Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks / ABC News
go - Researchers are reporting what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy triggered by tick bites
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 1:21 am / permalink 15987 / 3 stories in 4 months
Preliminary case of bird flu in Washington state would be U.S.'s first in 9 months / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Health officials in Washington state say they have identified the nation's first human case of bird flu since February, pending confirmatory testing.
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15985 / 4 stories in 4 months
Historic government shutdown ends, leaving ACA subsidies in limbo / Healthcare Dive
Rebecca Pifer / healthcaredive - The House passed a stopgap funding bill and President Donald Trump signed it late Wednesday, reopening the government without a clear path forward on preserving enhanced subsidies for ACA plans — Democrats’ chief demand.
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Thursday, November 13, 2025, 1:23 pm / permalink 15939 / 11 stories in 4 months
Infant Formula Recall Expands as Botulism Outbreak Grows / NYT
Rylee Kirk / nytimes - Federal health officials said caregivers should stop using all ByHeart powdered formula products after 15 infants in 12 states were hospitalized.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 15905 / 3 stories in 4 months
Richard Pazdur Appointed Director of the FDA’s Drug Center: A New Chapter for Cancer Regulation / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Dr. Richard Pazdur, one of the most influential figures in oncology drug regulation, has been appointed Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and […]
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 6:22 am / permalink 15886 / 8 stories in 4 months
Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks / ABC News
go - International health experts say Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America
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Monday, November 10, 2025, 11:22 pm / permalink 15856 / 4 stories in 4 months
FDA rolls back warning labels on HRT products for menopause, citing misinformation / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - The action, announced Monday, follows a comprehensive review of scientific literature by an expert panel at the agency in July, as well as a public comment period, officials said. Pharmas are expected to update and reprint their product labeling to remove…
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Monday, November 10, 2025, 5:24 pm / permalink 15854 / 5 stories in 4 months
Infant Formula Recalled Amid Botulism Investigation / NYT
Amanda Holpuch / nytimes - Health agencies asked caregivers to stop using two batches of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after they found an increase in cases of infant botulism.
Monday, November 10, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15822 / 2 stories in 4 months
<![CDATA[Younger Age at Glomerular Disease Diagnosis Linked to Greater Lifetime Risk Despite Similar Progression Rates]]> / HCP Live
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 15810 / 3 stories in 4 months
Intensive blood pressure lowering could benefit almost all adults with hypertensive chronic kidney disease / Medical Express
medicalxpress - An analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) indicates that nearly all adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) would have benefits that outweigh the harm from a systolic blood pressure target of
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 2:22 pm / permalink 15802 / 2 stories in 4 months
#AHA25: Amgen’s cholesterol drug cuts first-time cardiovascular events by a quarter / Endpoints
Elizabeth Cairns / endpoints - Amgen on Saturday said its cholesterol-lowering drug Repatha cut cardiovascular events by 25% when added on top of standard therapy in high-risk patients who have never had a heart attack or stroke. Repatha is already ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 15793 / 13 stories in 4 months
FDA approves J&J’s Darzalex for smoldering multiple myeloma / Endpoints
Lei Lei Wu / endpoints - The FDA on Thursday approved Johnson & Johnson’s Darzalex injection for high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, a condition in which people have abnormal cells that could turn into myeloma but don’t have ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15786 / 3 stories in 4 months
Patient in Intellia CRISPR trial dies after being hospitalized with liver injury / Endpoints
Ryan Cross / endpoints - A man in his early 80s who was recently hospitalized with liver injury, a few weeks after receiving an experimental gene editing therapy, died on Wednesday ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15784 / 2 stories in 4 months
CMS unveils new Medicaid drug payment model / Endpoints
Max Bayer / endpoints - CMS plans to launch a new drug payment model for state Medicaid programs, the first of potentially multiple pricing models under President Donald Trump's "most favored nation" push that the pharma industry has been closely ...
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Saturday, November 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 15785 / 3 stories in 4 months
What Trump’s New Drug Pricing Deal Means for People With Obesity / NYT
Rebecca Robbins, Dani Blum and Margot Sanger-Katz / nytimes - The president’s agreement with drug companies involves a range of prices, depending on dose, product and how you’re paying.
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Friday, November 7, 2025, 11:57 pm / permalink 15780 / 6 stories in 4 months