New York Doc Tries to Take Down No Surprises Act But lawsuit to overturn the law is "really, really weak," legal expert says May 10, 2022
Most COVID Transmission Is Still Asymptomatic Some 60% of spread starts with those who have no symptoms, and that may be higher with Omicron May 10, 2022
Insurers Need a Reason to Care About Obesity Better incentives can make healthy weight a top priority May 09, 2022
Case Series Hints at Possible Paxlovid Role in Long COVID Two patients saw easing of symptoms following course of therapy, according to pre-print May 06, 2022
What Do We Know About Paxlovid Rebound? And how should clinicians handle relapses after a 5-day course? May 06, 2022
PBMs Under Fire at Senate Hearing Expert witnesses call for strong consumer protection, federal regulation May 05, 2022
Screening, Early Detection Remain Keys to Lower Cancer Mortality Presidential panel sets course to remove barriers, increase services, and improve uptake May 05, 2022
Dem Senator Introduces Bill to Stem Attacks on Healthcare Workers Measure calls for workplaces to "adopt proven prevention techniques" May 04, 2022
How Far Should the Menthol Ban Go? It's time to ban menthol in cigarettes -- but not necessarily in all tobacco products May 02, 2022
One Benefit We Don't See From RA Biologics One might have hoped that these agents would help patients stay on the job May 02, 2022
Climate Change Predicted to Accelerate Animal-to-Human Viral Spillover Cross-species transmission most likely to occur in Africa and Asia, researchers predict Apr 28, 2022
Our Lab Testing Capacity Is Getting Dangerously Low We need more medical laboratory scientists Apr 26, 2022
Over 50% of U.S. Population Has Contracted COVID-19, CDC Says But prior infection does not guarantee protection against reinfection, officials caution Apr 26, 2022
Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
Drug Combination Promising as Pre-Sex Birth Control Ulipristal acetate-meloxicam tested as oral pericoital contraceptive in pilot study Apr 25, 2022
What Does It Take to Confirm a Cancer Cluster? Suspicions are raised at a New Jersey high school, but the road ahead is likely a long one Apr 22, 2022
CDC Panel Wary of 'Booster Fatigue' in COVID Vaccination Planning "We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine," suggests one ACIP member Apr 20, 2022
Biden Administration Working to Rescind Trump-Era 'Conscience Clause' Rule Regulation would have enforced health workers' rights to decline participation in some procedures Apr 20, 2022
FDA Issues Warning on Prenatal Genetic Tests Relying on results could lead to inappropriate medical decisions, agency warns Apr 19, 2022
Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn't It Permanently Funded? It has more to do with political will and finding the right way to achieve it, analyst says Apr 15, 2022
What Proportion of Doctors Are Vaccine Hesitant? Researchers conducting a new survey said the answer was far higher than expected Apr 13, 2022
Nurse Practitioners in New York Granted Full Practice Authority State budget removes need for formal, documented relationships between NPs and MDs, facilities Apr 12, 2022
Overall, Post-COVID Vax Myocarditis Rates Similar to Other Vaccines 75-year literature review finds incidence comparable to non-COVID vaccines Apr 11, 2022
Minneapolis Docs Barred From Police Officer Side Hustle Hennepin Healthcare decided to also end its contract for medical instruction with city police Apr 08, 2022
Physicians Are Abortion Patients Too, Study Shows Approximately one in 10 doctors reported that they or their partner had an abortion Apr 08, 2022
Changes Needed in How We Address Mental Health, Says U.S. Policy Advisor Susan Rice outlines three goals in Biden administration's plan to address mental health crisis Apr 07, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
Report: U.S. Ranks Last for Women's Healthcare Among Wealthy Nations Highest rates of preventable deaths, maternal mortality, and mental heath needs Apr 05, 2022
Shoppers Adhered to Heart-Healthy Diet in Novel Program Researchers teamed with supermarket chain to improve DASH scores Apr 04, 2022
Mix and Match mRNA Boosters? It May Be a Good Idea, Experts Say "You can diversify your immune response as much as possible to get maximal protective immunity" Mar 31, 2022
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
CDC's Border Restriction Changes; Biden Gets Boosted; Why Are People Unhinged? A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 31, 2022
Largest Ivermectin Trial Fails to Show Benefit in COVID Outpatients Antiparasitic didn't result in lower incidence of hospital admission or prolonged ED stay Mar 30, 2022
Make Naloxone More Accessible to At-Risk Americans, Experts Say Allow OTC sale, reimburse pharmacists, and support harm-reduction groups, they urged Mar 30, 2022
Fired Doc Who Won $26M Speaks Out; $500K Air Ambulance Bill; FDA's Heart Pump Woes This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 30, 2022
More States Legalize Fentanyl Test Strips Can testing recreational drugs be an effective harm reduction strategy? Mar 28, 2022
Moderna's COVID Vax for Youngest Kids Hits Important Milestones Company plans to submit to FDA for emergency use authorization Mar 23, 2022
Shoulder Injury More Common After Certain Vaccines Population-based approach looks at highest risk intramuscular jabs, demographic factors Mar 21, 2022
Medication Abortion Is Safe, Effective Without Ultrasounds Similar outcomes whether patients received drugs in person or by mail, researchers found Mar 21, 2022
