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(MedPage Today) -- Like millions of soccer fans around the world, I was glued to many of the matches of the 2026 World Cup. The tournament reminded Americans of something the rest of the world has known for generations: Soccer is more than a game...
(MedPage Today) -- Public health response to measles outbreaks is an expensive endeavor. It cost almost $500,000 to contain a small, 10-case outbreak in the Denver area, requiring nearly 7,000 hours of labor to track exposed individuals who visited...
Public HealthThe increasingly popular coronary artery calcium scan is helpful in guiding statin use in only a small share of cases, new studies find.
Public HealthThe FDA has approved a life-extending treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer — the first such therapy to attack a genetic cause of the highly lethal malignancy.
Public HealthGSK's shingles vaccine, new financial investment in women's health, and more biotech news from The Readout
Public HealthIn this edition of STAT's AI Prognosis: A conversation with Insitro CEO Daphne Koller on artificial intelligence in drug discovery, and other health AI news.
Public HealthTwo U.S. measles deaths, the profit motive for women's health, and more Morning Rounds news today
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Country music superstar Dolly Parton, 80, died Tuesday after a brief battle with an undisclosed type of cancer, according to her family. She had also been dealing...
Public HealthAbout 14% of employers in the U.S. have already or plan to drop coverage of GLP-1 drugs in 2027, as companies see rising health care costs
(MedPage Today) -- The idea that herpes zoster (shingles) vaccination may have cardiovascular benefits was backed by the results of a natural experiment, researchers found. Investigators saw clear differences in patient outcomes between those...
Public HealthOxford researchers call shingles shot first vaccine protecting both heart and brain. Lower heart disease risk follows study showing reduced dementia risk.
Public HealthHigh cholesterol can be managed with medicine, but high Lp(a) levels, another common cardiovascular risk, cannot. Drugmakers are hoping to change that.
Public HealthWomen's health experts suggest a 'reverse pitch' approach to endometriosis, osteoporosis, and autoimmune treatments, stressing the profit potential.
Public HealthOpposition to abortion restrictions should focus on values, not statistics, writes David N. Hackney, author of “Impossible Choices.”
Public Health“Once medical aid in dying becomes available, the status quo changes,” writes Monika Piotrowska.
The differing patterns of BDBV glycoprotein seroreactivity observed between Beni and Mbandaka warrant further investigation into the epidemiological and immunological factors associated with this seroreactivity, including the epidemiological significance of baseline seroreactivity observed before vaccination. To our knowledge, these findings provide the first longitudinal human data describing BDBV glycoprotein seroreactivity following licensed Ebola virus disease vaccination in populations livi
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved nipocalimab (Imaavy) as the first treatment for warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA), the most common form of autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Approval of the immunoselective neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) blocker...
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved zanidatamab (Ziihera) plus tislelizumab (Tevimbra) and chemotherapy as first-line treatment for unresectable/metastatic HER2-positive gastroesophageal cancer. The approval stipulates use in adults with unresectable...
(MedPage Today) -- At least one in four former National Football League (NFL) players who died from 2016 to 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a retrospective study suggested. Among all NFL players who died from 2008 to 2021, the...
Public HealthSword Health, a digital health company, plans to acquire mental health services provider Headspace, according to a regulatory filing.
(MedPage Today) -- While one major multistate Cyclospora outbreak has been making headlines, there are at least six others simmering -- and the sources haven't yet been identified in those cases. Getting to the bottom of those outbreaks may...
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA authorized the Libre Duo 10 Day Continuous Dual Glucose-Ketone Monitoring System for people ages 2 years and older with diabetes, the agency announced Tuesday. As the first wearable device to track both ketones and glucose...
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational monoclonal antibody targeting dengue virus (Dengue-mAb) safely reduced viral loads and infection symptoms, according to a placebo-controlled phase II trial in India. Among 249 adults hospitalized with dengue...
(MedPage Today) -- People who took "gray market" compounded retatrutide, an investigational triple hormone receptor agonist, achieved less weight loss with up to 12 months of treatment than clinical trial participants, a preprint study suggested...
(MedPage Today) -- The NIH named John Gaitanis, MD, a pediatric neurologist with controversial views on autism, to lead the agency's child health institute. (Science) Age at menopause was associated with brain volume trajectory in a cohort study...
(MedPage Today) -- Cognitive dysfunction in people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) -- aka "lupus brain fog" -- was significantly relieved with the Alzheimer's dementia drug memantine in a small placebo-controlled trial. Twelve weeks...
(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration has doubled down on its efforts to discourage employers from seeking skilled foreign workers, including physicians, through the H-1B visa program, publishing a new draft rule on Tuesday. The proposed...
(MedPage Today) -- FDA 510(k) clearance was given to Tempus ECG-PH, an artificial intelligence (AI) software that interprets ECGs for signs of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Researchers also developed p-Cal, an AI-based screening tool for pericarditis...
(MedPage Today) -- Over the past week, there have been two large-scale decluttering events in my life. Longtime readers of this column will recall that my wife's family has a small house on a lake in central New Hampshire that's been in their...
Public HealthTwo unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, state health officials said Tuesday, the first measles-related deaths in the U.S. this year.