N.I.H. Director Will Temporarily Run C.D.C. in Leadership Shake-Up / NYT
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / nytimes - Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will serve as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until President Trump appoints a permanent director.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 7:22 pm / permalink 19391 / 5 stories in 26 days
F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine / NYT
Christina Jewett and Rebecca Robbins / nytimes - Moderna said it had held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 9:23 am / permalink 19353 / 11 stories in 26 days
Ocular Therapeutix Eyes FDA Filing After Wet AMD Drug Tops Regeneron’s Eylea in Phase 3 Test / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - In the first of two Phase 3 tests, Ocular Therapeutix’s Axpaxli met the main goal of helping maintain vision in patients with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. The Ocular drug was compared to Eylea, a blockbuster wet AMD drug marketed by R…
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 9:22 pm / permalink 19334 / 3 stories in 27 days
As some people push to make profound autism its own diagnosis, this family is raising twins with it / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Connor Murphy walked in circles around his dad, then flopped down on the kitchen floor, got up and walked in circles again.
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 19235 / 8 stories in 28 days
What to Expect at the World Cancer Congress 2026 – UICC / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) shared a post on LinkedIn: “The preliminary program for the World Cancer Congress 2026 – taking place in Hong Kong and hosted by UICC […]
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 2:22 am / permalink 19230 / 242 stories in 28 days
Destructive meningitis cases raise concerns about emerging pathogen / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Penn State College of Medicine is reporting on two cases of destructive infant meningitis linked to Paenibacillus infection, documenting severe neurologic injury and raising concerns about diagnosis and treatment. Reports from Uganda first linked these or…
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19222 / 2 stories in 28 days
Intermittent fasting probably doesn’t help with weight loss / New Scientist
newscientist - Intermittent fasting appears to be no better than doing nothing when it comes to helping people who are overweight or have obesity lose weight
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Monday, February 16, 2026, 12:21 am / permalink 19221 / 4 stories in 28 days
Can medical AI lie? Large study maps how LLMs handle health misinformation / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Medical artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as a way to make patient care safer by helping clinicians manage information. A new study by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators confronts a critical vulnerability: when a m…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19202 / 35 stories in 4 wks
Physicians are not 'providers': New paper says names in health care have ethical significance / Medical Express
medicalxpress - A new ethics policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) says the term "provider" should not be used to describe physicians, and using the blanket term undermines physicians' ethical responsibility, clinical integrity, and professionalism.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 pm / permalink 19201 / 6 stories in 4 wks
Physicians push back on Alabama robotic ultrasound proposal / Beckers
Mariah Taylor / beckershospitalreview - Alabama’s proposal to use robotic ultrasounds to close care gaps is being praised by national leaders but facing pushback from local physicians, KFF Health News reported Feb. 12. Alabama is facing above national average rates for infant mortality on top o…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19199 / 8 stories in 4 wks
Lilly appeals retatrutide classification ruling in case that could impact compounders / Endpoints
Alexis Kramer / endpoints - Eli Lilly is challenging a decision over how the FDA classified its experimental, next-gen obesity shot, in a case that could affect the ability of compounders to rival it. On Thursday, Lilly filed a notice ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 19191 / 15 stories in 4 wks
Extracorporeal liver cross-circulation using transgenic xenogeneic pig livers with brain-dead human decedents / Nature
Abraham Shaked / nature - Nature Medicine, Published online: 09 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04196-3In a study of four brain-dead human decedents, extracorporeal liver cross-circulation using genetically modified pig livers provides essential hepatic functions, supporting…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19188 / 4 stories in 4 wks
New FDA-Approved Device Uses Electric Fields to Treat Pancreatic Cancer / Discover
discovermagazine - Learn more about the newly approved wearable treatment that disrupts pancreatic cancer tumor growth while letting patients continue daily life at home.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 10:21 am / permalink 19187 / 12 stories in 4 wks
HPV cancer vaccine slows tumor growth and extends survival in preclinical model / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Throughout the past decade, Northwestern University scientists have uncovered a striking principle of vaccine design: Performance depends not only on vaccine components but also on vaccine structure. After proving this concept across multiple studies, the…
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 19182 / 5 stories in 4 wks
Cigna to lay off 2,000 workers worldwide / Healthcare Dive
Rebecca Pifer Parduhn / healthcaredive - Cigna’s layoffs follow other recent downsizing announcements from health insurers looking to cut costs during an era of heightened medical spending.
Saturday, February 14, 2026, 5:21 am / permalink 19181 / 2 stories in 4 wks
FDA clears 1st blood test for Alzheimer’s in primary care / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - The first FDA-cleared blood test to assess Alzheimer’s disease in primary care is now available for patients age 55 and older with symptoms of cognitive decline. The test aims to help clinicians rule out Alzheimer’s by identifying individuals unlikely to …
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 4:21 am / permalink 19180 / 18 stories in 4 wks
Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 19179 / 4 stories in 4 wks
Eli Lilly Expands Its In Vivo Ambitions, Acquiring Cell Therapy Startup Orna for up to $2.4B / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Orna Therapeutics brings Eli Lilly an in vivo cell therapy ready for Phase 1 testing as a potential treatment for autoimmune diseases. Lilly is now the latest pharma company to use M&A to enter this growing field, following deals made in the past year by …
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:21 am / permalink 19178 / 9 stories in 4 wks
Sanofi's Paul Hudson out, with Belén Garijo to step in as new CEO / Endpoints
Reynald Castañeda / endpoints - Paul Hudson is stepping down from his post as CEO of Sanofi, and his last day will be Feb. 17. The French drugmaker's board decided not to renew Hudson's mandate on ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19177 / 3 stories in 4 wks
FDA to reassess the safety of BHA, a preservative used in popular snack foods / ABC News
go - Federal health officials will reassess the safety of a chemical called BHA used in foods including potato chips, cereals, frozen meals and meat products
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Saturday, February 14, 2026, 1:21 am / permalink 19176 / 4 stories in 4 wks