Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-15 01:07:00 Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, fielded questions from Congress on Wednesday relating to budget cuts, vaccines, Medicaid and other issues. He testified before the House Committee on Appropriations in the morning and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in…
Victoria Langowska , 2025-05-14 17:31:00 Source: Healio interviews Disclosures: Matulonis reports consulting fees from Merck; data safety monitoring board participation for Mural Oncology and Symphogen; and scientific advisory board participation for Abbvie, Allarity, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Immunogen, NextCure, Novartis, Profound Bio, Tango Therapeutics and the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Source…
Usha Lee McFarling , 2025-05-14 23:40:00 Although Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he cares deeply about Native American communities, the health of those communities is under severe threat because of massive cuts Kennedy is making to federal health services, U.S. senators and tribal leaders said at a hearing held…
Alastair Miller, Fiona Symington, Paul Garner, Maria Pedersen , 2025-05-14 10:11:00 Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affects around 250 000 people in the UK. Symptoms include fatigue, cognitive difficulties, pain, autonomic disturbances, disturbed sleep, and gastrointestinal upset. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) estimates that 25% of people with ME/CFS experience higher…
, 2025-05-14 22:30:00 Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Researchers derived pragmatic models that accurately distinguish mild, moderate and severe pneumonia in children, based on evidence from a study performed in 73 emergency departments (EDs) in 14 countries through the international Pediatric Emergency Research Network (PERN). The new predictive tools are intended to complement clinician judgment…
, 2025-05-14 23:47:00 A new study in Scientific Reports shows that a low-FODMAP diet can improve IBS symptoms in adults, but nutritional deficits raise the stakes for long-term use without dietitian support. Study: The effect of low-FODMAP diet on patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock In a recent article published in the journal…
, 2025-05-14 12:55:00 A new clinical horizon is emerging in asthma management, with the possibility of achieving sustained reversal of the disease and even remission. This involves altering and reversing the progression of diseases that are traditionally considered chronic. This possibility has led to significant therapeutic advances and sparked a clinical debate: Should sustained reversibility…
, 2025-05-14 21:37:00 Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) dismissed protests against proposed Medicaid cuts on Wednesday, suggesting demonstrators were “probably hired,” and brushed off their concerns as a “sugar high” from pandemic-era spending. “We’re doing everything we can to make Medicaid more efficient and preserve it for their future,” Marshall told reporters. “My guess is they’re…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-14 21:51:00 Cohere Health closed a Series C $90 million funding round on Wednesday, taking its total funding to date to $200 million. The Boston-based company, which was founded in 2019, aims to fix the inefficiencies and administrative burden associated with the traditional prior authorization process. By streamlining this process, Cohere seeks…
, 2025-05-14 17:36:00 New York-based Synchron, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company, announced it will be the first BCI company to reach native integration with Apple’s new BCI Human Interface Device (BCI HID) profile unveiled on May 13. To avoid open brain surgery, Synchron uses a minimally invasive endovascular procedure, not unlike the placement of cardiovascular…
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News , 2025-05-14 18:00:00 It has been nearly eight years since Sen. John McCain’s middle-of-the-night thumbs-down vote torpedoed Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make drastic cuts to Medicaid. With Donald Trump back in the White House and the GOP back in control of Congress, Republicans again have…
Victoria Langowska , 2025-05-14 17:35:00 Source: Healio interviews Disclosures: Matulonis reports consulting fees from Merck; data safety monitoring board participation for Mural Oncology and Symphogen; and scientific advisory board participation for Abbvie, Allarity, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, GSK, Immunogen, NextCure, Novartis, Profound Bio, Tango Therapeutics and the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Source…
Daniel Payne and Isabella Cueto , 2025-05-14 21:55:00 Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about intriguing research, the promises and pitfalls of treatment, and what can be done about the burden of disease….
