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Toxic tofu? How plastic waste from the west fuels food factories in Indonesia

Tofu factory owners in Indonesia’s East Java feed their boilers with tonnes of foreign plastics each week to produce tofu sold in the regionPlastic waste from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France,

What to Know About the Hepatitis A Outbreak in L.A. County

A highly contagious liver infection is surging among groups who are not typically at risk. At least seven people have died.

Study: Rheumatology Patients Prefer In-Person Visits

(MedPage Today) -- Patients didn't like telemedicine care for ongoing rheumatology conditions as much as in-person visits in a randomized trial, researchers said.

Want to Get Rid of Faulty Race-Based Dx and Treatment Criteria? It Can Be Done.

(MedPage Today) -- PHILADELPHIA -- Diagnosis and treatment algorithms that harm patients by wrongly using race as a factor can be undone, although it may require a bit of effort, several speakers s

Mystery Brain Disease in New Brunswick May Not Have Been a Mystery After All

(MedPage Today) -- A cluster of 222 people in Canada, originally diagnosed with a neurologic syndrome of unknown cause (NSUC), actually had symptoms associated with well-known conditions and not a ne

First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says

The FDA has approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory.

Novel IL-7 Receptor Antagonist Shows Promise in Ulcerative Colitis

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis experienced clinical, endoscopic, histological, and biological improvements with the first-in-class interleukin (

Giving weight loss jabs could bolster UK economy by £4.5bn a year, study says

Providing semaglutide for all those eligible may bring productivity gains as people are able to work moreGiving weight loss jabs to everyone eligible for them could boost the UK economy by £4.

FDA OKs First At-Home Test for Cervical Cancer Screening

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening in people at average risk ages 25 to 65, maker Teal Health announced on Friday.

STAT+: Here’s how Trump might approach his drug pricing plan

President Trump is expected to advance a "most-favored nation" policy to lower drug prices. How effective might it be? The devil will be in the details.

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