparency, some say Nov 24, 2024
Trump's FDA Pick Is Â鶹´«Ã½'s Former Top Editor Marty Makary has made a name for himself challenging the medical establishment Nov 22, 2024
California Case Is the First Confirmed Bird Flu Infection in a U.S. Child No evidence virus spread from child to other people Nov 22, 2024
New FDA Panel Weighs In on Regulating Generative AI in Healthcare Committee's 2-day meeting focused on evaluating and monitoring performance and risk Nov 22, 2024
Georgia Disbands Maternal Mortality Committee Over Leaked Abortion Info State's public health commissioner says whoever shared the information violated state law Nov 22, 2024
Preserve the National Institute of Nursing Research's Independence Folding NINR into a larger institute risks diminishing research targeting whole-person health Nov 22, 2024
