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Medicare Funds in GOP Crosshairs; Trump Orders Biden Inquiry; Shift in Norovirus

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Senate Republicans are considering federal spending cuts to Medicare. (The Hill) HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

A cautious culture cost Novo its obesity lead

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An accidental email, Covid confusion, & how Novo fell behind

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Pushes Forward

(MedPage Today) -- Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation has been slowly gaining momentum for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but access is still a challenge.

Easing Airway Assaults in COPD

(MedPage Today) -- Both indoor and outdoor air quality impact chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which opens up a large avenue to work with patients to improve their outcomes.

Exclusive: OpenEvidence’s new JAMA deal & Medicare’s DC tech party

In this edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: OpenEvidence's new deal with JAMA (exclusive), Medicare's DC tech party, and more.

STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Novo Nordisk’s cautious culture, FDA approvals, and more

In the late 2010s, Novo Nordisk shelved a weekly obesity treatment that targeted three hormones at once, though it caused notable weight loss in mice

Millions in west do not know they have aggressive fatty liver disease, study says

Research finds more than 15m in US, UK, Germany and France with MASH have not been diagnosedMore than 15 million people in the US, UK, Germany and France do not know they have the most aggressive form

Embryo ‘adoption’ answered these families’ prayers. The Christian right is using them to attack IVF

By casting excess embryos as ‘little frozen orphans’, these programs appeal to infertile US Christians – and push an alarming view of personhoodAs soon as they arrived home, Tyler, seven, and Ja

STAT+: MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is for sale? This sounds like a cry for help

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics is for sale? This sounds like a cry for help, STAT's Adam Feuerstein writes.

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