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Large European study underlines power of genomic sequencing to diagnose diseases
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‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS
Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains…
STAT+: Senate hashing out policy details on generics, PBMs, insulin
WASHINGTON — Senators are slightly delaying their latest legislative push on health care, but as they…
Juul agrees to pay $462 million to 6 states and D.C., and to share documents
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White House designates xylazine, better known as ‘tranq,’ as an emerging drug threat
The White House on Wednesday issued an unprecedented warning about xylazine, the veterinary tranquilizer increasingly…
STAT+: Sanders plans to haul insulin executives to testify in Senate
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to call the chief executives of the country’s largest…
White House plots strategy to counter abortion pill ruling
WASHINGTON — White House officials warned on Wednesday that access to nearly any medication is…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Where is PhRMA in the abortion pill debate? Most late-stage MS drug trials were never published
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Perfume component helps lure male moth pests
A small amount of a perfume component — nonanal — added to a traditional blend…
Opinion: Harvey Washington Wiley campaigned for food and drug safety in the early 20th century. Digital mental health needs its own Wiley moment
Prior to the early 20th century, America had no regulation of medications or food additives….
Wireless pacemakers may work for children with slow heart rhythms — but first, doctors need child-sized catheters
Pacemakers, relied upon by many patients with irregular heart rhythms, are not built for children….
A controversial hire at Arnold Ventures raises questions about the donor’s stance on addiction
A philanthropic giant’s recent hire of a researcher with controversial theories on naloxone access is…
Prenatal and early childhood nutritional exposures: a review of the developmental contributions to obesity – News-Medical.Net
Prenatal and early childhood nutritional exposures: a review of the developmental contributions to obesity News-Medical.Net Read…
Pregnant Rumer Willis bares baby bump in Bumpsuit campaign – Page Six
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Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion. One almost died. – The Washington Post
Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion. One almost died. The Washington Post Read…
‘Forced Pregnancy Act’: Florida Democrats file more than 50 amendments to six-week abortion ban – The Hill
‘Forced Pregnancy Act’: Florida Democrats file more than 50 amendments to six-week abortion ban The Hill…
What is Misoprostol? – The New York Times
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The Top 10 Best Summer Camps for Children in the US
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News in Brief 11 April 2023
China: UN rights chief ‘very concerned’ by sentencing of civil society activists New settlement opens…
Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians
The United Nations has denounced deadly airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Armed Forces which…
STAT+: Just how big of a pay bump do hospitals need from Medicare next year?
The federal government is proposing to give hospitals a 2.8% raise in their Medicare payments…
STAT+: How many? One-third of late-stage trials testing multiple sclerosis drugs were never published
The results from more than one-third of late-stage clinical trials that tested multiple sclerosis drugs…
STAT+: Oracle’s Cerner Enviza launches a new effort to use AI to study asthma drug safety
Cerner Enviza is partnering with health care AI company John Snow Labs to develop artificial…
New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia
As part of his “solidarity visit” to Somalia on Tuesday in the midst of the…
New findings that map the universe’s cosmic growth support Einstein’s theory of gravity
Research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope collaboration has culminated in a groundbreaking new image that…
Diverse teams survive longer when facing environmental changes
Researchers examined the interplay of environmental change and the internal and external conditions governing a…
Merons and antimerons
Sliding and twisting of van der Waals layers can produce fascinating physical phenomena. Scientists show…
Opinion: The mifepristone debacle is just the latest blow in an ongoing assault on the FDA’s authority
When legislators tour their home states and districts, private sector leaders often tell them: We…
UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts
The United Kingdom must ensure that all children seeking asylum are properly protected and put…
EPA proposes limits on carcinogenic gas used to sterilize medical devices
On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed new limits on the use of a carcinogenic…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pharma execs call for reversal of abortion pill ruling; U.S. to spend $5 billion to speed Covid-19 treatments
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STAT+: A biotech upstart takes on cancer by crowdsourcing the immune system’s natural killers
No two people have quite the same immune system. And while that fact can make…
Opinion: Current heat warning systems are woefully inadequate in an age of climate change
I’ve spent a decade studying the health impacts of extreme heat. In the communities I’ve…
6 burning questions about how the FDA will handle conflicting abortion pill decisions
A dueling pair of federal court decisions has thrown the fate of the abortion pill…
STAT+: ‘It was my call’: Stanford president defends decision not to correct key paper in misconduct investigation
Amid an investigation of alleged research misconduct, Stanford University’s president took responsibility in an email…
8 benefits of prenatal yoga for mom and baby – Sportskeeda
8 benefits of prenatal yoga for mom and baby Sportskeeda Read Original Article: 8 benefits of…
Study: Prenatal Supplements Fail to Meet Nutrient Needs – Medscape
Study: Prenatal Supplements Fail to Meet Nutrient Needs Medscape Read Original Article: Study: Prenatal Supplements Fail…
What happens when you’re diagnosed with cancer while pregnant? – ABC News
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News in Brief 10 April 2023
World must unite behind Afghan women and girls’ rights: UN deputy chief UN rights chief…
Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the … – Cureus
Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the … Cureus Read Original Article: Utilization of Complementary…
Avoyelles Virtual and Alternative Program wins calm room grant for mental health and suicide prevention – cenlanow.com
Avoyelles Virtual and Alternative Program wins calm room grant for mental health and suicide prevention cenlanow.com…
Where is PhRMA in the mifepristone debate?
WASHINGTON — A judge’s decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an…
New insights on brain development sequence through adolescence
Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental…
Early crop plants were more easily ‘tamed’
Borrowing a page from what we know about animal behavior, archaeologists say that we should…
Novel immunotherapy agent safe, shows promise against high-risk prostate cancers
A new drug, a monoclonal antibody known as enoblituzumab, is safe in men with aggressive…
Kids judge Alexa smarter than Roomba, but say both deserve kindness
Most kids know it’s wrong to yell or hit someone, but what if that someone…
Scientists advocate for integration of biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly respond to biodiversity loss
An interdisciplinary team of researchers is advocating for convergent research that integrates the fields of…
Scientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system
Astronomers have mapped the ‘disk winds’ associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a…
Shutting down nuclear power could increase air pollution
A new study shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of…
This elephant’s self-taught banana peeling offers glimpse of elephants’ broader abilities
Elephants like to eat bananas, but they don’t usually peel them first in the way…