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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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Opinion: The ‘disease detectives’ dodged a bullet — but another might be coming

“While the EIS program has likely been spared this time, the fact that its existence was in jeopardy at all highlights the precariousness of our public health infrastructure,” writes former…

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Higher Calcium Intake Linked to Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Higher calcium intake was consistently associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) across calcium sources and tumor sites, according to a cohort study using data from

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