, 2025-06-18 21:54:00 A senior vaccine expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned in protest, warning that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s sweeping changes to vaccine policy and leadership are endangering public health. Widely respected infectious disease specialist Dr. Fiona Havers stepped down after 13 years at the CDC…
Katie Adams , 2025-06-20 21:56:00 Just a year after launching as a company, Bluebird Kids Health is already announcing plans to double its number of pediatric clinics from three to six. The company — which for now, operates only in Florida — seeks to improve pediatric care access in underserved areas by building practices in…
Michael McHale , 2025-06-20 07:35:00 Oireachtas Committee hears how issues around long-term infertility of young boys ‘did not meet the threshold for open disclosure’ The families at the centre of a number of reports which detailed poor practice and potential neglect at CHI were not notified of the resultant risks to their children’s health, it…
MNB Guest , 2025-06-18 19:44:00 If you have ever felt tiredness, foot pain or pain following a long working day it could be due to your arches. be the cause. For those with high arches, they often struggle to find the right foot support, and conventional insoles aren’t cutting it. The right insole can greatly…
Daniel Chang , 2025-06-20 18:30:00 While the Senate budget bill released this week proposes deep funding cuts and work requirements for Medicaid — proposals likely to increase the number of people without health insurance — another big health care issue looms that could affect millions unless Congress acts. Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act’s health…
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Elaine Chen , 2025-06-20 23:30:00 CHICAGO — Novo Nordisk’s next-generation obesity injection targeting the amylin hormone showed substantial weight loss in an early study, but similar efficacy across different doses and high rates of side effects raise questions about which dose Novo will pursue going forward. In the Phase 1/2 study testing the drug, called…
Clare Dyer , 2025-06-20 15:21:00 Members of parliament have voted by 314 to 291 to approve a bill that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales, a move described as the biggest social change since the Abortion Act 1967. The vote after an emotional debate in the House of Commons to give the…
, 2025-05-21 21:06:00 Credit: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.2025.211.Abstracts.A7365 Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) continues to rise, but this advanced form of life support is often not provided to patients equitably. Now, new research published at the ATS 2025 International Conference has confirmed that disadvantaged patients are less…
, 2025-05-22 03:06:00 In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas Biomedical Device Center (TxBDC) at The University of Texas at Dallas demonstrated unprecedented rates of recovery for spinal cord injuries. In this study, published in the prestigious journal Nature on May 21, individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury safely received a combination of stimulation of a nerve…
, 2025-05-21 13:07:00 In her first semester of medical school, Ava Dunlap took part in a small-group seminar where students would review real and hypothetical patient cases. One day, the students analyzed the historical case of Admiral Horatio Nelson, who was shot and killed on a naval ship in 1805. The students had to visualize…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-21 23:35:00 GLP-1s are constantly being advertised for weight loss, whether on TV or on public transit. But are they actually worth the hype? That question was posed by Harrison Newman, vice president of consulting company Corporate Synergies, during a Tuesday panel discussion at the MedCity INVEST conference held in Chicago. Newman…
Robert Herpen, MA; Martha Morrell, MD , 2025-05-21 14:42:00 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….
