'The Phenomenon Itself Isn't New': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 's reporters Jul 14, 2024
Should U.S. Farmworkers Get Bird Flu Shots? Some Experts Say Yes Opinions remain divided while CDC continues wait-and-see approach Jul 14, 2024
Shedding Criticisms: The Real Weight of Misunderstanding Obesity Stigma and misconceptions create barriers to medication uptake Jul 14, 2024
Extreme Heat and Some Medicines Can Be a Risky Combo: Here's What to Know A look at common heat-related problems and solutions Jul 14, 2024
Trump Whisked Off Stage After Apparent Gunshots at Rally Suspect and attendee are dead; Trump "fine" Jul 13, 2024
Which Specialty Had the Highest Rate of Physician Burnout? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Jul 13, 2024
Do People Buy Into Hospital-at-Home Care?; Nicotine Pouch Use Also in TTHealthWatch: preventing kidney transplant rejection Jul 13, 2024 podcast
Healthcare AI Is an Exciting Frontier — But Don't Forget About Equitable Development Unequal access threatens to worsen disparities Jul 13, 2024
Smartphone App Decreased Distracted Driving and Other Noteworthy Studies This Week This piece is devoted to four exceptional papers in JAMA Network Open Jul 13, 2024
Policy Experts Weigh Healthcare Elements of GOP Platform While light on substance and detail, the document includes clear signals for what's ahead Jul 12, 2024
Sen. Klobuchar Says She's Cancer-Free but Will Get Radiation for Small Calcification Early-stage breast tumor first found and removed in 2021 Jul 12, 2024
Novel Goalpost for PCI Excellence Is Borrowed From the Surgeons "Failure to rescue" may help with quality improvement in interventional cardiology Jul 12, 2024
Personalized Alzheimer's Progression Predicted by Model Tool estimates how fast cognitive decline will occur in amyloid-positive patients Jul 12, 2024
Mediterranean Diet Good for Kids, Teens Too Meta-analysis shows benefits for cardiometabolic health Jul 12, 2024
Don't Try ARBs for Severe COVID, Trial Indicates Harms seen without any compensating survival benefit Jul 12, 2024
A First in Total Larynx Transplant; 'Sniffing' Out Lung Cancer; Gen X Cancer Toll News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jul 12, 2024
Immunotherapy Combo Active in Advanced PD-L1-Negative HNSCC Will promising response rates translate into a survival benefit? Jul 12, 2024
Thousands of Oregon Hospital Patients May Have Been Exposed to Infectious Diseases An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices Jul 12, 2024
Current Approaches to Smoldering Multiple Myeloma For high-risk patients, classic "watch and wait" may cede to early therapy Jul 12, 2024
Spicy Chip Death Lawsuit; Gen X and Cancer; Extreme U.S. Temperatures Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 12, 2024
Senate Committee Wrestles With Risks and Benefits of Virus Research Specter of COVID lab-leak theory looms over discussion Jul 11, 2024
What Can Be Done About Medical Debt? Senators, witnesses mull solutions ranging from more competition to Medicare for All Jul 11, 2024
How Concerned Should We Be About Metal in Tampons? Tampons contain lead and arsenic, but some say the levels aren't anything to worry about Jul 11, 2024
Genes, Air Pollution Combine to Raise Lupus Risk British data suggest how environmental and genetic factors add together Jul 11, 2024
The Cass Report, Evidence, and Ethical Thinking on Pediatric Gender-Affirming Care Appropriate care for this population requires access, not restriction Jul 11, 2024
More Physicians at Washington Hospitals File to Unionize The group was motivated by recent efforts of other physicians nearby Jul 11, 2024
Ob/Gyn's Hygiene Advice; New Residency Season Kicks Off; How to Survive Night Shifts Healthcare social media content gathered by staff Jul 11, 2024
Which States Could Have Abortion on the Ballot in 2024? Where voters will have their say Jul 11, 2024
Doc Shot By Police; Doc Spent Embezzled Funds on Doggy Daycare; Joyner Suit Update A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 11, 2024
Newborn Hep B Vax Refusal Rates Dropped During Pandemic, D.C. Study Finds Hospital setting may offer unique opportunity to increase vaccination rates Jul 11, 2024
Rheumatology Meds Seen Cutting AMD Risk Claims data point to possible protective effect for one common drug class Jul 11, 2024
Houston Hospitals Backed Up; Nurses Vote to Strike; Dengue Spreading in NY, NJ Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 11, 2024
CMS Proposes 2.8% Cut to Medicare Physician Fees for 2025 One group calls proposal "critically short-sighted" Jul 11, 2024
Refractory Multiple Myeloma Responsive to Immunotherapy Plus Low-Dose Radiotherapy A third of patients who had received multiple prior lines of therapy responded, small study shows Jul 10, 2024
What Are Doctors and Nurses Reading This Summer? From a fictional family saga to tales of the emergency department, the list runs the gamut Jul 10, 2024
Diuretics for Ambulatory HF Patients With Volume Overload: Winners & Losers Three regimens compared head-to-head among abundant choices Jul 10, 2024
Nirsevimab Effectiveness Against Severe RSV Holds Up in Real-World Study Monoclonal antibody also reduced PICU admissions, need for ventilatory support Jul 10, 2024