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(MedPage Today) -- Michigan nurse Ashley Meyers was kicked out of a panel discussion featuring HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for interrupting him by shouting questions about healthcare affordability. (MLive.com) One doctor is accused of...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Trump administration is moving forward with a State Department plan to strip the CDC of its oversight on global health programs. (New York Times) Meanwhile...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- With a recent $2 million settlement, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has now pulled in tens of millions of dollars related to the decade-plus-old Boston Heart Diagnostics case, which centered around alleged kickbacks to...
Read full article →The drug middlemen lobby has had a busy week. It’s the second major lawsuit the PCMA has filed against a state law reforming the PBM industry since Monday.
Read full article →Employers are considering raising premiums and increasing other forms of cost sharing as they grapple with stubbornly rising health costs, according to a new survey from Mercer.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Cefazolin was effective for the treatment of bacteremia caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), findings of an international open-label platform trial showed. Among patients hospitalized with penicillin...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump's administration and others to limit gender-affirming care...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. In the hit TV show "Ted Lasso," there was an ongoing joke that the...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Treating opioid withdrawal with short-acting opioids showed a dose-dependent association with a reduction in early patient-directed discharge in hospitalized adults receiving medications for opioid use disorder (OUD), according...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved oral tebipenem pivoxil (Utebzi) as the first oral carbapenem antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the agency announced on Wednesday. Tebipenem pivoxil is indicated for complicated...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Science has always been political. From the people who have been allowed to dominate research and academic spaces, to the diseases we study and prioritize funding for. I am a soon to be third-year MD-PhD student. My doctoral...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Menopausal hormone therapy was associated with a reduced risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) among postmenopausal women in a retrospective cohort study. Among the 387 women analyzed, low BMD -- defined as osteopenia...
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