Matthew Herper and Casey Ross , 2025-05-21 16:30:00 Casey Ross covers the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety, fairness, and privacy. The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the largest professional organization in cancer care, announced Wednesday that it had partnered with Google Cloud to develop an AI-based tool to…
Gareth Iacobucci , 2025-05-21 10:31:00 The BMA has warned the government that as many as a thousand GP registrars could be left without a job when they qualify later this summer unless urgent mitigation is taken. In a letter to the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, the chairs of the BMA’s General Practitioners…
, 2025-05-22 00:00:00 NEAT1 may contribute to light sensitivity during migraines by disrupting the activity of other molecules in the brain, leading to increased TRPM3 levels and heightened nerve sensitivity. Credit: Huang et al,. DOI 10.1186/s10194-025-02057-5 Scientists in the U.K., Australia and China have identified a brain molecule called NEAT1 that appears to play a…
, 2025-05-22 01:11:00 Measuring the density of a cell can reveal a great deal about the cell’s state. As cells proliferate, differentiate, or undergo cell death, they may gain or lose water and other molecules, which is revealed by changes in density. Tracking these tiny changes in cells’ physical state is difficult to do at…
, 2025-05-21 14:38:00 WINNER, S.D. — Sophie Hofeldt planned to receive prenatal care and give birth at her local hospital, 10 minutes from her house. Instead, she’s driving more than three hours round trip for her appointments. The hospital, Winner Regional Health, recently joined the increasing number of rural hospitals shuttering their birthing units. “It’s…
Katie Adams , 2025-05-21 23:41:00 The pandemic reshaped care delivery, proving that flexible, patient-centered engagement strategies are the way of the future. But as digital health tools continue to proliferate, experts warn that clinical value —not hype — must guide adoption, and collaboration across the healthcare ecosystem is crucial to sustaining progress. Below are three…
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Lizzy Lawrence and Helen Branswell , 2025-05-21 17:05:00 Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on Signal at hbranswell.01. WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised stakeholders last week that the agency’s new Covid-19…
Christopher J Graham, Raykal Sim , 2025-05-21 10:51:00 Christopher J Graham, digital education manager1, Raykal Sim, FMLM national medical director’s clinical fellow2 1Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2Leeds, UK c.graham{at}rcpe.ac.uk We appreciate the recent piece on boosting team morale1 and recommend two ways for teams to spread positivity and recognise achievements. First,…
, 2025-05-21 21:07:00 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the humanized monoclonal antibody Zynyz (retifanlimab-dlwr) as the first first-line treatment for advanced anal cancer. Zynyz is a programmed death receptor-1 inhibitor, approved in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (platinum-based chemotherapy) for adults with inoperable, locally recurrent, or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the…
, 2025-05-21 14:33:00 A majority of U.S. workers (54%) said job insecurity has had a significant impact on their stress levels at work, and more than a third (39%) said they are concerned they may lose their job in the next 12 months due to changes in government policies, according to the American Psychological Association’s…
, 2025-05-21 18:51:00 Last February, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates appeared on The Tonight Show and shared some bold predictions about artificial intelligence (AI). In just a decade, he told host Jimmy Fallon, AI will be capable of “great medical advice” and humans will no longer be needed “for most things.” It’s not…
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Bob Herman , 2025-05-21 21:41:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. President Trump’s federal…
Anthony Omo , 2025-05-21 10:56:00 Anthony Omo, general counsel and director of fitness to practise General Medical Council, London NW1 3JN, UK gmcpress{at}gmc-uk.org Yassaie writes that the General Medical Council (GMC) has “exploited” a narrative to justify “suspending doctors” who have engaged in climate change activism.1 I’d like to offer some clarification on this point…
, 2025-05-21 21:08:00 For patients with diffuse gliomas, tumor-related epilepsy (TRE) is not a strong prognostic factor, according to a study published in the May issue of Brain and Behavior. Yao Xiao, from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China, and colleagues examined the risk factors and prognostic impact of TRE in…
, 2025-05-21 14:39:00 To effectively battle cancer, scientists must study the battlefield. Now, in a recent study published in Nature Communications, a multi-institutional research team including The University of Osaka has discovered some crucial intel: localized oxygen deficiency in the colon cancer microenvironment can promote tumor growth. Until recently, oxygen deprivation, i.e., hypoxia, was thought…
, 2025-05-21 20:43:00 The FDA may be poised to ban talc as an ingredient in the products it regulates, including foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. The agency convened what it called an expert panel on talc on May 20, led by FDA Commissioner Martin Makary, MD, MPH, and Principal Deputy Commissioner Sara Brenner, MD, MPH. The…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-21 19:24:00 Receptionists in healthcare play a very pivotal role in ensuring a very smooth flow of patients. They handle appointment scheduling as well as insurance verification, greeting patients, and all communications. However, what has come to the forefront lately is the fact that an increasing number of practices are reassessing the…
