Lebrikizumab Wins FDA Approval for Eczema 38% of patients treated with IL-13 blocker achieved clear or almost-clear skin at 16 weeks Sep 13, 2024
Approved Liver Disease Drug Has No Clinical Benefit, FDA Panel Says Agency advisors put their foot down on shaky science for Ocaliva in primary biliary cholangitis Sep 13, 2024
HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV Sep 13, 2024
CDC: U.S. Falls Short in Improving QoL for Older People With HIV Addressing shortcomings will require moving "beyond clinical care," agency says Sep 13, 2024
Feds Rarely Punish Hospitals for Turning Away Pregnant Patients Inquiries are "slow, insufficiently staffed," and get pushback from hospitals, said one expert Sep 13, 2024
Nurses Blast Steward Health Care's Greed: 'It Ruins You' Steward CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, was a "no-show" at hearing, despite subpoena Sep 13, 2024
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier Sep 13, 2024
MedPod Today: Med Board Snubs New Law; Is Ketamine Addictive? AMR the Musical Bվ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Sep 13, 2024 podcast
Single Dose of Mpox Vaccine Series Appears to Give Partial Protection However, full two-dose vaccine series likely needed to curtail mpox resurgence, researchers say Sep 12, 2024
FDA OKs Software to Convert Apple AirPods Into Hearing Aids Designed for certain models, software can customize audio parameters Sep 12, 2024
Full Sequence of Missouri Patient's H5 Bird Flu May Not Be Available Still, CDC officials say virus appears related to strain seen in dairy cows Sep 12, 2024
Mental Health Parity Rule Lauded by Healthcare Groups Plans will be barred from using more restrictive prior authorization rules for mental health care Sep 12, 2024
FDA Warning on Hot Flash Drug Clinicians should perform liver blood tests before and during Veozah treatment Sep 12, 2024
More Women Had Their Tubes Tied After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned Biggest increases were in states that ban abortion Sep 12, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of IL-23 Drug to Ulcerative Colitis In trials, guselkumab more than doubled remission rates versus placebo Sep 12, 2024
Common-Ground Healthcare Policies Both Trump and Harris Can Support Can our future leaders place public health ahead of politics? Sep 12, 2024
Cardiologist Gets 4 to 8 Years; Nurse's Accused Killer Charged; Spine Surgery Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 12, 2024
Sports Doc Sex Abuse Probe; Corpse in Hospital Catering Oven; Herpes Vax Flop Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff Sep 12, 2024
Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told Attempts to recover organs from live donors "absolutely terrifying," House member says Sep 11, 2024
Circulating H5N1 Bird Flu Spotted by Wastewater Monitoring During Summer Signal has generally trailed off, but more sensitive method showed virus lingering in Texas Sep 11, 2024
Limits to Anti-Nausea Pill Coverage Wear on Cancer Patients and Doctors "This is sort of the dirty underbelly of the current healthcare environment," an oncologist said Sep 11, 2024
FDA Reviewers Skeptical of Ocaliva for Rare Bile Duct Disease Agency advisory panel to examine complicated efficacy data and liver safety concerns Sep 11, 2024
Doc Travels for Abortion Training; Families Wrongly Separated; Jail Opioid Success This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 11, 2024
What to Know About the Investigation Into Florida's Abortion Ballot Initiative Visits from state police are part of a probe into alleged petition fraud Sep 11, 2024
Abortion, COVID, and Obamacare Highlighted in Trump-Harris Debate Trump says he has "concepts and options" for fixing the ACA, but offers no specifics Sep 11, 2024
The Invisible Epidemic of Childhood Food Insecurity We can help ensure our pediatric patients have adequate nutrition to thrive Sep 10, 2024
Go After the Big E-Cigarette Makers, Not Vape Shops, House Members Tell FDA Lawmakers also queried officials about a menthol cigarette rule and labeling of milk alternatives Sep 10, 2024
Is Football Safe for Kids? At least seven kids have died while playing football so far this year Sep 10, 2024
U.K. Hospital Where Nurse Was Convicted of Murdering 7 Babies Faces Investigation Inquiry will look at systemic issues and failures, but not the legal basis for the convictions Sep 10, 2024
FDA Advisors Question Potential Role of Novel Oral UTI Antibiotic Concerns about patient selection, antibiotic resistance dominated the discussion Sep 10, 2024
What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage? Its disparate impact offers lessons in resource sharing and medical ethics Sep 10, 2024
Questions Linger About Missouri Patient Who Contracted Bird Flu Human-to-human transmission a key concern Sep 10, 2024
How Cannabis Laws and Mental Health Prescription Drugs Are Linked Study points to a decrease in benzodiazepine dispensing following cannabis legalization Sep 10, 2024 video
Weinstein's Emergency Condition; Georgia Doctor Killed in Crash; Cantaloupe Recalled Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff Sep 10, 2024
Did U.S. Government Play a Role in Remote Tribe's Widespread Illness and Cancer? Toxins are embedded in the soil, but no one can say what has caused such widespread illness Sep 10, 2024
Nurse-Supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Improved Sleep Outcomes Randomized trial shows insomnia severity scores improved at both 8 weeks and 6 months Sep 09, 2024
Experts Want FDA to Do More to Ensure Food Safety New food ingredients are a "complete black box," one expert says Sep 09, 2024
NIH Stops Havana Syndrome Study After Investigating Coercion Claims Regulatory, policy requirements not met, agency says Sep 09, 2024
Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda Sep 09, 2024
Dobbs Has Fundamentally Changed Obstetric Care, Study Finds Report details real examples of how abortion bans have led to poor medical care Sep 09, 2024