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STAT+: Trump administration orders NIH to eliminate $2.6 billion in federal contracts

At a chaotic time, the NIH is given a deadline of April 8 to make a 35% cut in services that may include specimen storage, genetic counseling, and administration.

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David Taylor obituary

My husband, David Taylor, who has died of cancer aged 78, missed out on a planned career in medicine but ended up making almost certainly a greater contribution to public health through research and p

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IgA Nephropathy Drug With Novel Mechanism Wins FDA Approval

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to atrasentan (Vanrafia) for the reduction of proteinuria in adults with primary immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, maker Novartis announced l

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STAT+: HHS deputy secretary pick O’Neill discloses history of work with vaccine developers

Jim O’Neill, President Trump’s pick to be second-in-command at HHS, has a history of working with vaccine companies and other health care firms, according to his financial disclosures released Thu

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Study: Treat Adult-Onset Still's Disease With Biologics

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with adult-onset Still's disease were much more likely to achieve sustained remission when they were initially treated with biologic agents than corticosteroids or convent

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Five Agencies Being Merged Into AHA: Here's What They Do

(MedPage Today) -- The restructuring plans announced by HHS last week included folding five offices into one entity: the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Health

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STAT+: U.K. officials signal willingness to embrace reform in bid to attract pharma investment

The U.K. is starting to recognize that the country needs to change how it pays for medicines to attract more pharma investment, officials said.

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Why Hasn't RFK Jr. Paused Drug Ads?

(MedPage Today) -- Drug commercials have become commonplace in the U.S. The average American watches more than nine drug advertisements a day, or more than 16 hours a year.

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Pulsed Field Ablation an Option to Prevent Recurrence of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia

(MedPage Today) -- Pulsed field ablation (PFA) was noninferior to cryoballoon ablation for the incidence of a first recurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia among patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atr

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Rectal Probe Case Settled; Fake Plastic Surgeon Arrested; 'Terror' Doc Sentenced

(MedPage Today) -- Device company Prometheus, maker of rectal therapeutic systems and probes, will pay $550,000 to settle allegations that it instructed healthcare professionals to re-use rectal sens

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