AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide Jun 13, 2021
Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says Jun 10, 2021
Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care Jun 10, 2021
Congress Wrestles Over How to Hold Sackler Family Accountable Without a legal fix, OxyContin makers would evade responsibility for untold deaths, say Dems Jun 09, 2021
Two HHS Nominees Have Fairly Easy Time at Senate Hearing Opioid crisis, drug supply chain among senators' concerns Jun 08, 2021
Op-Ed: Why Is Prescribing Information Still on Paper? Making electronic info the default is a small change with a big environmental impact Jun 04, 2021
Medtronic's LVAD Pulled From Market Due to Neurological, Mortality Risks Physicians must stop implanting the HeartWare system, says FDA Jun 03, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Novel Aid to Help Diagnose Autism Gets FDA Nod Canvas Dx device may help early diagnoses and intervention in young children Jun 02, 2021
What Drives COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Moms? Social pressures, misinformation are at play Jun 02, 2021
FDA OKs New Antipsychotic for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Approval of olanzapine-samidorphan carries opioid-related contraindications Jun 01, 2021
Are Vaccine Advisors More Conflicted Than We Thought? Rules for advisory committee members' disclosures vary widely May 28, 2021
Drug to Delay T1D Gets Tepid Endorsement by FDA Advisors Feelings mixed on safety and efficacy evidence for novel biologic May 28, 2021
FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis May 27, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
House Dems Grill Emergent Execs Over Spoiled J&J Doses Mixed-up ingredients, wasted taxpayer dollars, potential insider training? May 20, 2021
New Rules for Some Medicare ACOs Are No Good, Say Healthcare Groups Letter seeks a 3-year delay for reporting new quality measures May 12, 2021
Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine May 11, 2021
First COVID Treatment Ads Hit the Airwaves Regeneron hoping patients ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies May 10, 2021
FDA Panel to Weigh Avacopan's Fate for ANCA Vasculitis Agency staff called out "interpretability" of phase III trial results ahead of Thursday's meeting May 05, 2021
ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help? May 04, 2021
Op-Ed: Is FDA's Cigarette Ban Just Smoke and Menthols? Actually implementing a ban on menthol cigarettes and cigars could take years May 03, 2021
Thumbs Up for New Birth Control Pill Across Multiple Subgroups No differences in efficacy or unscheduled bleeding based on age, BMI, or prior contraceptive use May 03, 2021
Farxiga Gets FDA Greenlight for CKD SGLT2 OK'd to prevent chronic kidney disease progression and cardiovascular risks Apr 30, 2021
CMS Rules for Insurers Punt on Drug Copay Relief "Really disappointing" that payment notice didn't even mention these cards, coupons Apr 30, 2021
FDA Panel Splits on Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy in HCC All thumbs up for pembrolizumab, pending further data, but no such luck for nivolumab Apr 30, 2021
PD-1 Inhibitor Approved for dMMR Endometrial Cancer Dostarlimab led to 42.3% response rate in recurrent/advanced disease Apr 22, 2021
ALS 'Compassionate Use' Again Hits National Media Expanded access campaigns will only become more frequent with growing rare disease pipelines Apr 20, 2021
Doc Groups Object to New Prior Authorization Rules in Medicare Requirements for two spinal procedures set to take effect July 1 Apr 20, 2021
NIH Reverses Ban on Federally Funded Fetal Tissue Research Announcement praised by House Democrats, panned by anti-abortion groups Apr 19, 2021
FTC Hits Chiropractor for Violating COVID Consumer Protection Law Eric Nepute, DC, is first person charged under law enacted in January, faces potential fine Apr 18, 2021
Should 'X-Waiver' Be Nixed? Relaxing "bupe" training requirement is last thing Congress should do, says GOP doc Apr 16, 2021
ACIP Punts on J&J COVID Vaccine CDC advisors back continued "pause" until more data available Apr 14, 2021
Another Player in Advanced Bladder Cancer Accelerated FDA approval of sacituzumab govitecan after chemo, immunotherapy Apr 14, 2021
CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Apr 14, 2021
