Pakistan begins last anti-polio vaccination drive of the year after surge in new cases / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Pakistani authorities on Monday launched the final nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of the year, aiming to protect 45 million children after more than two dozen cases of the potentially paralyzing disease were reported, officials said.
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Saturday, December 20, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 17154 / 3 stories in 2 months
CDC Ends Universal Hepatitis B Newborn Vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially rescinded its long‐standing recommendation for universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth. The change reflects new evidence and a shift toward individualized risk‐based immunization protocols, prompting hospitals and pediatricians nationwide to adjust their preventive strategies accordingly.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 1:22 pm / permalink 17075 / 8 stories in 2 months
Ronan Kelly: Christine Handy’s Award-Winning Breast Cancer Film Premieres in Dallas / OncoDaily
oncodaily - Ronan Kelly, Director of Precision Medicine and Scientific Discovery at Baylor University Medical Center, shared a post on LinkedIn: “It was a privilege to meet Christine Handy, executive producer of […]
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Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 5:23 pm / permalink 17042 / 3 stories in 3 months
FDA approves 1st gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome / Beckers
Ella Jeffries / beckershospitalreview - The FDA has approved Waskyra (etuvetidigene autotemcel), the first gene therapy for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare and life-threatening immune disorder. Waskyra is indicated for pediatric patients 6 months and older, as well as adults with Wiskott-Aldri…
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Monday, December 15, 2025, 2:21 am / permalink 16954 / 4 stories in 3 months
Zoliflodacin shows promise as single-dose treatment for gonorrhea
A Phase III trial has demonstrated that zoliflodacin – a single-dose oral antibiotic – is highly effective against drug‐resistant gonorrhea, offering an innovative solution to a mounting public health threat. The encouraging results suggest a potential game‐changer in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections.
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Saturday, December 13, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 16937 / 2 stories in 3 months
Mobile Health Tool May Improve Quality of Life for Adolescent and Young Adult Breast Cancer Survivors / American Association for Cancer Research
Kathleen Medora / aacr - SAN ANTONIO – A mobile health (mHealth) intervention for adolescent and young adult breast cancer survivors that offered tailored support by monitoring electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) significantly improved quality of life and symptoms relate…
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 16922 / 6 stories in 3 months
Menopausal Hormone Therapy May Not Pose Breast Cancer Risk for Women With BRCA Mutations / American Association for Cancer Research
Kathleen Medora / aacr - SAN ANTONIO – Using menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) was not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women with inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, according to the results of a matched prospective analysis presented at the San …
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 9:21 am / permalink 16921 / 3 stories in 3 months
King Charles III to speak about his cancer treatment, recovery on TV show / ABC News
go - King Charles III will speak about his cancer diagnosis and recovery during a TV broadcast on Friday as the monarch continues to use his personal story to encourage others to get the early screening that can boost their chances of survival
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 4:21 am / permalink 16916 / 4 stories in 3 months
Dueling Democrat, Republican ACA subsidy plans fail in Senate / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Dueling partisan proposals to address the expiry of the Affordable Care Act subsidies both failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday.
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Saturday, December 13, 2025, 3:21 am / permalink 16914 / 7 stories in 3 months
Tanning beds mutate skin cells far beyond the reach of ordinary sunlight, study shows / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Tanning bed use is tied to almost a three-fold increase in melanoma risk, and for the first time, scientists have shown how these devices cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire skin surface, reports a new study led by Northwestern Medic…
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 16910 / 2 stories in 3 months
Texas sues Epic over alleged EHR monopoly / Healthcare Dive
Emily Olsen / healthcaredive - The suit also accuses Epic of restricting parents’ access to children’s medical records. Epic called the complaint “flawed and misguided.”
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Friday, December 12, 2025, 11:23 am / permalink 16881 / 4 stories in 3 months
AHA President Rick Pollack to retire by end of 2026 / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - Longtime American Hospital Association President Rick Pollack will retire by the end of 2026, the organization announced on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 6:23 pm / permalink 16812 / 3 stories in 3 months
Novel Endocrine Therapy Giredestrant Improves Disease-free Survival Over Standard of Care for Patients With Early-stage Breast Cancer in Phase III lidERA Trial / American Association for Cancer Research
Kathleen Medora / aacr - SAN ANTONIO – The investigational, oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) giredestrant given as an adjuvant therapy showed significant improvement in invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) compared with the current standard-of-care endocrine ther…
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 11:22 am / permalink 16789 / 15 stories in 3 months
ACA approval hits new high as subsidies set to expire: 7 things to know / Beckers
Alan Condon / beckershospitalreview - Approval of the ACA recently climbed to a new high of 57% — driven largely by a surge in support among independents — even as pandemic‑era enhanced subsidies are set to expire Dec. 31 unless Congress acts, according to a survey published Dec. 8 by the Wes…
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Monday, December 8, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 16702 / 21 stories in 3 months
A single shot of HPV vaccine may be enough to fight cervical cancer, study finds / ABC News
go - A new study suggests a single HPV vaccination appears just as effective as two doses at preventing the viral infection that causes cervical cancer
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Monday, December 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 16678 / 3 stories in 3 months
CVS Health agrees to pay $37.8M to settle fraud allegations over insulin pens / Fierce
fiercehealthcare - CVS Health agreed to pay $37.76 million to settle allegations that it dispensed too many insulin pens to patients and improperly billed federal healthcare programs for those prescriptions.
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Monday, December 8, 2025, 12:21 am / permalink 16679 / 2 stories in 3 months
Will All Newborns Still Receive Hepatitis B Shots? A Committee’s Vote Will Tell. / NYT
Apoorva Mandavilli / nytimes - The federal vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is likely to decide on Thursday that the shots should be delayed for infants whose mothers test negative for the virus.
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Sunday, December 7, 2025, 10:22 am / permalink 16672 / 6 stories in 3 months
California Discourages Wild Mushroom Foraging After Fatal Outbreak / NYT
Hannah Ziegler / nytimes - Officials said one person was killed and 20 others were poisoned after eating death cap mushrooms, which look and taste like safe mushrooms but can cause liver failure.
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Saturday, December 6, 2025, 8:21 pm / permalink 16668 / 3 stories in 3 months
Startup Protego Bio Lands $130M for First-in-Class Drug’s Pivotal Test in Rare Plasma Disorder / MedCity
Frank Vinluan / medcitynews - Protego Biopharma’s lead program is a potential treatment for the rare disease light chain amyloidosis. The startup says the novel mechanism of its oral small molecule should have better outcomes than antibodies from AstraZeneca and Prothena that failed t…
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Saturday, December 6, 2025, 10:21 am / permalink 16661 / 2 stories in 3 months
Volcanic eruptions may have brought Black Death to Europe / Medical Express
medicalxpress - Previously unknown volcanic eruptions may have kicked off an unlikely series of events that brought the Black Death—the most devastating pandemic in human history—to the shores of medieval Europe, new research has revealed.
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 16655 / 3 stories in 3 months