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Here's Why Kennedy Says the Mumps Vaccine Doesn't Work

(MedPage Today) -- During an interview with Dr. Phil in late April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Ultraprocessed Foods Tied to Early Parkinson's Disease Symptoms

(MedPage Today) -- Long-term consumption of a high level of ultraprocessed foods was linked with an uptick in nonmotor prodromal Parkinson's disease symptoms, a prospective study of nearly 43,000 U.

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STAT+: Insitro, an AI biotech founded by Daphne Koller, lays off staff

Insitro, an AI biotech founded by Daphne Koller, lays off staff as pressure builds for it to launch clinical trials of new drugs.

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STAT+: More Medicare plans cover Humira biosimilars, but do little to encourage patient use

A report from the inspector general of HHS examines the latest trends since several biosimilar versions of Humira were launched in the U.S. in 2023.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP

Republicans on Capitol Hill are struggling to reach consensus on cutting the Medicaid program as they search for nearly a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade — as many observers predict

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FDA OKs Combination for Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to the combination of avutometinib and defactinib (Avmapki Fakzynja Co-pack) for the treatment of adults with KRAS-mutated, recurrent low-grade

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Trump's Gain-of-Function Order Prompts Questions

(MedPage Today) -- In the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order on gain-of-function research, questions linger on exactly how the order will be implemented and about its potential impacts

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RSV sent fewer babies to the hospital last winter, after new treatments arrived

Far fewer babies had severe cases of the respiratory illness RSV, in a winter in which a new monoclonal and vaccine became widely available.

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Plastic Stents on Par With LAMS for Pancreatic Pseudocyst Drainage

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- For endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided transluminal draining of pancreatic pseudocysts, plastic stents appeared as safe and effective as lumen-apposing metal stents

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Investigational Oral Microbiome Drug Safe, Tolerable for IBS With Constipation

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- The oral full-spectrum microbiome drug EBX-102-02 was well tolerated with mostly mild gastrointestinal adverse events and a trend toward less patient-reported pain a

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