The Cost of Blood Platelets Is About to Surge FDA's flawed new guidance for blood transfusion safety takes effect October 1 Sep 30, 2021
How Many Deaths Will New Cigarette Warnings Prevent? Modeling study comes up with big numbers Sep 24, 2021
COVID Vax Exemptions for Pregnant Healthcare Workers? Hospital policymakers are juggling staffing shortages, conflicting laws, and CDC guidelines Sep 23, 2021
'Privacy Exception' No Cure for Doctors' Open Notes Headaches Provision is "unworkable," harms patients, and adds to clinical stress, doctors say Sep 23, 2021
FDA Approves First Topical JAK Inhibitor for Atopic Dermatitis Significant skin clearance, reduced itch in majority of patients treated with ruxolitinib cream Sep 22, 2021
Unapproved Drug Found in Dietary Supplements Despite FDA Warning Phenibut was found in all four products analyzed, with increased quantities in three Sep 22, 2021
Pipeline Flex Endovascular Flow Diverters Under Recall Serious injury and death linked to fracturing issue in the delivery system, FDA warns Sep 21, 2021
The Technological Marvel of Combination Vaccines Many questions remain for co-formulating COVID vaccines, but pursuing this now is the right move Sep 18, 2021
HHS Announces Actions in Response to Texas Law Banning Abortions After 6 Weeks Agency increases family planning funds, reminds providers of need to treat medical emergencies Sep 17, 2021
Pfizer Makes Its Case for COVID Booster Shots Ahead of advisory meeting, FDA staff notes "inferred" effectiveness, and no new safety concerns Sep 15, 2021
Doctors Work to Treat, Understand Post-Vaccine Shoulder Injury SIRVA is mainly in the medicolegal realm, but physicians acknowledge its rare possibility Sep 09, 2021
Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis Sep 09, 2021
PhRMA Warns of Dire Consequences if Medicare Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices "We know how the story ends" when the government sets prices, group says Sep 08, 2021
Gene Therapies Require Neurologic Monitoring Nerve conduction, MRI monitoring may mitigate neurotoxicity risks Sep 07, 2021
Liver Toxicity in Gene Therapy Trials Could Merit Stricter Entry Criteria FDA panel weighs in on lower vector doses and role of animal studies Sep 03, 2021
'Forced to Lie': Med Titration Standards Put Critical Care Nurses on Shaky Ground Survey finds nurses feeling "moral distress" at "profoundly unrealistic" standards Sep 02, 2021
Take Another Look at the Spacing Between COVID Vaccine Doses Growing body of research suggests robust immune response with extended dosing interval Sep 01, 2021
FDA Slaps Restrictions on JAK Inhibitors Over Serious Safety Risks Use for inflammatory conditions limited to those who fail on TNF blockers Sep 01, 2021
Doc Groups Hail Decision to Delay 'Advanced EOB' Rule Regulation set to start on January 1, but administration says it will "defer enforcement" Aug 31, 2021
Novel Stroke Rehab Treatment Wins FDA Approval Neurostim system approved for upper limb deficits Aug 27, 2021
Ivermectin Scripts, Poison Center Calls Boom During Delta Surge CDC warns healthcare providers to steer patients away from the controversial drug Aug 26, 2021
FDA Warns on Contamination Risk With Eco-Med Ultrasound Gels Healthcare providers must toss all of company's gels and lotions, agency says Aug 19, 2021
FDA Grants Tissue-Agnostic Approval to Dostarlimab for dMMR Tumors Overall response rate of 41.6% in various tumor types with mismatch repair deficiency Aug 18, 2021
Notice Any Rule Changes in Washington? You Can Thank COVID "It's opened a Pandora's box, which is not going back" Aug 11, 2021
Medicare's Radiation Oncology Payment Model Vexes Oncology Community Participation required for certain radiation oncology practices starting next January Aug 10, 2021
CMS Proposes to Rescind 'Most Favored Nation' Drug Pricing Rule Regulation from Trump administration had been barred from taking effect due to court challenges Aug 09, 2021
All Eyes on FDA: The Upcoming Regulation of Juul E-Cigarettes Will the public health be protected? Aug 06, 2021
HHS's Climate Change Office: Not Open Yet, but Getting Positive Reviews Initial steps "highly encouraging," says one expert Aug 05, 2021
TAVR Debris Deflector Doesn't Fly With FDA Advisory Panel TriGuard 3 met with skepticism in its bid for approval Aug 04, 2021
Lawyers Advertise to Nurses: Think Twice About State Rehab Programs Attorneys charge that programs can be aggressive, costly, and not in the nurse's favor Aug 03, 2021
AMA, Physician Groups Slam VA's Planned Standards of Practice Changes Lack of transparency criticized Aug 02, 2021
Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Authorized for Post-COVID Exposure REGEN-COV becomes first monoclonal antibody treatment with EUA following exposure alone Jul 30, 2021
Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders Jul 29, 2021
More Medical Device Deaths Than We Previously Thought? Study finds many reports of patient deaths that were not classified as a death in FDA database Jul 27, 2021
Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says Jul 26, 2021
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue It's more than a public health problem, it's a "human rights" issue Jul 23, 2021
Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out Jul 22, 2021
Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care Jul 21, 2021
