FDA Investigating 'Serious Risk' of Malignancy After CAR-T Therapy Applies to all approved therapies, but benefits still outweigh risks, agency says Nov 28, 2023
FDA Approves First Therapy for Progressive Desmoid Tumors Nirogacestat reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 71% in randomized trial Nov 28, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Actions to Strengthen the Drug Supply Chain Biden will use the Defense Production Act to increase American production of some medications Nov 27, 2023
Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials Nov 27, 2023
Days Before Surgery, Clerical Error Cuts Off Patient's Insurance Lost in the mix of Medicaid "unwinding" Nov 26, 2023
Doctors, Scientists Boycott Journal for Publishing 'Sadistic' Animal Research More than 1,100 experts signed a letter to boycott nutrition journal and its publisher Nov 21, 2023
Trump in 'Excellent' Health; Violence Pandemic in Healthcare; New Listeria Outbreak Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Nov 21, 2023
What to Know About Ongoing Eye Drop Recalls FDA was spurred into action by a deadly bacterial outbreak earlier this year, advocates say Nov 20, 2023
Shooting at Psych Hospital; Rosalynn Carter Dies; Millions in Medical Debt Canceled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Nov 20, 2023
Proposed Methadone Treatment Legislation May Put Patients at Risk We need evidence-based, safe, and effective solutions Nov 19, 2023
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel Gefapixant's benefit not clinically meaningful enough, panelists say Nov 17, 2023
First AKT Inhibitor Approved for Advanced Breast Cancer Capivasertib plus fulvestrant doubled progression-free survival versus fulvestrant-placebo Nov 17, 2023
APHA Urges Biden to Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas Conflict "This is not a fringe view for public health globally," says one advocate Nov 17, 2023
Opioid Doc Sentenced; World's First Sickle Cell Gene Tx; FTC Warns Diet Influencers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Nov 17, 2023
FDA Panel: Tolerating Approval Outliers Would Set 'Dangerous Precedent' No easy answers for two drugs for rare lymphoma on long cruise with accelerated approval Nov 16, 2023
First At-Home Test for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Authorized by FDA OTC option arrives amid rising cases of the sexually transmitted infections Nov 16, 2023
FDA OKs New Option for Advanced ROS1-Positive Lung Cancer Drug achieved high response rates in TKI-naive and TKI-pretreated patients Nov 16, 2023
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say Previously rejected gefapixant will face agency's panel of outside experts on Friday Nov 16, 2023
Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
FDA OKs Product to Thwart Bloodstream Infections During Dialysis Taurolidine-heparin solution reduced infections by 71% versus heparin alone Nov 15, 2023
Anthrax Guidance Issued; FDA Warns Amazon; AI Deepfakes Challenge Public Health Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Nov 15, 2023
Lymphoma Drug Copanlisib to Be Pulled From U.S. Market Failed confirmatory trial takes down another PI3K inhibitor Nov 14, 2023
Americans Struggling With Addiction, Mental Health, SAMHSA Survey Shows Biden administration highlights need for better access to treatment Nov 14, 2023
Communicating Uncertainty About Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval An education gap exists about "the possibility that these drugs might not work," says expert Nov 13, 2023 video
Trump Wants Dealers Executed; School Closures and Suicide; Double Uterus Pregnancy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff Nov 13, 2023
AMA Declines to Debate Resolution on Israel-Hamas Conflict "This issue is too vital for us to evade discussion," one delegate argued unsuccessfully Nov 12, 2023
U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world Nov 12, 2023
Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Says Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face Nov 11, 2023
First Treatment Approved for Genetic Clotting Disorder Adzynma indicated as prophylactic or on-demand enzyme replacement therapy in cTTP Nov 10, 2023
First Chikungunya Vaccine Lands Conditional FDA Approval High level of seroprotection, but adverse reactions warrant postmarketing study Nov 10, 2023
Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing Nov 09, 2023
10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plans Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say Nov 09, 2023
Competing Incentives of the FDA's Accelerated Drug Approval Experts weigh drug availability against possible suboptimal outcomes Nov 09, 2023 video
GOP Candidates' Defense of Abortion Bans Cools in Debate After Election Day Three candidates take more centrist view, one adamant on 15-week ban Nov 09, 2023
New Oral Drug Approved for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer In phase III trials of pretreated patients, fruquintinib improved survival versus placebo Nov 09, 2023
Tirzepatide Wins FDA Approval for Weight Loss Drug also gets a new brand name, Zepbound, for its new indication Nov 08, 2023
Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
FDA Approves First Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Catheter-based technology will finally enter the market with ultrasound-based device Nov 08, 2023
Ohio Voters Back Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment also protects right to contraception, miscarriage care Nov 08, 2023
Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as Next NIH Director Vote was 62-36 in favor of the current National Cancer Institute director Nov 07, 2023
