Congress called for an ALS moonshot. The plan for it doesn't leave Earth ( www.statnews.com )
House panel passes bills to expand Medicare obesity drug coverage, cancer screening ( www.statnews.com )
CNN debate moderators could provide the cognitive tests that Biden and Trump have been avoiding ( www.statnews.com )
Oral ketamine tablets effective for treating depression, new study finds ( www.statnews.com )
Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancy ( www.statnews.com )
Among the causes of infant deaths, one increased the most: congenital abnormalities, which increased 22.9% in Texas in children between 2021 and 2022, while they decreased 2.9% in the rest of the country. That trend suggests that at least in some cases, parents were forced to carry a pregnancy to term while knowing their...
Supreme Court outlawed segregation of disabled people 25 years ago. But change has come slowly ( www.statnews.com )
Why the FDA will have a hard time properly regulating cannabis ( www.statnews.com )
This federal rule didn't stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed? ( www.statnews.com )
Walgreens executive says it is 'doubling down' on recruiting customers into clinical trials ( www.statnews.com )
Biden and Trump are fighting to claim credit for $35 insulin. It was actually a pharma giant’s idea ( www.statnews.com )
The fight over medical abortion has worsened pregnancy care ( www.statnews.com )
Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead? ( www.statnews.com )
House Republicans press for new guardrails on 'gain-of-function' research by NIH ( www.statnews.com )
Melinda French Gates, going solo, aims to influence reproductive rights in the U.S. ( www.statnews.com )
Bernie Sanders calls vote to subpoena Novo Nordisk U.S. head over Ozempic, Wegovy prices ( www.statnews.com )
A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine ( www.statnews.com )
Smoke exposure from California's wildfires linked to 52,000 early deaths, study says ( www.statnews.com )
Palliative care for cancer patients is found to be as effective given virtually as in person ( www.statnews.com )
Comfort can be delivered to patients with advanced cancer virtually just as well as in person, according to a new study presented on Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago....
Many docs who tweeted product endorsements also took money from manufacturers, analysis shows ( www.statnews.com )
Drug treatment that insists on abstinence? Federal agencies are just saying no ( www.statnews.com )
FDA approves Moderna’s RSV vaccine, its second licensed product ( www.statnews.com )
Heat waves associated with increased risk of preterm birth in the U.S. ( www.statnews.com )
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and more intense, posing more of a health risk around the world. High temperatures can be deadly, and are especially dangerous for those with cardiovascular and chronic disease — but they begin affecting human lives even before birth....