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In 2022, the Biden administration set in motion a study on the effects of drinking, with extensive international participation by researchers from the U.S., Canada and the U.K. After years of research, the study authors were informed by the Trump administration last year that it did not plan to publish the results, with some blaming...
Read full article →The Cleveland Clinic pledged $2 million in care for people who detransition after receiving gender-affirming care as minors under a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), becoming the second major health system to cut a deal with the Trump administration. Under the deal, which the DOJ announced Friday, Cleveland Clinic will offer detransition services to all patients, regardless of...
Read full article →The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday added bemotrizinol to the list of permitted sunscreen active ingredients, the first such addition since the late 1990s. Bemotrizinol provides protection against ultraviolet A and B rays and has low levels of absorption through the skin into the body, according to an FDA release. The FDA considers...
Read full article →Concerns over the spread of the New World screwworm are growing after multiple new cases were confirmed on Monday, and as state and federal officials ramp up efforts to contain the parasite.
Read full article →SOC 2, HITRUST, and BAAs should be treated as starting points, not trust signals. They tell you what a vendor claims about its controls. They do not tell you whether those controls are actually working today or whether the evidence behind the attestation was real. The post Healthcare’s Assurance Infrastructure Is Broken. The Compliance Industry Built It That Way appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →The true promise of AI lies not in autonomy of either the clinician or machine, but in a balanced collaboration that bolsters the strengths of each. The post Bridging Movement and Machine Learning: How Clinicians Can Harness AI in Practice appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →It’s not hard to understand why patients turn to social media for GLP-1 guidance. The healthcare system leaves a huge gap between getting a prescription and actually understanding how to use it well. The post GLP-1s Are a $70 Billion Market — So Why Are Patients Still Getting Medical Advice From TikTok Influencers? appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →GSK agreed to buy Nuvalent, a cancer drug developer, in a deal worth $10.6 billion, as the company continues its expansion in oncology
Read full article →In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Dexcom's CGM trial, udpates from Apple's annual developers' conference, and wearables.
Read full article →In a report published on the first anniversary of the Bethesda Declaration, 71 staffers write that they feel NIH leadership “largely ignored" their concerns.
Read full article →A suppressed federal alcohol report, an "inevitable development" for wearables data, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Only 50% of the public said they now trust health recommendations from the CDC, down from 77% in spring 2025, according to a poll conducted by the Harvard School...
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