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STAT+: Will Novo Nordisk’s slashing of obesity drug prices save patients’ money? It depends
Novo Nordisk made headlines Tuesday by announcing it would slash the list prices of its GLP-1 drugs and arguing that doi…
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STAT+: Drugmakers lay out their legal arguments against Trump’s drug pricing experiments
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical and biotech industries are pushing back against two Trump administration proposal…
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STAT+: Novo reports ‘triple G’ obesity drug study results
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Rise of NPs Leads to More Advanced Certifications
Much of the growth among the nurse practitioner workforce is expected to be in emergency medicine and more complex clini…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an FDA plan for ultra-rare drugs, Novo cutting GLP-1 drug prices, and more
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. And it is getting off to a good start here on the Pharmalot ca…
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The Time Burden of Cancer Treatment
Dr Kathy Miller discusses a recent study quantifying the hidden time burden of cancer care and its impact on clinic oper…
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Hepatitis B vaccine rates are dropping
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Fewer Newborns Receive Hepatitis B Vaccination
New data show newborn hepatitis B vaccination rates have dropped, raising concern over rising misinformation. <br /> <…
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PET/CT Can Catch Cranial GCA Missed by Doppler Ultrasound
Digital FDG PET/CT can pick up cranial giant cell arteritis that may be missed on ultrasound because of a lack of trunk …
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Hematology Advanced NPs Score High on Satisfaction
Hematology advanced nurse practitioners receive high satisfaction scores from clinicians and patients, although room for…
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STAT+: Jeffrey Epstein’s tissue samples ignited a furor in the Harvard lab of George Church
Among several fridges inside the Harvard Medical School lab of renowned geneticist George Church is one devoted to housi…
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STAT+: Digital twins, the holy grail of preventative health, are still only a ‘Frankensteinian proof of principle’
Two decades ago, futurist Ray Kurzweil laid out a bold vision for next-generation medicine in his book “The Singu…
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STAT+: New treatment approach could give IBD patients hope, and be a bonanza for drugmakers
Finding the right treatment for someone with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis is more of an art than a scien…
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Opinion: It’s time for a new era of advocacy for physicians
Physicians are, by nature and necessity, advocates.
For many of us, advocacy happens within the walls of our office: …
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NPs Surpass Psychiatrists in Mental Health Prescribing
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants show an upward trend in prescribing mental health medicines for Medicare be…
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Youth With Developmental Disabilities Face Higher Mortality
Youth and young adults with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or cerebral palsy experience higher morta…
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NP-Led Triage Cut Wait Times, Not Patient Satisfaction
A nurse practitioner-led triage intervention reduces wait and total encounter times; however, it has no effect on patien…
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Dry Eye Disease May Occur Years Before Autoimmune Disease
Dry eye disease affects many people across different autoimmune diseases, ranging in prevalence from about 23% to 81%, a…
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Supportive vs Flat Flexible Shoes: No Hip OA Pain Difference
The use of stable supportive shoes does not reduce 6‑month walking hip pain in adults with chronic hip osteoarthritis mo…
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STAT+: In earnings call, Hims CEO addresses scrutiny of GLP-1 compounding
In the last year and a half, direct-to-consumer telehealth company Hims & Hers has become a leading voice in the debate …
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Federal Health Data Are Back Online; Docs Still Skeptical
Information has been restored after the federal government took health information and data websites offline last year —…
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US FDA Commissioner Makary Says FDA Supports mRNA Vaccines but US Taxpayers Should Not Bear the Cost
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary on Monday defended his agency's position and record on …
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STAT+: Bayer sues J&J over ‘false and misleading claims’ about competing prostate cancer treatments
Underscoring the high-stakes market for prostate cancer medicines, Bayer filed a lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson of l…
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STAT+: FDA unveils rules for bespoke gene therapies, predicting flood of rare disease applications
The Trump administration on Monday released detailed guidance for approving the first bespoke medicines crafted to …
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STAT+: Medicare’s AI ‘modernization’ project, and the Ohio hospital antitrust battle
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Attacks on Ukraine’s health care increased by 20% in 2025
<p>As Ukraine enters the fifth year of full-scale war, its people have endured the highest number of attacks on their he…
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Osimertinib Survival Data Reinforce Earlier EGFR TKI Gains
Dr Mark Kris examines new OS results for chemo plus osimertinib in EGFR-mutant NSCLC and how they align with survival ga…
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What’s at Issue in the FDA’s Request to Withdraw Avacopan?
European regulators are also conducting a review of avacopan. The issue appears to involve data from the pivotal ADVOCAT…
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Global commitment on display as countries negotiate key annex to the Pandemic Agreement
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded a weeklong round of negotiations on draft annex for Patho…
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Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau
WHO statement on a planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau.
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One in two people facing cataract blindness need access to life-changing surgery
The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to accelerate efforts to ensure that millions of people living w…
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Over four million girls still at risk of female genital mutilation: UN leaders call for sustained commitment and investment to end FGM
<h3>Joint statement by the UNFPA Executive Director, UNICEF Executive Director, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, U…
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Preventive cholera vaccination resumes as global supply reaches critical milestone
First preventive campaign in over three years launches in Mozambique, with others planned in Bangladesh and the Democrat…
Science
Four in ten cancer cases could be prevented globally
Up to four in ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Or…
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WHO launches 2026 appeal to help millions of people in health emergencies and crisis settings
The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its 2026 global appeal to ensure millions of people living in humanit…
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Communities unite to address stigma and discrimination affecting people with neglected tropical diseases
Marking World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that millions of people …
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WHO urges schools worldwide to promote healthy eating for children
Healthy food in schools can help children develop healthy dietary habits for life, according to the World Health Organiz…
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WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States
WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and th…
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Countries progress negotiations in support of WHO Pandemic Agreement
<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) Member States this week advanced their negotiations on the Pathogen Access and Be…
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WHO renews commitment to a leprosy-free world, spotlighting partnership and progress ahead of World Leprosy Day
<p>Access to treatment for leprosy is essential to global efforts to eliminate leprosy, says the World Health Organizati…
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