Mun-Keat Looi , 2025-05-14 10:16:00 “Can AI do the teaching?” asked Nick Woznitza, consultant radiographer and clinical academic at University College Hospital London. “No. But . . .”This was the subject of a panel session in February, at the Royal College of Radiologists’ conference on the future of AI in healthcare and the NHS.1 Medical…
, 2025-05-14 21:20:00 Examples of the hidden picture puzzles in the black/white images on the lower panel; corresponding real-world pictures on the upper panel. Credit: Maxi Becker et al Have you ever been stuck on a problem, puzzling over something for what felt like ages without getting anywhere, but then suddenly the answer came to…
, 2025-05-14 19:28:00 A new scientific study identified taurine, which is made naturally in the body and consumed through some foods, as a key regulator of myeloid cancers such as leukemia, according to a paper published in the journal Nature. The preclinical research shows that scientists are a step closer to finding new ways to…
, 2025-05-14 14:40:00 The trends are clear: Americans are in the midst of a marijuana high. Over the past 30 years, daily or near-daily marijuana use soared 15-fold, surpassing daily alcohol use for the first time in 2022. That same year, marijuana use reached historic levels among Americans aged 19-50 — with 11% of 19-…
Jason Povio , 2025-05-14 13:50:00 Data and system integration is less glamorous compared to the latest conversations on how AI can improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. However, for AI or other technologies to be successful, a solid, well-integrated data sharing environment is required. This foundation is essential for sharing medical data between internal or external…
Michael McHale , 2025-05-14 11:14:00 2024 progress report highlights reduction in trolley numbers but record ED presentations The Minister for Health has published an updated programme for the implementation of Slaintecare, highlighting 23 priorities in the areas of improving access, service quality and increasing capacity. ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare & Programme for Government 2025+’…
, 2025-05-14 18:58:00 President Donald Trump has announced that he will support a $5,000 baby bonus to help persuade people to have more children. Anu Sharma, founder and CEO of Millie, a California-based tech-enabled maternity clinic, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the practicality of such a proposal and what needs to be done before…
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Megan Molteni , 2025-05-14 18:18:00 Researchers have taken preliminary steps toward treating a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder, spinal muscular atrophy, with a genetic therapy delivered in the womb, before the worst damage to motor neurons can occur. The scientists at the University of California, San Francisco, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore injected an antisense oligonucleotide,…
Bryan Christie , 2025-05-14 10:41:00 Scotland has taken a step closer to legalising assisted dying after an emotional five hour parliamentary debate and a close vote.But the bill proposing the changes faces further hurdles and additional scrutiny, as two further votes are expected later this year. During the debate the Scottish parliament heard strong opposition…
, 2025-05-14 18:28:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the USC School of Advanced Computing and the Keck School of Medicine, working alongside experts from the Microsoft AI for Good Lab, Amref Health Africa, and Kenya’s Ministry of Health, has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict acute child…
, 2025-05-14 18:37:00 Researchers show how specific immune cells are activated by the vaccine – an important starting point for the development of new vaccines. The yellow fever vaccination using the live-attenuated YF17D vaccine is one of the most effective immunizations available. A single dose provides long-lasting protection against the disease. Due to the strength…
, 2025-05-14 15:00:00 TOPLINE: A retrospective study found that individuals living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods had a higher risk of developing hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), an association that persisted across racial and ethnic groups. METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional analysis included 65,766 individuals (mean age, 50.4 years; 41.8% women; 56.5% White; 15.7% Asian, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-14 17:43:00 GSK is expanding its prospects in hepatology, paying $1.2 billion to acquire a drug that goes after a clinically validated liver target but with a dosing advantage that could give it a competitive edge against rivals further along in their development of therapies for the fatty liver disease MASH. The…
brendan , 2025-05-14 15:19:00 HSE West and North West currently has the following opportunities: General Practitioner General Practitioner, Laurencetown, Co Galway GMS Panel Size: Approximately 480. Ref 111/25 Closing date for receipt of applications in respect of the positions is Wednesday 4th June, 2025 at 4pm Interview date to be confirmed. Informal enquiries to…
, 2025-05-14 17:36:00 New York-based Synchron, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company, announced it will be the first BCI company to reach native integration with Apple’s new BCI Human Interface Device (BCI HID) profile unveiled on May 13. To avoid open brain surgery, Synchron uses a minimally invasive endovascular procedure, not unlike the placement of cardiovascular…
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Lev Facher and Daniel Payne , 2025-05-14 16:26:00 WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill delivered different versions of a similar message to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Wednesday budget hearing: We love the Make America Healthy Again agenda …. but. Throughout the hearing, GOP lawmakers lauded President Trump’s agenda and Kennedy’s actions…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-14 14:16:00 All governments should tax heated tobacco products (HTPs) in line with traditional cigarettes to avoid effectively subsidising the tobacco industry, a study has concluded.1HTPs—which tobacco manufacturers say are less harmful than cigarettes because they involve heating tobacco to create a vapour rather than burning tobacco to create smoke in a…
, 2025-05-14 16:21:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sitting in my doctor’s examination room, I was surprised when she told me, “Genetics don’t really matter for chronic disease.” Rather, she continued, “A person’s lifestyle, what they eat, and how much they exercise, determine whether they get heart disease.” As a researcher who studies the genetics of…
, 2025-05-14 13:17:00 A first-in-human study of an investigational once-daily oral treatment for obesity (SYNT-101) demonstrated positive preliminary data for the safe and effective redirection of nutrient absorption into the lower intestine, the weight loss and metabolic management mechanism behind gastric bypass surgery. In the study, being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity…
, 2025-05-14 15:05:00 TOPLINE: In a multicenter cohort study of 575 South Korean patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variants, breast-conserving treatment demonstrated comparable oncologic outcomes to mastectomy over a median follow-up of 8.3 years. After propensity score matching, no significant differences between the two surgical approaches were found in terms of locoregional recurrence, distant…
Kourosh Davarpanah , 2025-05-14 14:54:00 The CEOs of Anthropic, DeepMind, and OpenAI regularly single out drug discovery as the area where AI will have the greatest positive impact over the next decade. The first generation of AI drug discovery startups have yet to deliver, but to quote Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, the belief is that the…
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-14 12:18:00 Over 700 healthcare professionals attend both virtually and in person Mater Private Network recently hosted the second annual Dublin Heart Summit 2025, held at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in partnership with the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) Dublin, and supported by RCSI and the Irish Cardiac Society….
Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS; Anthony DeFino , 2025-05-14 15:02:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request….
Helen Branswell , 2025-05-14 14:40:00 The World Health Organization, which faces an extraordinary financial crunch in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from the agency, has dramatically trimmed its top management. Gone from the leadership is Mike Ryan, who has led the Health Emergencies Program since 2019 and who has been with the WHO, off…
Barbara Casassus , 2025-05-14 12:31:00 France’s Defender of Rights, a constitutional authority of the French government but independent of it, has alleged widespread discrimination in the country’s healthcare provision.A report by the Defender of Rights based on a survey of 1500 people—mostly patients but including some medical professionals—conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 shows…
, 2025-05-14 14:17:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to connect with others. The study is published in Nature Human Behaviour The findings suggest that social difficulties often faced by…
, 2025-05-14 13:58:00 Long working hours may alter the structure of the brain, particularly the areas associated with emotional regulation and executive function, such as working memory and problem solving, suggest the findings of preliminary research, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Ultimately, overwork may induce neuroadaptive changes that might affect cognitive and emotional health,…
, 2025-05-14 12:57:00 TOPLINE: In patients with recurrent non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), salvage thoracic reirradiation prolonged overall survival and progression-free survival. Consolidative immunotherapy following reirradiation further improved overall survival, locoregional control, and freedom from distant metastasis. METHODOLOGY: Many patients with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC who receive definitive chemoradiation experience intrathoracic locoregional failures or recurrences….
Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-14 12:25:00 The Trump administration has made substantial cuts to HHS, slashing its workforce across the FDA, CDC, as well as medical research funding. Medicaid could be in jeopardy for millions of people, depending on how Congressional budget negotiations play out. It raises questions about what the government’s strategy is for the…
Editorial Staff , 2025-05-14 12:25:00 In his role, he is responsible for leading the company’s strategic direction, overseeing all aspects of operations, and driving continued growth and innovation Clonmel Healthcare, the number one generic supplier of medicines by value and volume in the Irish market* has announced the appointment of Donagh O’Leary as Managing Director….
Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News and Holly K. Hacker and Lydia Zuraw, KFF Health News , 2025-05-14 09:00:00 BRANCHLAND, W.Va. — Ada Carol Adkins lives with her two dogs in a trailer tucked into the timbers off Upper Mud River Road. “I’m comfortable here, but I’m having health issues,” said the 68-year-old, who retired…
Isabella Hornick; Bernat Soria, MD, PhD, FRCP (Hon) , 2025-05-14 11:43:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process…
Elaine Chen , 2025-05-14 11:00:00 Novo Nordisk said Wednesday that it will work with the biotech Septerna to develop oral GLP-1 obesity drugs, as it races to catch up to competitor Eli Lilly’s efforts to bring a more convenient weight loss treatment to the market. Under the deal, Septerna, which specializes in making small molecule…
Clare Dyer , 2025-05-14 11:01:00 The UK government has committed to introducing long awaited reforms to modernise the regulation of doctors and other healthcare professionals in the current parliament.Karin Smyth, minister for health and secondary care, made the announcement in the House of Commons when pledging to amend the criminal offence of misuse of professional…