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(MedPage Today) -- The news is full of predictions of the doomsday capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). One potential worry is the use of AI to design dangerous viruses. In fact, a recent article in Science showed that by using…
Read full article →It comes amid a broader crackdown on the ACA exchanges as the Trump administration continues its efforts to identify “fraud, waste and abuse” in federal programs.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- At the standard positivity threshold, fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is likely to miss more colorectal cancers (CRCs) and advanced precancerous lesions (APLs) in women versus men, a retrospective analysis suggested. Among...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Steven Quay, MD, PhD, a biopharma executive with no background in infectious diseases, is no longer being considered for director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (STAT) The CDC is allocating new...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Poor adherence to anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) remains a major limitation of existing therapies, a review of a large clinical database showed. Almost 40% of patients stopped treatment...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- An investigational vaccine targeting the Escherichia coli pathogens that commonly cause infections didn't show a protective effect in older adults, the phase III E.mbrace trial found. Among over 17,000 participants ages 60 and...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak have surpassed 9,000, with more than 4,300 deaths, as health authorities struggle to contain an outbreak spreading across seven provinces, according to government figures released Tuesday...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- A Wyoming microbiology graduate student from China has been arrested on accusations she poisoned the tea of a colleague who had pending patents and with whom she didn't get along, then tried to flee…
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Nearly 113,000 bottles of generic extra-strength acetaminophen (Tylenol) sold through Amazon were recalled over reports of discolored tablets, according to the FDA...
Read full article →Centene is the latest insurer to adopt a gold card program as states and the Trump administration push for prior authorization reform.
Read full article →The nonprofits will merge on Nov. 1 after securing approval from state regulators, the systems announced this week.
Read full article →Prosecutors say the company filled unnecessary prescriptions that fueled the opioid epidemic. A spokesperson for CVS said the company admitted to no wrongdoing and “strongly disagreed” with the case’s claims.
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