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In Bustling NYC Federal Building, HHS Offices Are Eerily Quiet

Michelle Andrews and Eliza Fawcett, Healthbeat , 2025-05-16 09:00:00 NEW YORK — On a recent visit to Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, some floors in the mammoth office building bustled with people seeking services or facing legal proceedings at federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the lobby,…

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Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly set to begin in May 2025

, 2025-05-16 12:18:00 The Seventy-eighth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78) will convene from 19 to 27 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland, under the theme “One World for Health”.  The Health Assembly will bring together high-level country representatives and other stakeholders to address health challenges. This year’s gathering comes at a pivotal moment for…

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Hospitalists Lead Charge Against HAIs

, 2025-05-16 12:08:00 It reads like the alphabet soup of healthcare: CDI, MRSA, CAUTI, and VAE. Those letters all fall under the category of hospital or healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), and they can wreak havoc on patient care. On any given day, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one HAI, according to the…

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Using RWD to Improve Clinical Trial Recruitment, Endpoints, and Inform Market Access Strategies

Stephanie Baum , 2025-05-16 11:30:00 Gaining greater insight into the patient journey from diagnosis through treatment is a priority for drug developers as they seek to produce more effective drugs. Using non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as an example, PurpleLab and Genentech will explore how to leverage real world data (RWD) to eliminate blind spots in the…

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Irish Pharmacy Union reaches agreement on providing free HRT

Michael McHale , 2025-05-16 11:04:00 New deal will see community pharmacies receive €2,000 once-off grant on top of €5 dispensing fee per product The Minister for Health has reached an agreement with the Irish Pharmacy Union around the implementation of the new free HRT scheme. The scheme, which was previously announced without the union’s approval,…

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Ensuring equitable vaccine access during the next pandemic

Stephanie Psaki and Ashish K. Jha , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 Next week at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, 193 member countries of the World Health Organization (with the U.S. notably absent) are expected to adopt the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Agreement, also known as the Pandemic Treaty. In anticipation of its adoption, the final…

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Spiralling cases of dengue in Latin America

Claudia Codeco, Celina Turchi Martelli, Patricia Brasil, Marilia Sa Carvalho , 2025-05-16 09:25:00 Claudia Codeço, senior researcher1, Celina Turchi Martelli, senior researcher2, Patricia Brasil, senior researcher3, Marilia Sá Carvalho, senior researcher1 1Programa de Computação Científica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2Programa de Pós-graduação, Instituto Aggeu Magalhaes, Fiocruz, Pernanbuco, Brazil 3Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio…

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Plant-based proteins may help lower high blood pressure risk, research indicates

, 2025-05-16 10:23:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Eating more minimally processed plant-based proteins—such as beans, nuts and lentils—may lower the risk for high blood pressure, according to new research. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, also suggested that minimally processed animal proteins could be included in weekly meal plans without…

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Optimer licensing agreements and repeat custom

, 2025-05-16 09:22:00 Aptamer Group plc, the leading developer of next-generation synthetic binders delivering innovation to the life science industry, has announced two new development contracts for Optimer binders and the agreement of licensing heads of terms with a global provider of specialty enzymes for developed enzyme-modulating Optimers. These engagements reflect ongoing collaborative relationships with…

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NICE Recommends Two Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

, 2025-05-16 09:54:00 Two monoclonal antibody targeted therapies have been recommended for routine NHS use in England by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Spesolimab has been endorsed for treating generalised pustular psoriasis (GPP). Atezolizumab has been recommended as adjuvant therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Spesolimab for Generalised Pustular Psoriasis Spesolimab…

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General Practitioner – Castleisland, Co. Kerry

brendan , 2025-05-16 08:40:00 HSE South West currently has the following opportunity:   General Practitioner, General Medical Services Scheme Castleisland, Co. Kerry. (Post held under GMS Contract) SWMDS79506 The GMS Panel has 662 patients, approximately. The GMS Scheme provides for the provision of medical care at general practitioner level for medical card patients. Full details…

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The FDA must earn trust on AI in product reviews

Jennifer Goldsack , 2025-05-16 08:30:00 In an industry known for its caution, the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to rapidly deploy generative AI across all medical product review offices by the end of June is a rare and seismic move. It’s bold. It’s ambitious. And if implemented well, it could mark the beginning of a desperately needed…

