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(MedPage Today) -- The following contains links to social media websites including Bluesky, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. How much liquid is actually in pediatric vaccines? Pediatrician Nicole Baldwin, MD, set the record straight...
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. Brad Pitt, the famed actor and film producer, recently shared that...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- U.S. poison centers reported a nearly fourfold increase in calls for liver injury from 2000 to 2024, with acetaminophen (Tylenol) identified as the most common substance implicated. (Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Nurses at an Iowa mental health facility sued their supervisors over repeated assaults by patients, alleging they knew about continued violence but did nothing to stop it. (The Gazette) The owner of a testing company in Oregon...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Whole Foods said some of Taylor Farms' jalapeño-containing dips, salsa, and guacamole that were recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination were sold...
Read full article →With the U.S. already facing a deficit of 86,000 physicians by 2036, healthcare cuts could push more rural hospitals to the brink of closure, according to a new study from staffing firm AMN healthcare.
Read full article →A sweeping list of law enforcement referrals for "potentially anomalous billing patterns" related to gender-affirming care for minors stem from a new commissioned analysis, which accuses healthcare providers and other groups of ideological capture and profiteering.
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Read full article →Special Medicaid programs in many states allow disabled people to work while receiving benefits, and most limit how much participants can earn and the assets they can hold. Some Iowans are pushing lawmakers to remove those limits, which they say…
Read full article →In this edition of STAT Health Tech: a deep dive into General Catalyst-backed Commure, and Medicare's tech incentives for AI devices.
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