March 4, 2026
(Retraction Watch) – A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, … Read More
March 4, 2026
(The Hill) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday sent 30 telehealth companies warning letters about their “illegal” sales of compounded GLP-1s, building off increasing pressure to tamp down on the sale of these unapproved medications. According to … Read More
March 4, 2026
(PBS) – Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable … Read More
March 3, 2026
(NYTs) – Spartanburg County in South Carolina is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. One school has a vaccination rate of 21 percent. By Tuesday, the outbreak centered in Spartanburg County had grown to 990 cases, mostly … Read More
March 3, 2026
(NPR) – Ivermectin is now making a comeback, after its use receded in the waning years of the pandemic. Now, especially in conservative political circles, its reputation keeps growing as a kind of cure-all for various ailments, and even for … Read More
March 2, 2026
(The Guardian) – ChatGPT Health regularly misses the need for medical urgent care and frequently fails to detect suicidal ideation, a study of the AI platform has found, which experts worry could “feasibly lead to unnecessary harm and death”. OpenAI … Read More
March 2, 2026
(New York Times) – Nearly all Medicare hospice patients receive care in their residence. So, as is standard, we enlisted the services of a Medicare-approved hospice agency. We soon encountered a harsh reality, however. Dying at home isn’t easy, even … Read More
March 2, 2026
(New York Times) – Citing rising costs and shortfalls in federal support, about 20 states are toughening eligibility requirements for patients in drug assistance programs. Tens of thousands of Americans are losing access to treatment for H.I.V. as nearly 20 … Read More
March 2, 2026
(New York Times) – It’s unsurprising that someone with Mr. Epstein’s wealth and elite connections would receive white-glove service from concierge doctors and V.I.P. treatment at major hospitals. But the new documents reveal how some of his doctors bent or … Read More
March 2, 2026
(WSJ) – A blood test that can tell if you have cancer? A flurry of such tests that look for multiple cancers with a prick are in various stages of development. The one that is furthest along, Galleri, was recently … Read More
March 2, 2026
(Axios) – New doctors are increasingly moving away from specializing in infectious diseases as the prevalence of vaccine-preventable illnesses like measles and whooping cough ticks up. Why it matters: The Trump administration’s cuts to public health funding and its overhaul … Read More
February 27, 2026
(New York Times) – Subtle signs of mental distress often emerge before severe symptoms. On the latest season of the HBO Max hospital drama “The Pitt,” a law student named Jackson arrived in the emergency room in a state of … Read More
February 27, 2026
(AP) – The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, … Read More
February 27, 2026
(MedPage Today) – A first in-human, phase I trial examined feasibility as well as safety In-utero treatment of myelomeningocele, the most severe form of spina bifida, with allogeneic, live stem cells was feasible and safe, a first in-human, phase I, … Read More
February 26, 2026
(NBC News) – Amid a rise in home births, mistrust between midwives and hospitals can put mothers and babies at risk. A growing number of women in the U.S. are opting to give birth at home: More than 50,000 had … Read More
February 26, 2026
(Washington Post) – AI didn’t replace me as a doctor. It made me better. The public is rightly wary about this new technology in health care. Its misuse can have serious consequences for patients, for example, by inappropriately denying care, … Read More
February 25, 2026
(NPR) – The Food and Drug Administration Monday unveiled the details of a new policy designed to make it easier and quicker for patients with very rare diseases to get cutting-edge treatments. The new guidance would enable the agency to … Read More
February 24, 2026
(KFF Health News) – As U.S. hospitals face an increasing risk of encountering measles, and pressure to immediately spot it, health care workers face an unusual barrier: Many don’t know what it looks like. “There’s a word, ‘morbilliform’ — it … Read More
February 24, 2026
(Science) – Large-scale study finds that simplifying delivery of prevention medication and improving connections to clinics is key As much progress as research has made against HIV, roughly 1.3 million people still become infected with the virus that causes AIDS … Read More
February 23, 2026
(BBC) – Emma Dyer remembers the moment she clicked “buy now” on a set of weight‑loss jabs she found online. She had no medical consultation, no ID checks, and no questions about her history of anorexia and bulimia. “It was … Read More
February 23, 2026
(WSJ) – Scientists developing a new underwear-able hope to do for gastroenterology what the Apple Watch did for cardiology This sensing device, which would have been impossible to make until very recently, sits at the intersection of some of the … Read More
February 23, 2026
(BBC) – A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, as well as bacterial lung infections, and may even ease allergies, say US researchers. The team at Stanford University have tested their “universal vaccine” in … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NYTs) – A closely watched clinical trial in Britain that screened blood for early detection of cancer did not show a reduction in diagnoses at later stages of the disease. A promising blood test aimed at early detection of cancer … Read More
February 20, 2026
(NBC News) – The research suggests that men’s immune systems have a better mechanism for shutting off pain, which could explain why women have more chronic symptoms. Historically, some doctors have dismissed these differences as women exaggerating their pain or … Read More
February 19, 2026
(New York Times) – Last summer, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he could tell that someone was having “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them. The nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, features mitochondria prominently in her … Read More
