Will the Trump Administration Be a Dangerous Ally to the Wellness Industry? Several nominees may pose a threat to evidence-based public health Jan 03, 2025
5 Things We Know and Still Don't Know About COVID, 5 Years After It Appeared A look at a half decade of SARS-CoV-2 Jan 02, 2025
Glutamatergic Medications Show Promise for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Treatments led to lower severity scores, meta-analysis suggests Jan 02, 2025
Older Immunocompromised Folks May Need More From RSV Vaccines Limited seroconversion and preF IgG fold rises observed Dec 31, 2024
Weirdest Medical Cases of 2024; CDC Sees Concerning H5N1 Changes; The King's Speech Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 27, 2024
Vaccine Injury Claims Spiked During COVID Only 3% of decided claims under countermeasures program were eligible for compensation Dec 24, 2024
Doc Suspected in Mass Killing; Vaccine Injury Claims Spike; Iowa Has First H5N1 Case Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 23, 2024
Electronic Sepsis Alerts; Reducing Plaques in Coronary Arteries Also in TTHealthWatch: electronic nudges for flu shots Dec 21, 2024 podcast
Public Health Experts Decry Louisiana's Ban on Vaccine Promotion Doctors need to "stand up" for their patients' health, they say Dec 20, 2024
Flu Season Is Underway, as Cases Surge in Some Areas and Vaccinations Lag Thirteen states reported high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week Dec 20, 2024
The Lifesaving Legacy of Vaccines Perri Klass, MD, on vaccine milestones, evolving risks, and how public health protects kids Dec 20, 2024 video
State Bars Health Workers From Pushing COVID Vax; Cold Deaths; Marburg Outbreak Ends Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 20, 2024
Serious Catheter Recall; Justice Department Sues CVS; 2025's Health Theme Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 19, 2024
Ring Vaccination During DRC Ebola Outbreak Reinforces Vaccine Efficacy No safety concerns seen with vaccination Dec 18, 2024
What Americans Think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and His Health Stances Is there support for his views? Dec 18, 2024
Trump Says He'll Preserve Access to Polio Vaccine, Equivocated on Other Shots President-elect also pledged to look at bringing down the costs of pharmaceuticals Dec 16, 2024
Newer Diabetes Drugs Still Under-Prescribed in High-Risk Patients Cost, insurance coverage likely play outsized role Dec 16, 2024
Trump Picks Should 'Steer Clear' of Undermining Polio Vaccine, Mitch McConnell Says Senate Republican leader's statement appears to be directed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dec 16, 2024
The FDA Hasn't Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw With a potentially deadly recall, case highlights shortcomings in overseas drug manufacturing Dec 15, 2024
Pharmacists Can Address Gaps in Long-Acting PrEP Care for HIV Administrative barriers pose challenges, but healthcare providers are major influences Dec 13, 2024
Turns Out That Biosimilars Do Impact Biologic Drug Costs Leading adalimumab brand still dominates market, but net spending plummeted Dec 13, 2024
FDA Advisors Say More Data Needed for RSV Vaccines in Young Kids A "very complicated situation" after mRNA vaccine trial was halted, expert says Dec 13, 2024
Health Claims of These Popular Supplements Have Little to Back Them Up Dietary supplements cited research that did not evaluate clinical outcomes Dec 13, 2024
Growing Price Tag Reported for Newer De Facto Stroke Lytic Tenecteplase is cheaper and easier to administer, says researcher Dec 12, 2024
Trump Nearly Backed 16-Week Federal Abortion Ban And other highlights from president elect's interview with Time magazine Dec 12, 2024
Cancer Patients Who Completed Medication Survey Received More Help From Pharmacists Study assessed pharmacist interventions for adverse events Dec 11, 2024
Some Kratom Products Contain Lead at Dangerous Levels for Children Herbal substance also may pose risks to women of child-bearing potential Dec 10, 2024
Arrhythmia Risk of Lamotrigine Questioned by Observational Data Two cohort studies didn't find significantly greater risk than other drugs in epilepsy Dec 10, 2024
One in Six Adults With Asthma Didn't Adhere to Meds Due to Cost They also had higher odds of having asthma attacks and emergency room visits Dec 09, 2024
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.'s Watch Some experts fear he could "make America sick again" Dec 09, 2024
RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud? Health news and commentary gathered by app staff Dec 09, 2024
Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for COVID Billing complexities and patient skepticism partially to blame Dec 05, 2024
Nearly 30% of U.S. Drugstores Closed in One Decade, Study Shows Black and Latino neighborhoods were most vulnerable to closures Dec 04, 2024
Hello Buprenorphine, Step Into My Practice It's time for the medical field to reduce OUD stigma and embrace this essential medication Dec 03, 2024
Better Drugs Through AI? What Machine Learning Can Teach Big Pharma. Companies promising to speed up drug discovery by using machine learning to analyze huge datasets Dec 03, 2024
Fauci Facepalms Won't Cut It in the Second Trump Administration Consider what's at stake when leaders in medicine simply watch from the sidelines Dec 02, 2024
A Twice-Yearly Shot Could Help End AIDS. But Will It Get to Everyone Who Needs It? Drugmaker to allow sale of generic versions in poor countries, but excluded most of Latin America Dec 02, 2024
Benefits of HPV Vaccination; Contraindications to Newer Obesity Drugs Also in TTHealthWatch: minimum effective dose of pneumococcal vaccines Nov 30, 2024 podcast
Measuring the Quality of Pain Management Fair and useful performance measures help ensure more appropriate treatment Nov 29, 2024