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Deny and Delay? California Seeks Penalties for Insurers That Repeatedly Get It Wrong

A state lawmaker wants health insurers to disclose denial rates and explain those denials as anger grows over rising costs and uncovered medical care.

Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge

(MedPage Today) -- Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge over the holiday weekend.

Screening Tool Identified Abuse Risk in Kids With Just One Bruise

(MedPage Today) -- A screening tool was effective in identifying abuse among young children with a single bruise in a pediatric emergency department, a secondary analysis of a validation study showed

RFK Jr. Pledges to Use 'Unbiased Science' to Find the Causes of Chronic Diseases

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's efforts to address the causes of chronic diseases will all be based on "unbiased science," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday.

Texas Measles Cases Are Up, and Now an Outbreak in New Mexico: What You Need to Know

(MedPage Today) -- The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles.

Osteoporosis Biosimilar OK'd; New Endo Guidelines; A Hot Spot for Stealing Ozempic

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the denosumab biosimilar Ospomyv, interchangeable with Prolia, for preventing osteoporosis-related fracture and increasing bone mass in several patient populations

FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns

The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Varipulse Returns; HCM Genes Reconsidered; Early Blood Test for Preeclampsia?

(MedPage Today) -- Johnson & Johnson said the U.S. rollout of the Varipulse pulsed field ablation platform is back on after an investigation found the devices operate as intended.

Pope Francis has double pneumonia on top of earlier respiratory tract infection

Pontiff, 88, already in hospital when latest diagnosis made, as Vatican confirms medical situation is ‘complex’Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia after further tests showed a co

STAT+: Generic drugmakers win a long-running battle with California over a law to ban pay-to-delay deals

A judge in California has ruled that a law banning so-called pay-to-delay deals between pharma companies cannot be enforced against agreements that had no link to the state.

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