Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Authorized for Post-COVID Exposure REGEN-COV becomes first monoclonal antibody treatment with EUA following exposure alone Jul 30, 2021
Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders Jul 29, 2021
More Medical Device Deaths Than We Previously Thought? Study finds many reports of patient deaths that were not classified as a death in FDA database Jul 27, 2021
Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says Jul 26, 2021
FDA Must Act Quickly on Menthol Ban to Save Black Lives, Advocates Argue It's more than a public health problem, it's a "human rights" issue Jul 23, 2021
Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out Jul 22, 2021
Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care Jul 21, 2021
FDA Approves IVIG for Dermatomyositis Octagam 10% lands indication for adults following results of ProDERM trial Jul 20, 2021
FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines Jul 20, 2021
FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval No prospective trial offered or required Jul 19, 2021
Private Equity Is Ruining American Healthcare Physicians, patients lose when PE takes over; it's time to take medicine back Jul 17, 2021
Senate Committee Shines Spotlight on VA's Troubled EHR Program Concerns raised about patient safety, cost overruns Jul 16, 2021
Safety Concerns Turn FDA Panel Thumbs Down for Novel CKD-Anemia Drug Advisory committee rejected oral anemia drug for dialysis and non-dialysis patient populations Jul 16, 2021
FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device Thumbs up on safety and efficacy Jul 15, 2021
Clearing the Hurdles to Safe Injection Facilities Rhode Island the first state to authorize a pilot program, but how likely is it others will follow Jul 14, 2021
Company Shut Down Robot Mid-Surgery; Infected in Quarantine; Investigating Aduhelm This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 14, 2021
Juul Bought Out Medical Journal for $51K E-cig maker sponsored nearly a dozen studies, took over journal as it awaits FDA ruling Jul 13, 2021
Ivermectin and Aducanumab: Do They Work? ZDoggMD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, analyze the evidence Jul 13, 2021
Walmart's Low-Price Insulin Is a Band-Aid on a Broken System Exorbitant drug pricing and inaccessible care require government intervention Jul 11, 2021
Finerenone OK'd for Slowing Kidney Disease in T2D Drug also indicated for cardiovascular event risk reduction Jul 09, 2021
Alzheimer's Aducanumab Prescribing Information Changes "We as neurologists need a strategy to advise our patients," experts say Jul 09, 2021
FDA Cannot Ban Use of Electric Shock Devices for Harmful Behaviors Appeals court rules in favor of only U.S. facility still using devices for behavioral treatment Jul 09, 2021
Patients Want COVID Shot From Their Primary Care Docs But both patients and physicians must still overcome several barriers to care delivery Jul 08, 2021
Is Confirmation Bias Guiding COVID Vaccine Recommendations? Policy must be based on indisputable evidence Jul 06, 2021
COVID Surges Emerge; FDA Warns About Chantix; Lions, Tigers, Bears Get Vaxxed A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jul 06, 2021
House Members Argue for Puerto Rico Coal Plant Shutdown Plant is releasing toxic coal ash, sickening the nearby community, lawmakers and witnesses say Jul 01, 2021
CDC's All-or-Nothing Approach to Teen COVID Vaccination Is All Wrong The agency should revisit its latest guidance to maximize benefits and minimize risks Jun 29, 2021
Do 'Robots' Offer Any Clear Surgical Advantage? Review says no, and Vinay Prasad believes it's a sobering reflection on medical technology Jun 28, 2021 video
Biden Administration Eases Rules for Mobile Vans for Substance Use Treatment Aim is to increase treatment access in rural areas, underserved communities Jun 28, 2021
Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists Jun 28, 2021
Hold Off on Approving Anal Cancer Drug, Advisors Tell FDA ODAC recommends deferring approval of new PD-1 inhibitor until confirmatory trial results are in Jun 24, 2021
FDA Must Do More to Stop Youth Vaping, House Members Say "The alternative is going to be years and years of delay," says Democratic representative Jun 23, 2021
Healthcare Part of White House Plan for Preventing Gun Violence Intervention programs aim to help likely perpetrators "get their lives on a different track" Jun 23, 2021
AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants Also asks for more in-depth report on short-term medical trips, so-called 'voluntourism' Jun 18, 2021
AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID Should those who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection receive vaccination credentials? Jun 17, 2021
SCOTUS Dismisses Threat to Obamacare Once More "If anybody's going to change the [ACA], it's going to have to be Congress," says legal expert Jun 17, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness Jun 16, 2021
The FDA Is Failing the American People The agency's recent decision to approve aducanumab offers more evidence of a broken system Jun 16, 2021
A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities Jun 14, 2021
