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New Rules for Some Medicare ACOs Are No Good, Say Healthcare Groups

Letter seeks a 3-year delay for reporting new quality measures

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

A still from the Regeneron TV ad which says: Tested positive for COVID-19? Call your doctor now about monoclonal antibodies.

First COVID Treatment Ads Hit the Airwaves

Regeneron hoping patients ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies

FDA ADCOMM oral avacopan over a medical illustration of vasculitis over a photo of a persons skin with purpura from vasculiti

FDA Panel to Weigh Avacopan's Fate for ANCA Vasculitis

Agency staff called out "interpretability" of phase III trial results ahead of Thursday's meeting

Bags of fentanyl tablets seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency

ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension

Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help?

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Op-Ed: Is FDA's Cigarette Ban Just Smoke and Menthols?

Actually implementing a ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars could take years

ACOG over a conceptual illustration of obstetrics and gynecology

Thumbs Up for New Birth Control Pill Across Multiple Subgroups

No differences in efficacy or unscheduled bleeding based on age, BMI, or prior contraceptive use

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'It's a Straw-Man Argument': What We Heard This Week

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FDA APPROVED dapagliflozin (Farxiga) oral tablets over a computer rendering of chronic kidney disease

Farxiga Gets FDA Greenlight for CKD

SGLT2 OK'd to prevent chronic kidney disease progression and cardiovascular risks

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CMS Rules for Insurers Punt on Drug Copay Relief

"Really disappointing" that payment notice didn't even mention these cards, coupons

FDA ODAC pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo) over a micrograph of hepatocellular carcinoma

FDA Panel Splits on Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy in HCC

All thumbs up for pembrolizumab, pending further data, but no such luck for nivolumab

FDA APPROVED dostarlimab (Jemperli) over a computer rendering of endometrial carcinoma

PD-1 Inhibitor Approved for dMMR Endometrial Cancer

Dostarlimab led to 42.3% response rate in recurrent/advanced disease

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ALS 'Compassionate Use' Again Hits National Media

Expanded access campaigns will only become more frequent with growing rare disease pipelines

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Doc Groups Object to New Prior Authorization Rules in Medicare

Requirements for two spinal procedures set to take effect July 1

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NIH Reverses Ban on Federally Funded Fetal Tissue Research

Announcement praised by House Democrats, panned by anti-abortion groups

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FTC Hits Chiropractor for Violating COVID Consumer Protection Law

Eric Nepute, DC, is first person charged under law enacted in January, faces potential fine

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Should 'X-Waiver' Be Nixed?

Relaxing "bupe" training requirement is last thing Congress should do, says GOP doc

ACIP Punts on J&J COVID Vaccine

CDC advisors back continued "pause" until more data available

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Op-Ed: Addiction Is Killing Our Families

Closing treatment knowledge gaps can help

FDA APPROVED sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy) over a photo of the product over a microscope image of urothelial cancer

Another Player in Advanced Bladder Cancer

Accelerated FDA approval of sacituzumab govitecan after chemo, immunotherapy

COVID-19 UPDATE and Other News over a background of illustrated coronaviruses

CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

A close up of a box of Mifeprex (Mifepristone) in a woman鈥檚 palms

FDA Temporarily Lifts Restriction on Abortion Pill

Allows clinicians to dispense mifepristone via telehealth during the pandemic

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Doc Faces Charges for Misusing $300K in COVID Relief

Francis Joseph, MD, spent funds on travel and home improvements, federal prosecutors say

FDA ADCOMM TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) Heart over a photo of the device

Donor Heart Preserver Survives Review by FDA Advisors

Panel had many bones to pick with the Transmedics OCS device

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Common Hospital PCR Test Affected by Viral Variant

Cepheid Xpert joins three other tests for which B.1.1.7 can be problematic

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Op-Ed: We All Agree Hospital Consolidation Needs More Oversight

HHS Secretary Becerra's confirmation offers a rare opportunity for bipartisan action

A box of Lamictal (lamotrigine) tablets over an ECG with arrhythmia elements

FDA: Arrhythmia Risk With Lamotrigine May Be Class Effect

Agency updates warning for people with cardiac disease taking sodium channel blockers

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Redfield: COVID-19 Was in Wuhan in September or October 2019

Former CDC director also tells CNN that the virus likely escaped from a lab

FDA APPROVED Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) over an illustration showing how the device works

Novel Device OK'd to Treat MS Gait Deficits

Tongue stimulator generates pulses to combat ataxia

FDA APPROVED MEDTRONIC HARMONY TRANSCATHETER PULMONARY VALVE over 3 photos of the device

Harmony Pulmonary Valve Gets FDA Nod

Transcatheter valve implantation approved for people without surgical RVOT conduits

Computer rendering of an overactive bladder with the text FDA APPROVED MIRABEGRON (MYRBETRIQ)

Overactive Bladder Drug Gains Pediatric Indication

Mirabegron approved to treat kids with neurogenic detrusor overactivity

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FDA Panel Unhappy With Novel OA Pain Drug

Latest setback for troubled osteoarthritis biologic

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VA's Medical Supply Chain Needs Reform, Lawmakers Told

Agency is still using manual spreadsheets to track some supplies

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Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands

Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin

What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study?

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway

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Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers

Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?"

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Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General, Again

This will be Murthy's second time around in the job

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Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements

Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement

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Op-Ed: Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantage

Enforcing the False Claims Act can help

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Op-Ed: Now Isn't the Time to Ignore the Opioid Crisis

Swift federal action can remove barriers to life-saving treatment

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