, 2025-05-21 19:04:00 New York-based White Plains Hospital is collaborating with Layer Health, an AI-enabled chart review company, to automate reporting across multiple clinical registries and accelerate the chart review process. White Plains Hospital participates in numerous clinical registries that require resources to collect and submit patient data. According to the hospital, the current manual…
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Theresa Gaffney , 2025-05-21 19:51:00 A group of physicians and researchers working on LGBTQ+ health sued the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday over the sweeping grant terminations that have impacted medical research on queer people as part of the implementation of President Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender…
George Webster , 2025-05-21 13:46:00 George Webster, editorial scholar 2024-25 The BMJ In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to chat with TikTok sensation and A&E doctor Maddy Lucy Dann. The panel, made up of current editorial scholar George Webster, and previous editorial scholar Nikki Nabavi, … Source link
, 2025-05-21 19:40:00 Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels A new study finds that CivicaScript, a not-for-profit drug manufacturer in the US, can reliably supply essential generic medicines at a price that saves patients over 60%, and public and private insurers over 90%, demonstrating the potential of the nonprofit health care utility (HCU) model to deliver…
, 2025-05-21 16:23:00 Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours – which could improve care for thousands of patients each year in the UK. The groundbreaking method, which is detailed…
, 2025-05-21 19:08:00 Genetic fragments of the West Nile virus (WNV) have been detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time during a national surveillance programme. The virus was identified in two samples of the Aedes vexans species of mosquito collected in July 2023 from wetlands on the River Idle near Gamston in…
, 2025-05-21 17:13:00 A Democratic lawmaker challenged Republicans on Capitol Hill over a provision in their sweeping budget bill that repeals the federal excise tax on indoor tanning services. When asked to read the line item during a public hearing Tuesday, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) refused. You can’t make this up. Republicans snuck a…
MNB Guest , 2025-05-21 16:07:00 Should you be iron deficient or have iron deficiency anemia, your physician can give intravenous (IV) iron therapy to you and especially where oral therapy is impossible or unproductive. As much as having the convenience of intravenous iron infused can somewhat alarm you initially, it is absolutely safe, comfortable, and…
, 2025-05-21 16:53:00 Google announced the launch of MedGemma, which the company says contains the most capable open models that help developers build healthcare-based AI applications to examine medical images, generate medical image reports, triage patients and answer questions about medical images. The open models, which users can fine-tune, come in two variants: a 4B…
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Jonathan Wosen , 2025-05-21 17:25:00 Messenger RNA vaccines fueled the response to the worst pandemic the world has faced in a century and led to a Nobel Prize. This week, they’re set to face intense scrutiny from critics doubtful of the safety and efficacy of these shots. On Wednesday, a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland…
Adrian O’Dowd , 2025-05-21 14:41:00 Disillusion and a lack of enthusiasm among medical students in Northern Ireland has “worrying implications” for its health service, the BMA has warned. The association said that students it had heard from believed that doctors were no longer valued or respected for their work and that clinicians were underpaid when…
, 2025-05-21 17:17:00 Graphical abstract. Credit: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2025.03.018 A collaborative team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a highly effective method for treating patients with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a more severe form of the illness usually affecting younger…
, 2025-05-21 16:46:00 High birth weight is the main risk factor for birth injuries to the anal sphincter muscles of the person giving birth, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg. This new method for predicting the risks could improve care and reduce injuries. Five percent of women giving birth to their first…
, 2025-05-21 15:00:00 TOPLINE: In 2021, skin cancer affected millions of older adults globally. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) had the highest incidence, while squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) accounted for the greatest disability burden, and men and high sociodemographic index (SDI) countries, especially in Australasia and North America, bore a disproportionate share of cases and deaths….
, 2025-05-21 16:16:00 An Arizona pastor has been indicted alongside 16 others in a sweeping Medicaid fraud case, accused of helping funnel millions in state healthcare funds through fake rehab claims and laundering the proceeds through his church, state officials announced. A grand jury indicted 17 individuals and two organizations, including Hope of Life International…
Jeremy Friese , 2025-05-21 13:13:00 Prior authorization has been around for a long time. Initially designed in the 1960s as a mechanism to control costs and ensure the appropriate use of medical resources, the goal has (in theory) been to prevent unnecessary procedures and curb wasteful spending. But the reality is that prior authorization has…