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(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Adding encorafenib (Braftovi) and cetuximab (Erbitux) to FOLFIRI chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) as first-line treatment of BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer, according...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- Adding a novel cereblon E3 ligase modulation (CELMoD) drug to a standard multiple myeloma regimen significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) in a vulnerable population of patients with relapsed or refractory...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma," Cleveland Clinic hematologist Sandra Mazzoni, DO, and host John Mangels continue their conversations on communicating effectively and empathetically with patients facing a complex, chronic...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the oral antiviral agent ensitrelvir (Xocova) to help prevent COVID-19 in people ages 12 years or older who were exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, drugmaker Shionogi announced. Ensitrelvir is a SARS-CoV-2 main...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Novel saroglitazar significantly improved biochemical response rates in patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) who had an inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid or couldn't tolerate it, according to the EPICS-III...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to another all-time low last year, with one in 11 adults saying they were current smokers, according to new government survey data. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- She stays quiet because of her child, my patient tells me. But despite her passivity, her husband always manages to find something wrong with her. He shouts at ungodly volumes, threatening, "Don't make me do something to you...
Read full article →The Trump administration has finalized a rule that delineates key details for states in the nationwide rollout of work requirements in Medicaid.
Read full article →The state law, replete with restrictions on private equity investors' role in hospital ownership and influence, is the nation's first with an explicit ban on a wealth extraction tactic associated with recent high-profile health system bankruptcies.
Read full article →President Donald Trump has endorsed a decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to cut down the number of required vaccinations for children, directing federal agencies to align their policies with HHS' assessment.
Read full article →Global health foundation Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will invest $50 million to support development and initial clinical testing of Moderna's investigational vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, the deadly virus ripping through parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. If early data are positive, the funding would also support manufacturing and progression to later-stage...
Read full article →NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday demonstrated against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine center for American citizens exposed to the virus. The protests come two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of...
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