July 25, 2024
(Reuters) – The backlash reflects growing fears in Canada over the use of narcotics in public spaces, encampments where drug use is seen as common, and the specter of needles in playgrounds. Some critics of the so-called harm reduction programs … Read More
July 25, 2024
(Axios) – Demand for flu shots is declining, particularly among some of the most medically vulnerable groups, raising concerns that the vaccines may be falling out of favor in a post-pandemic world. Why it matters: While uptake for flu shots … Read More
July 24, 2024
(KFF Health News) – Louisiana lawmakers have added two drugs commonly used in pregnancy and reproductive health care to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, a move that has alarmed doctors in the state. Mifepristone and misoprostol have many … Read More
July 24, 2024
(ABC News) – Twice-yearly shots used to treat AIDS were 100% effective in preventing new infections in women, according to study results published Wednesday. There were no infections in the young women and girls that got the shots in a … Read More
July 24, 2024
(MedPage Today) – The FDA has approved the first orally disintegrating birth control pill, the agency announced or window on Tuesday. Branded as Femlyv, the product uses active ingredients — norethindrone acetate (a progestin) and ethinyl estradiol (an estrogen) — … Read More
July 23, 2024
(KFF Health News) – Novo Nordisk and Lilly lump the compounders together with internet cowboys and unregulated medical spas peddling bogus semaglutide, and have high-powered legal teams trying to stop them. Novo Nordisk has filed at least 21 lawsuits nationwide … Read More
July 23, 2024
(Axios) – A Pfizer-led effort to develop the first new Lyme disease vaccine in more than two decades passed a key milestone last week, putting the drug on a timeline to potentially hit the market in 2026 if trial results … Read More
July 23, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – The drug middlemen that promise to control costs have instead steered patients toward higher-priced medicines and affiliated pharmacies—steps that increase spending and reduce patient choice, a House investigation found. The pharmacy-benefit managers, or PBMs, have devised … Read More
July 22, 2024
(New York Times) – The chief executive and a lead scientist stepped down weeks after a federal grand jury filed fraud charges against a research collaborator. Two top officials at Cassava Sciences — a small pharmaceutical company in Austin, Texas, … Read More
July 18, 2024
(Vox) – If you believe the ads, energy drinks turn ordinary schnooks like you and me into lean, mean, git-her-done machines. They promise to give you wings, unleash the beast, make you the boss of time, and enable the crushing … Read More
July 18, 2024
(Aeon) – Selfishness channels ambition, envy drives competition, pride aids the win. Does it take a bad person to be a good athlete? Globally, there are 567 track and field athletes currently ineligible to compete in the sport due to … Read More
July 18, 2024
(BBC) – A drug has increased the lifespans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%, in a discovery scientists hope can slow human ageing too. The treated mice were known as “supermodel grannies” in the lab because of their youthful appearance. … Read More
July 17, 2024
(New York Times) – A large new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that vaccines reduce the risk of developing long Covid. Scientists looked at people in the United States infected during the first two years of the … Read More
July 17, 2024
(Wired) – Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are in shortage, and telehealth startups are selling “compounded” versions. A WIRED investigation looks at how easy it is to order these meds online. They’re the Taylor Swift Eras Tour of pharmaceuticals: Supply is … Read More
July 16, 2024
(Axios) – Childhood immunization rates plateaued last year, leaving 2.7 million more kids worldwide lacking the protection they need compared with pre-pandemic levels, according to the World Health Organization and UNICEF. Why it matters: Widening gaps in immunization coverage are … Read More
July 15, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Whether millions of people will be able to afford one of the hot new weight-loss drugs could hinge on whether they cure the sleep apnea of people like Damon Sedgwick. Sedgwick, a technology business analyst in … Read More
July 11, 2024
(Reuters) – Only one in four U.S. patients prescribed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss were still taking the popular medications two years later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims provided to Reuters that also showed … Read More
July 11, 2024
(Axios) – The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue the three biggest prescription drug middlemen for allegedly using negotiating tactics to steer patients to use more expensive drugs, including insulins, according to a source familiar with the matter. Why it … Read More
July 10, 2024
(New York Times) – In a report, the regulator sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, a turnaround from its longstanding tolerance of their practices. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, saying in a scathing 71-page report … Read More
July 10, 2024
(Nature) – Next-generation anti-obesity drugs such as Wegovy can melt away weight — but they can also cause intolerable nausea. Now scientists have pinpointed a brain pathway that is involved in this common side effect, raising the prospect of effective … Read More
July 10, 2024
(Foreign Policy) – A mixture of unintended consequences and indifference has left China playing a significant role in America’s fentanyl crisis. This has become a point of heated contention between Beijing and Washington. U.S. politicians accuse China of deliberately stoking … Read More
July 10, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Longevity has officially become a competitive sport. Welcome to the “Rejuvenation Olympics.” In this contest founded by tech entrepreneur and longevity bro Bryan Johnson, anti-agers take their health obsession to new levels. Just not dying isn’t … Read More
July 9, 2024
(Axios) – Two of the buzziest technology trends in health care — artificial intelligence and weight-loss drugs — appear to be converging as companies increasingly scope out the potential to capitalize on both. Why it matters: Some companies tell Axios the explosive … Read More
July 9, 2024
(Christianity Today) – Francis Collins, the former longtime head of the National Institutes of Health and founder of BioLogos, has seen deaths in his work as a physician and researcher. But some of those have been personal: He watched his … Read More
July 5, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – China is taking tentative new steps to help disrupt the global supply chain fueling the opioid crisis after intensifying criticism from the U.S. that its chemical factories are partly responsible for the deadly scourge. After a … Read More
