March 17, 2026
(WSJ) – The psychedelic-like anesthetic is at the heart of a booming online industry that promises relief from depression but has also led to harm Just a few years ago, ketamine had mostly a dual existence: as an anesthetic to … Read More
March 17, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Welcome to the golden age of gray-market drugs. Vyleesi has never been approved for men. Some clinics advertise that they’ll prescribe the drug to men off-label, but even that is often not necessary for men to get … Read More
March 13, 2026
(Straight Arrow News) – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend including a viral strain of the flu, subclade k, in vaccines beginning this fall. It’s something that the World Health Organization also suggested, as the … Read More
March 11, 2026
(New York Times) – Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake. With her modest white hair-covering and wire-rim spectacles, Melanskia is earnest, charming and quite convincing. She is also not real. … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator will leave the agency at the end of April, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: Vinay Prasad, director of FDA’s Center for … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk and Hims had clashed on and off for months as the telehealth firm marketed compounded versions of Novo’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug Wegovy Hims & Hers and the Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk have ended a bitter … Read More
March 9, 2026
(CNBC) – Eli Lilly on Thursday launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients. Lilly and its chief rival, Novo Nordisk, have moved to slash … Read More
March 5, 2026
(NPR) – Prices of common drugs for cancer, multiple sclerosis and other conditions can vary widely depending on the hospital where they’re administered, research firm 3 Axis Advisors said in a new report. Why it matters: Hospital pricing remains opaque, … 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
(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
(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
February 26, 2026
(WSJ) – The Danish drugmaker would take the lead in developing, manufacturing and commercializing any new drugs resulting from the deal Novo Nordisk struck a licensing deal valued at up to $2.1 billion to gain access to oral drug-delivery technologies … 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
(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
(NJ.com via Yahoo!) – Blonski didn’t know the contraception she’d taken for two decades may be linked to her health problems. She was unaware of the connection until very recently, following publicity around a March 2024 study in The British … Read More
February 18, 2026
(New York Times) – Moderna held further discussions with regulators and announced that the agency would accept the company’s application for approval of its flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology. The Food and Drug Administration reversed its decision on Moderna’s … Read More
February 18, 2026
(Washington Post) – Some critics and physicians said Elizabeth Bruenig’s second-person account of a mother confronting a child’s death from measles felt misleading once they learned the story was reported fiction. Bruenig’s stirring account of a mother’s experience learning her … Read More
February 18, 2026
(New York Times) – Some patients in a clinical trial of one new drug lost so much weight that they became concerned and dropped out. Recent top-line results from a recent trial on retatrutide, a compound that Eli Lilly is … Read More
February 16, 2026
(New York Times) – Aging means “becoming a target” of the industry, one expert said. After decades of debate, politicians of all stripes are proposing bans. Industry and academic research have shown that ads influence prescription rates. Patients are more … Read More
February 16, 2026
(Vox) – What if you lost weight and didn’t care — about anything? GLP-1s are relatively new and the industry is rapidly expanding, so we’re still learning more about their long-term effects. Users report fatigue and nausea as being quite … Read More
February 13, 2026
(Ars Technica) – The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as “unethical,” because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving vaccine against hepatitis B from some newborns in Guinea-Bissau, Africa. … Read More
February 12, 2026
(Nature) – Researchers identify genetic mutation in small group of people who developed the serious disorder after receiving the AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson vaccine. About one in 200,000 people developed vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT), as the syndrome … Read More
