RFK Jr fires entire US vaccine committee
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues ...
Sildenafil During Labor Did Not Improve Perinatal Outcomes, Trial Data Show
(MedPage Today) -- Sildenafil citrate during labor did not improve perinatal outcomes potentially related to intrapartum hypoxia despite previous promising ...
RFK Jr. Ousts All of CDC’s Vaccine Advisors
(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he's disbanding the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ...
FDA OKs Another Monoclonal Antibody to Protect Against RSV in Infants
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved clesrovimab (Enflonsia) to prevent lower respiratory tract disease from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in ...
Cycling in Midlife Tied to Lower Risk of Dementia
(MedPage Today) -- Using physically active transportation modes in midlife -- particularly cycling -- was tied to lower dementia risk ...
Gen X, Millennials Face Higher Risk for Rare Appendix Cancer
TOPLINE:The incidence of appendiceal adenocarcinoma in the United States more than tripled among those born in 1980 and rose more ...
Kidney Transplants With Looser Donor Criteria Not Always Linked to Better Survival
(MedPage Today) -- Kidney donor criteria impacted recipient survival in the 5 years after transplant, especially for older patients, a ...
Kennedy Dismisses Entire US CDC Vaccine Panel, Replacing All 17 Members
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all members sitting on a U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
Georgia’s Experience Raises Red Flags for Medicaid Work Requirement Nationwide
(MedPage Today) -- Georgia's experiment with a work requirement for Medicaid offers a test of a similar mandate Republicans in ...
Modest Blood Pressure Reductions With DASH-Like Diet in Type 2 Diabetes
(MedPage Today) -- A modified DASH-style diet modestly reduced blood pressure (BP) for patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension, ...
Polypill Approved for Hypertension, Including as Initial Therapy
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a polypill containing telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide, known as Widaplik, for the treatment of ...
Spironolactone Offers No CV Benefit in Dialysis Patients
VIENNA — Spironolactone, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), does not reduce the rates of cardiovascular (CV) death or heart failure ...
NHS Blood Supplies Running Low Amid Donor Shortage
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has issued an urgent call for more blood donors “to stabilise the nation's blood supply,” ...
Scores of NIH Scientists Go Public in Declaring Dissent Over Trump’s Funding Cuts
(MedPage Today) -- In his confirmation hearings to lead the NIH, Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD, pledged his openness to views ...
The Self-Diagnosis Epidemic in Teens
(MedPage Today) -- "I was looking for people who had the same viewpoint, politically and socially. I was also looking ...
Martha Mills doctor’s failings ‘particularly grave’
Mills/Laity family photograph/PA WireMartha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021The failings of a doctor responsible for ...
Starlink satellites are leaking radio signals that may ruin astronomy
A batch of Starlink satellites launched on a Falcon 9 rocketSpaceX SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are leaking radio waves to such ...
Spironolactone Fails to Cut Serious Cardiac Events in End-Stage Kidney Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Daily treatment with a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist flopped for reducing serious cardiac events in kidney failure patients ...
NHS trust and manager guilty of failings
Alison HoltSocial Affairs Editor, BBC NewsReporting fromThe Old BaileyFigueiredo familyAlice Figueiredo made previous attempts to take her own life, the ...
More Kids Are Dying From Firearms in States With Less Restrictive Gun Laws
(MedPage Today) -- States with less restrictive gun laws after the 2010 Supreme Court decision that applied the Second Amendment ...
