March 14, 2024
(STAT News) – A new study suggests the antiviral drug obeldesivir may be effective in curing Ebola Sudan infections, for which there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments. Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston tested … Read More
March 14, 2024
(Nature) – India’s experience with mucormycosis reflects a broader diagnostic predicament: many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack even the most basic tools for detecting the fungal diseases that kill an estimated 2.5 million people each year. Misdiagnosis often leads … Read More
March 13, 2024
(STAT News) – As she predicted, Smith was forced to choose her medication over her job. Within weeks, she was late on rent for the apartment she’s lived in for over a decade. In the ensuing three months, Smith dutifully … Read More
March 12, 2024
(The Guardian) – Children who have gender dysphoria will no longer be given puberty blockers, NHS England has said, ahead of a radical change in how it cares for them. There is not enough evidence about either how safe they … Read More
March 11, 2024
(STAT News) – Hundreds of messages from an internal chat board for an international group of transgender health professionals were leaked in a think tank report last week and framed as revealing serious health risks associated with gender-affirming care, including … Read More
March 11, 2024
(Axios) – A pair of setbacks to drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and ALS on Friday served as another reminder that widely touted treatments for desperate patients aren’t necessarily a sure thing. Why it matters: Drugs are increasingly judged on the … Read More
March 11, 2024
(New York Times) – As millions of fentanyl-tainted pills inundate the United States masquerading as common medications, grief-scarred families have been pressing for a change in the language used to describe drug deaths. They want public health leaders, prosecutors and … Read More
March 8, 2024
(ABC News) – The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, which has helped millions of Americans shed pounds, can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who … Read More
March 8, 2024
(New York Times) – One of the few treatments the Food and Drug Administration has approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has failed a large clinical trial, and its manufacturer said Friday that it was considering whether to withdraw it from … Read More
March 8, 2024
(CNN) – “When I look around this room, I can’t help but wonder,” Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel joked at last year’s ceremony. “Is Ozempic right for me?” Celebrities’ use of a type 2 diabetes drug to lose weight had … Read More
March 7, 2024
(NBC News) – Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? Many worry, rightly, that they’ll regain weight and … Read More
March 7, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – More parents with young children are taking melatonin to sleep. And some of them are going to the emergency room after their children took melatonin accidentally. The number of children who visited emergency rooms for unsupervised … Read More
March 7, 2024
(STAT News) – A new monoclonal antibody product to protect against respiratory syncytial virus was 90% effective at preventing little children from being hospitalized with RSV, according to new data from the first season it was in use. (Read More)
March 7, 2024
(The Atlantic) – The disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now? After a year on Trikafta, Jenny told Teresa something that … Read More
March 7, 2024
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk told investors that an early-stage drug trial found that an oral version of the drug amycretin leads to users losing 13% of their body weight after 12 weeks of treatment. Novo Nordisk stock was up more … Read More
March 7, 2024
(KFF Health News) – Whether on Facebook or Instagram, patients and clinics alike are giddy about the possibilities. But it is a drug that can be abused and can be deadly. Thus, ketamine is the latest challenge for Meta, the … Read More
March 6, 2024
(Reuters) – Global health donors pledged nearly $600 million towards eliminating cervical cancer on Tuesday, at the first global forum dedicated to fighting the disease. The World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF … Read More
March 6, 2024
(Associated Press) – The co-founder of a specialty pharmacy that was at the center of a deadly national meningitis outbreak in 2012 pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan, authorities said Tuesday. (Read More)
March 6, 2024
(Wired) – A 62-year-old man in Germany decided to get 217 Covid-19 vaccinations over the course of 29 months —for “private reasons.” But, somewhat surprisingly, he doesn’t seem to have suffered any ill effects from the excessive immunization, according to … Read More
March 6, 2024
(Axios) – An FDA advisory panel on Tuesday voted unanimously for a recommendation that the agency adopt a modified flu vaccine for next fall that could make it easier for manufacturers to increase supplies. The big picture: The panel’s recommendation … Read More
March 5, 2024
(New York Times) – Ibogaine, a formidable psychedelic made from the root of a shrub native to Central Africa, is not for the timid. It unleashes a harrowing trip that can last more than 24 hours, and the drug can … Read More
March 5, 2024
(Undark) – When drugs get approved, it’s usually on the basis of how they function in adults. This holds true for nearly all conditions, including mental health disorders, cancer, and rare diseases. As a result, children are usually prescribed medication … Read More
March 5, 2024
(The Atlantic) – The drugs work as intended: as powerful modulators of appetite. But at the same time that they have become massive successes, the original science that underpinned their development has fallen apart. The fact that they worked was … Read More
March 5, 2024
(STAT News) – The opioid overdose epidemic has burned through the U.S. for nearly 30 years. Yet for all that time, the country has had tools that are highly effective at preventing overdose deaths: methadone and buprenorphine. These medicines are … Read More
March 5, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – Employers that embraced paying for weight-loss drugs are now reckoning with the high costs, forcing growing numbers to dial back or cut off their reimbursement because they can’t afford it. The companies are putting in place … Read More
