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(MedPage Today) -- Florida officials are plowing ahead with a proposal to roll back certain vaccine mandates for the state's ...

One GLP-1 Drug May Be Better Than Rivals for Glaucoma Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Use of the dual GIP/GLP-1 drug tirzepatide (Mounjaro, Zepbound) was associated with a significantly reduced risk of ...

Doctor strike during flu outbreak would be ‘beyond belief’, says Starmer

EPASir Keir Starmer has urged resident doctors not to go ahead with "reckless" strikes planned for next week, saying it ...

Why are sperm donors having hundreds of children?

James Gallagher,Health and science correspondentandCatherine Snowdon,Health reporterGettySome men are having vast numbers of children through sperm donation. This week the ...

Survival Is Possible With Resuscitation in Some Extremely Premature Infants

(MedPage Today) -- More than a third of resuscitated infants born alive at 21 weeks' gestational age -- an age ...

CDC Says Kids’ COVID Shots Reduced Emergency Department Visits

(MedPage Today) -- COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season provided protection against COVID-associated emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits ...

Anticoagulant Reversal Drug Pulled From U.S. Market

(MedPage Today) -- Andexanet alfa (Andexxa) will officially be taken off the U.S. market this month as an emergency reversal ...

Study Makes the Case for Replacing Annual Breast Cancer Screening

(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Risk-based breast cancer screening proved noninferior for detecting clinically significant tumors in a randomized ...

Some Health Plans Automatically Downcode Office Visit Claims

(MedPage Today) -- Several insurers are automatically downcoding -- and, therefore, paying less for -- claims for non-procedural office visits, ...

Myasthenia Gravis Gets a New Drug Approval

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA expanded the indication of inebilizumab (Uplizna) to include generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG), Amgen announced Friday. ...

Australia social media ban: Why isn’t gaming included?

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent , PerthGetty ImagesCritics say gaming platforms should be included in Australia's ban on social media for under-16sWednesday ...

The King’s Cancer Speech; Multiple Studies Retracted; Mass Sperm Donor Had TP53 Gene

(MedPage Today) -- King Charles III shared a personal message about his experience with cancer and encouraged others to get ...

Lowering FDA’s Drug-Approval Standards Is a Lose-Lose

(MedPage Today) -- Last week, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, MPH, announced plans to officially lower the standard for how ...

More Support for Omitting Lymph Node Biopsy in Low-Risk Early Breast Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- SAN ANTONIO -- Many patients with early breast cancer can safely skip sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), ...

What Trump’s Cognitive Tests Can — and Can’t — Reveal

(MedPage Today) -- In a late-night keyboard marathon this week, President Donald Trump fired off a post on Truth Social ...

Mounjaro Cleared for Type 2 Diabetes in EU Children

The move broadens treatment choices for pediatric patients aged 10 years and older whose diabetes remains uncontrolled with existing therapies. ...

Novel Therapies in IgA Nephropathy Bring New Options, and New Questions

(MedPage Today) -- Clinicians face exciting new options in immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, with recent accelerated FDA approvals and positive ...

Targeted Therapy Nears EU Approval for Obstructive HCM

Trial results showed improvements in symptoms, exercise capacity, and left ventricular outflow obstruction. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/targeted-therapy-nears-eu-approval-obstructive-hcm-2025a1000yz1?src=rss ...

EMA Rejects Alzheimer’s Drug After Trial Falls Short