Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humana But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement Dec 27, 2023
Ketamine and Chronic Pain; Ivermectin Lawsuit and Public Health; JN.1 Keeps Growing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Dec 27, 2023
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records "What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?" Dec 24, 2023
FDA Approves New Agent for Nerve Pain From Rare Inherited Disease Eplontersen gets a nod for polyneuropathy from hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis Dec 22, 2023
AI Transparency Rule Has Benefits, but Is Limited, Experts Suggest Rule aims to make algorithms more fair Dec 21, 2023
FDA Warns of Unapproved Fat-Dissolving Injections Users have experienced permanent scars, infections Dec 21, 2023
FDA Official Blasts Ladapo's Claims About DNA Fragments in COVID Shots Peter Marks called Florida surgeon general's mRNA vax criticism "misleading" Dec 21, 2023
FDA Rejects Drug for Chronic Cough Agency cites efficacy concerns in review of P2X3 receptor antagonist gefapixant Dec 21, 2023
'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Dec 21, 2023
First Test to Identify Opioid Addiction Risk Approved by FDA Genetic test intended to be used before patients are exposed to oral opioids for acute pain Dec 20, 2023
Bronchoscopes Recalled Over Burns, Fires in Patients' Airways Reports involved Olympus scopes used during high-frequency cauterization while supplying oxygen Dec 20, 2023
Topical Treatment for Epidermolysis Bullosa Wins FDA Approval Significantly more wounds healed within 45 days with birch triterpenes gel than with control gel Dec 19, 2023
FDA Approves New First-Line Standard of Care in Bladder Cancer Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab doubled survival as compared with chemotherapy Dec 15, 2023
FDA Approves Belzutifan for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma HIF-2 inhibitor indicated for patients who progress after immunotherapy and anti-VEGF Dec 15, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing Early CDC data suggest the problem is worsening Dec 14, 2023
Implant for Ocular Hypertension, Glaucoma Gets FDA Green Light A single travoprost implant proved noninferior to timolol eye drops, with good safety Dec 14, 2023
First Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter Approved for Afib Device is the first of a new class of non-thermal ablation catheters to get FDA's blessing Dec 14, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
FDA OKs Maintenance Option for High-Risk Neuroblastoma Eflornithine approved to reduce relapse risk in both kids and adults Dec 14, 2023
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
White House Looks to States for Help Reining in Gun Violence "No single city, state, or federal agency has a monopoly on good ideas," says official Dec 13, 2023
Five Companies Sign Agreement to Participate in National Health Data-Sharing Network Live transactions on the new network have already begun Dec 12, 2023
The FDA's Inequitable Conduct Problem Study finds that about half of all inequitable conduct cases were for FDA-regulated products Dec 12, 2023 video
A Closer Look at the Approval of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease This landmark event brings up broader considerations and implications for other diseases Dec 11, 2023
FDA Inspections of Foreign Drug Manufacturers Haven't Bounced Back After Pandemic Overseas inspections "well below" pre-pandemic surveillance Dec 08, 2023
Milestone Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease Greenlit by FDA Casgevy and Lyfgenia approved for one-time treatment of sickle cell disease Dec 08, 2023
MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Clinicians Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices Dec 07, 2023
White House Says It Can Seize Certain Drug Patents to Lower Prices Draft plan announced along with new efforts against anti-competitive healthcare mergers Dec 07, 2023
FDA Clears First At-Home Kit for Artificial Insemination Intravaginal device was deemed "substantially equivalent" to clinically used intrauterine device Dec 07, 2023
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy The Affordable Care Act and healthcare competition also were discussed at the final GOP debate Dec 07, 2023
Experts, Senators Wrestle Over Thorny Drug Shortage Challenge Re-shoring, "friend-shoring," stockpiling: how does one solve a problem like drug shortages? Dec 06, 2023
FDA Approves Oral Factor B Inhibitor for Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria Iptacopan tops C5 Inhibitors for sustained hemoglobin levels, eliminating need for transfusion Dec 06, 2023
Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say Dec 06, 2023
Doc Set Home on Fire? High Blood Pressure in Couples; WHO: Raise Alcohol, Soda Taxes Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Dec 06, 2023
Jamie Foxx's Health Scare; 23andMe Hacked; Decongestant Probe Announced Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Dec 05, 2023
Don't Neglect Tobacco Use in People Experiencing Homelessness Cessation programs can save lives and improve financial stability Dec 04, 2023
