Supreme Court Rejects Purdue Pharma Settlement That Shielded Sacklers In a 5-4 decision, justices blocked an agreement with victims and state and local governments Jun 27, 2024
SCOTUS Sides With Biden; Princess Anne Update; Physician Consults by Hologram Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 27, 2024
ACIP Makes Changes to Adult RSV Vaccine Recommendations Committee ditches shared decision-making, moves to risk-based approach Jun 26, 2024
Oral and Emergency Contraceptive Use Fell in States With Abortion Bans Researchers call for better access to emergency contraceptives in abortion-restrictive states Jun 26, 2024
SCOTUS Appears Poised to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho for Now, Report Says Documents briefly posted online suggest a delay in resolving the case for good Jun 26, 2024
Oncology Drug Shortages Persist, but Continue to Evolve Supply-chain issues, unrealistically low prices for generics, hoarding, other factors to blame Jun 26, 2024
When Was the Last Time You Really Talked With Your Patient? Sometimes building trust should be the priority Jun 26, 2024
Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities "Inequities are baked into our healthcare system," says one expert Jun 26, 2024
Rising Share of New HIV Cases in Young Latinos Leads to Call for Targeted Funding CDC data show much lower rates of PrEP coverage among Latinos than among white Americans Jun 26, 2024
Surgeon Ousted for Speaking Up; Steward Corruption in Malta? Misleading Clinic Names This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 26, 2024
A Multivitamin a Day Won't Keep Death Away Long-term, daily use not associated with diminished mortality risk in large observational study Jun 26, 2024
CDC Assists in Study Testing for Asymptomatic Bird Flu in Humans Agency will explore spread, assess countermeasures, estimate risk of pandemic potential Jun 25, 2024
CDC Tells Docs to Be Alert for Dengue as Cases Ramp Up Worldwide Even in the U.S., local mosquitoes are a growing threat Jun 25, 2024
What's Driving Avian Influenza Virus Evolution? Human Food Systems What we do next really matters Jun 25, 2024
Ice Cream Recall; COVID Summer Wave; Gun Violence a Public Health Crisis Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 25, 2024
Docs in Abortion Ban States Find Workarounds to Deliver Care A survey reveals surprising trends in reproductive care 2 years post-Roe Jun 24, 2024
Telehealth for Medication Abortion Worked as Well as In-Person Visit With Ultrasound Strategies were equally effective, with low rates of serious adverse events Jun 24, 2024
Infant Deaths Increased After Texas Ban on Abortion in Early Pregnancy Estimates for neonatal deaths showed a similar pattern Jun 24, 2024
Court: Some Employers Can Exclude PrEP, Cancer Screenings From Insurance Coverage Not all preventive care recommended by the USPSTF is threatened by the narrow ruling, however Jun 24, 2024
U.S. Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like the One at Ascension, Experts Say Clinicians describe harrowing lapses Jun 23, 2024
Who Is 'Engaged in the Business' of Selling Firearms? A changing landscape for background checks could help limit gun violence Jun 23, 2024
A Closer Look at Medetomidine and Its 'Unusual' Patient Presentations Another drug has entered the drug supply Jun 22, 2024
FDA Authorizes First Menthol E-Cigarettes Meanwhile, HHS still has not issued a final rule banning menthol-flavored tobacco cigarettes Jun 21, 2024
Bullet-Related Injuries: 'The Problem Is Our Relationship to Lethal Force' Injuries will make one person cling to guns and another renounce them, says LJ Punch, MD Jun 21, 2024 video
FDA Warns Yet Another Birth Tissue Company Agency says Neobiosis amniotic fluid, umbilical cord products should be regulated as drugs Jun 21, 2024
Majority of Bisexual and Transgender People Feel Lonely, Survey Shows These groups report rates almost twice as high as straight and cisgender people Jun 20, 2024
'We're Flying Blind' on H5N1: Experts See Repeat of CDC's Missteps on COVID Testing Agency not moving fast enough to remove barriers blocking clinical labs from testing, critics say Jun 20, 2024
BMJ Paper at Center of COVID Vax Deaths Controversy Gets Expression of Concern Experts say paper was riddled with bad science Jun 20, 2024
Texas Doc Accused of Illegally Accessing Child Health Records Eithan Haim, MD, reportedly outed hospital for continuing gender-affirming care program Jun 19, 2024
Drug Shortages Keep Growing. Older, Injectable Agents Are Among the Most Vulnerable. A Q&A with Erin Fox, PharmD, MHA, on the record-breaking shortages Jun 19, 2024
Perinatal Depression Tied to Increased Risk of Midlife Cardiovascular Disease Relationships most pronounced for hypertensive disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure Jun 18, 2024
Quantifying Alcohol's Death Risk; NDAs Hide Docs' Mistakes; H5N1 Pandemic Prep This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 18, 2024
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality? Higher ratings tied to better surgical outcomes, but variability was high even within star groups Jun 18, 2024
Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin "Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing Jun 18, 2024
Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl, Replacing IV Drips With Tap Water Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 died Jun 18, 2024
Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021 Jun 17, 2024
For Teens With Severe Obesity, Financial Incentives Work for Weight Loss Randomized trial proves benefit of adding gift card incentives to dietary measures Jun 17, 2024
'Alternative Facts' Should Not Guide Reproductive Decisions Personal agendas have no place in healthcare Jun 17, 2024
Some Hawking Stem Cells Say They Can Treat Almost Anything. They Can't. Attorneys general in several states have sued businesses for false claims Jun 17, 2024
Surgeon General Calls for Social Media to Carry Cigarette-Like Warning Labels Labels should alert that social media has not been proven safe for adolescents, says Murthy Jun 17, 2024