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Polio outbreak declared in Papua New Guinea

, 2025-05-16 08:31:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said. Poliovirus, most often spread through sewage and contaminated water, is highly infectious and potentially fatal. It can cause deformities and paralysis and…

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Wuxi Biologics completes first commercial PPQ campaign at 15,000L production line in Hangzhou site

, 2025-05-16 04:53:00 WuXi Biologics (“WuXi Bio”), a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), announced the successful completion of the first commercial project Process Performance Qualification (PPQ) campaign for its three sets of 5,000L single-use bioreactors (SUBs) in the second drug substance line of its MFG20 facility at the Hangzhou site. The…

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Med Students Prepped to Care for Patients With Disabilities?

, 2025-05-16 07:55:00 Medical school graduate Eshani Kishore never received any formal education in how to treat patients with disabilities, considered one of the largest minority groups in the nation. “If we were more broadly prepared through formal disability education to interact with these patients, then the patients would almost certainly experience better health outcomes,”…

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An illness that could save your life

Editorial Staff , 2025-05-16 06:00:00 Many people with Barrett’s Oesophagus have never heard of it and don’t know they have it but getting a diagnosis could save them from cancer in the future It is estimated that 35,000 adults in Ireland may have a condition called Barrett’s Oesophagus, an inflammatory disease that affects the lining…

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Imlunestrant Benefit Holds After CDK4/6 Therapy Progression

, 2025-05-16 05:55:00 Combination therapy with imlunestrant and the CDK4/6 inhibitor abemaciclib led to a significant progression-free survival (PFS) benefit compared with imlunestrant alone in women with estrogen receptor (ER)–positive and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–negative advanced breast cancer who had experienced disease progression following CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy, according to a subgroup analysis…

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FDA commissioner: New vaccines guidance coming in weeks

Lizzy Lawrence , 2025-05-15 16:21:00 WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency is planning to unveil new guidance for vaccine makers, focused primarily on Covid-19 shots, in the coming weeks.  “We want to be very transparent, and we want to create a framework for vaccine makers that they can use…

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An overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring during states of heightened attention

, 2025-05-15 21:15:00 Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown in mice that brain cells known as astrocytes are required for a signaling chemical called norepinephrine to modify brain activity, changing the textbook understanding that norepinephrine acts directly on neurons. Above, a mouse astrocyte labeled with a fluorescent green marker. Credit: Yifan Wu Researchers at Washington…

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Disparities in access to novel infusion treatment for Alzheimer’s disease revealed

, 2025-05-16 03:25:00 Adoption of lecanemab, a novel infusion treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has been disproportionately higher among patients who are male, white, from urban areas, and have higher socioeconomic status, new research suggests. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed JAMA Network Open, highlight how certain populations are more likely to access potentially breakthrough…

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FDA Okays Belzutifan for Pheochromocytoma or Paraganglioma

, 2025-05-15 12:43:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved belzutifan (Welireg, Merck) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years or older with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL). It is the first US approval of “an oral therapy for PPGL,” the FDA said in a press release. The…

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Astrocytes found to drive brain rewiring during attention states

, 2025-05-16 02:18:00 Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have upended decades-old dogma of how connections between brain cells are rearranged during states of heightened vigilance or attention. The team found that a brain chemical associated with alertness, attention and learning alters brain connectivity and function not by acting directly on…

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Why Workflow Chaos Is Undermining Care – and What Providers Can Do About It.

wlim , 2025-05-15 11:45:00 Every minute matters in healthcare. Outdated systems and disjointed workflows can stall the flow of critical clinical information. Today’s providers often face the challenge of retrieving vital data locked in isolated platforms—a process that delays important decision-making and overburdens their already packed schedules. Addressing these challenges is about more than system…

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Enteral tube feeding in people with advanced dementia

Nathan M Stall, Kieran L Quinn, Jenny T van der Steen, Johanna Trimble, A Mark Clarfield, Susan L Mitchell , 2025-05-15 11:51:00 Nathan M Stall, geriatrician, general internist and health services researcher focused on ageing, long term care, dementia, and family caregiving123, Kieran L Quinn, palliative care physician, general internist and health services researcher focused…

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GOP poised to cut billions in health benefits

, 2025-05-16 00:50:00 The host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…

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