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(MedPage Today) -- Evidence continues to grow that patients with Crohn's disease should be aggressively treated with advanced therapy as early as possible after diagnosis, rather than first turning to less-powerful corticosteroids. Still, many...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The suspect in a fatal shooting Tuesday inside a Delaware hospital has been taken into custody in Philadelphia, officials said. The 23-year-old man is expected to be charged in the shooting at Wilmington Hospital and extradited...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Brain tumors diagnosed in 11 nurses at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in suburban Boston were not caused by any exposures to chemicals, radiation, or anything else at...
Read full article →The average number of issuers fell from a record high of 9.6 per state in 2025 to just nine this year, according to the health policy research group.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of an advisory committee meeting this week, FDA reviewers raised no serious efficacy or safety concerns about Moderna's mRNA flu vaccine candidate for adults 50 and older, which has the potential to become the first such...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus in early May from a quarantine facility in Nebraska -- despite a federal medical review that said there's no...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Legal and public health experts expressed concern about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s scrutiny of a medical journal's decision to remove a study that purportedly suggested an increased incidence of sudden infant death...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Adults with prediabetes randomized to a lifestyle intervention had a significantly lower risk of developing multiple chronic conditions over time compared with a placebo group, a benefit not seen among those assigned to metformin...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA informed healthcare providers about disruptions in the supply of stereotactic breast biopsy needles that will likely persist through March 2027. According to the agency, the disruption is expected to impact patient care...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Looking back at the cheeses I ate as a kid, I mainly remember bright orange cheddar, monterey jack, and powdery parmesan from a metallic green cylindrical can. And, at parties hosted by my grandparents, rubbery string cheese...
Read full article →The cardiac monitoring company said that a threat actor has demanded payment in exchange for not publicly releasing the stolen data.
Read full article →The proposed change adds Medicare coverage for beneficiaries with asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis who are enrolled in a CMS-approved study.
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