Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier Sep 13, 2024
Trump's IVF Pledge; Nurse Rescues Trapped Man; Who's Getting Vaccinated? Health news and commentary gathered by staff Sep 13, 2024
Single Dose of Mpox Vaccine Series Appears to Give Partial Protection However, full two-dose vaccine series likely needed to curtail mpox resurgence, researchers say Sep 12, 2024
Full Sequence of Missouri Patient's H5 Bird Flu May Not Be Available Still, CDC officials say virus appears related to strain seen in dairy cows Sep 12, 2024
Limits to Anti-Nausea Pill Coverage Wear on Cancer Patients and Doctors "This is sort of the dirty underbelly of the current healthcare environment," an oncologist said Sep 11, 2024
How Cannabis Laws and Mental Health Prescription Drugs Are Linked Study points to a decrease in benzodiazepine dispensing following cannabis legalization Sep 10, 2024 video
As Interest From Families Wanes, Pediatricians Scale Back on COVID Shots The amount of vaccine to order is "a guess," says one physician Sep 08, 2024
Which Vaccines Should You Get and Recommend This Fall? Paul Offit, MD, talks about the flu, RSV, and COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season Sep 07, 2024 video
Mpox Is Back in the News. Here's What Clinicians Need to Know. This new surge is different, WHO leader says Sep 04, 2024
RSV Vaccines Show High Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in Older Adults Initial trials were not powered to assess efficacy against RSV-associated hospitalization Sep 04, 2024
FDA OKs Updated Novavax COVID Shot Unlike the mRNA vaccines, protein-based vaccine targets JN.1 strain Sep 03, 2024
Predicting COVID Outbreaks Via Wastewater; New Medicine for Menopause Also in TTHealthWatch: myocarditis after COVID vaccination Aug 31, 2024 podcast
For Pharma, Trump vs Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes As both candidates battle Big Pharma, the industry's financial support sways toward Democrats Aug 30, 2024
COVID Vax Myocarditis Stays Mild With Good Prognosis Over a Year Later Evolution of postvaccine myocarditis tracked for 18 months in cohort study Aug 26, 2024
King Charles' Cancer; COVID Vax Now or Later; Was RFK Jr. a Drug Dealer? Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 26, 2024
Expert Epidemiologists on Everything COVID Summer waves, long COVID data, and hope on the horizon Aug 24, 2024 video
CDC Urges Updated COVID, Flu Vaccination in September or October Agency predicts the respiratory virus season will be similar to last year Aug 23, 2024
HPV Vaccine Coverage in Teens Stalled for Second Straight Year, CDC Says And being up-to-date on HPV vaccination by age 13 fell among kids born in 2010 Aug 23, 2024
FDA OKs Updated COVID Vaccines mRNA vaccines for 2024-2025 season will target the KP.2 subvariant Aug 22, 2024
Severe COVID Linked to Mental Illness in Weeks, Months After Infection Risks for depression and serious mental illness highest among unvaccinated people Aug 21, 2024
PrEP Scripts Most Likely to Be Filled When Prescribed by ID Specialists Clinicians not specializing in ID could benefit from more PrEP training, researchers say Aug 19, 2024
CDC Alert on Potentially Fatal Virus; Free Abortions at DNC; New COVID Vax Imminent Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 19, 2024
Study Suggests No Overall Increased Risk of MS Relapse After COVID Boosters Only patients who had two or more relapses in the previous 2 years had an increased risk Aug 15, 2024
Where Harris and Trump Stand on Top Issues in Healthcare From abortion to drug prices to gun control, here's how the presidential candidates stack up Aug 13, 2024
CDC: Vaccine Coverage Still Lags for Some Children "We need to do more," says agency's chief medical officer Aug 13, 2024
Why Measles Is 'Coming in Hot' in 2024 "We've seen data showing that vaccination rates across the board globally have dropped" Aug 13, 2024 video
Benzene in Cold Med; Male Cancer Death to Rise 93%; Mail-Order Drugs Compromised? Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 13, 2024
First Walgreens Pharmacists File to Join New National Union Pharmacists, technicians at a Walgreens store in Vancouver, Washington are organizing Aug 12, 2024
CDC Action 'Likely Unlawful'; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 12, 2024
PBMs Are Stacking the Deck Against Patients and Independent Physician Practices Infusion services and other therapies must be delivered without delay Aug 11, 2024
Mpox Is Becoming More Deadly. We Need Global Action Now to Prevent Another Pandemic. A new, more dangerous variant has emerged Aug 09, 2024
Sugar Substitute and Blood Clots; Bacteria in Microwaves; Lives Saved by COVID Vax Health news and commentary gathered by staff Aug 09, 2024
CDC: Kids' Routine Vaccinations Prevented Half a Billion Illnesses Since 1994 And every $1 spent on childhood vaccinations saved about $11, agency says Aug 08, 2024
Alternative PBMs Arise to Compete With the 'Big Three' Competitors say their per-member, per-month payment model is fairer to employers and insurers Aug 07, 2024
Giving RSV and Flu Vaccines Together Led to Adequate Immune Responses Co-administration generally safe, could reduce vaccine burden, researchers say Aug 07, 2024
Docs Should Start Getting Ready For Upcoming Respiratory Virus Season Updated COVID vax coming soon, not too early to pre-order vaccines, CDC director says Aug 06, 2024
Tim Walz Beat COVID Skeptic Doc in 2022 Race for Governor Scott Jensen, MD, spoke out against vaccines, masking, and school and business closures Aug 06, 2024
Drugstores Tinker With New Looks as Usual Way of Doing Business Faces Challenges Analysts say companies are still learning what makes money and resonates with customers Aug 06, 2024
Physician Fights Insurer to Cover Her Baby's Brain Cancer Treatment Blue Cross of Idaho denied coverage for costly drug multiple times Aug 02, 2024