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Here's How We Know Vaccines Are Safe and Effective

(MedPage Today) -- Statements from a federal official about potential changes to the way vaccines are evaluated have left experts with more questions than answers.

Staffing Woes Tied to Physician Burnout

(MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of physicians surveyed reported burnout and said they sometimes worked on incompletely staffed teams. Criteria for burnout were met by 47.

Mucus-Plugged Airways Linked to COPD Outcomes

(MedPage Today) -- Airway-blocking mucus plugs were associated with a faster decrease in lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a longitudinal study showed.

FDA OKs New Drug for Lung Cancer With c-Met Overexpression

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin (Emrelis) for the treatment of adults with previously treated, locally advanced, or metastatic non-squamous non-small

First Oral Therapy for Rare Adrenal Gland Tumors Gets Green Light From FDA

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA has expanded the approval of belzutifan (Welireg) to include certain types of pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL) in adults and children.

RFK Jr.’s Hearing With Senate HELP Committee: A Live Discussion

KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and KFF’s Jennifer Kates break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

STAT+: Day 1 at ASGCT: Missing scientists, a gene editing failure, and a gene editing first

The mood at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cell and Gene Therapy isn’t amazing. The biotech market has been bad for years.

Backup Drug Gains Footing for Resistant Hypertension

(MedPage Today) -- A diuretic was able to match spironolactone for blood pressure (BP) lowering in people with resistant hypertension, a small randomized trial showed.

People who stop weight loss drugs return to original weight within year, analysis finds

Research raises questions about long-term treatment of and support for people using weight loss drugsPeople on weight loss drugs regain all the weight they have lost within a year of stopping the medi

U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.

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