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Most Babies Protected Against RSV During First Season Immunization Was Available

(MedPage Today) -- During the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season in which a maternal vaccine and a monoclonal antibody for infants were available, most infants were immunized via either i

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Ministers admit failing to assess impact of thousands of NHS job cuts in England

Exclusive: Failure to assess impact of axing thousands of NHS managers described by critics as recklessMinisters have admitted they did not assess the impact of axing thousands of NHS managers before

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STAT+: GOP hits resistance on Medicaid cuts, and a brewing plan to lower drug prices

This is the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine.

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Blood Test May Predict MASLD Up to 16 Years Earlier

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- A new blood test can predict the development of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) up to 16 years before it occurs, according to a retr

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When a cocktail was the best medicine | Brief letters

Brompton cocktails | Guest slippers | An eye on NHS costs | Dunking digestives | Right side upRegarding Dom Pérignon on prescription (Letters, 1 May), when I was a pharmacist apprentice in the 1960s,

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New Opioid Data May Not Reflect Harms Accurately, FDA Advisors Warn

(MedPage Today) -- New research about the harms of long-acting opioids may underestimate risks, members of two FDA advisory committees said Monday. Data did not represent large segments of the U.S.

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Sabbatical, Interrupted

(MedPage Today) -- It was October 2023 when I first began talking about a sabbatical.

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Chronic pain sent Jabez into a spiral of despair. Behaviour therapy brought her back

A new study has found that helping sufferers manage their emotions lessens their experience of chronic painWhen Jabez Allies developed chronic lower back pain 10 years ago, her doctor sent her to the

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Trump Admin Asks Judge to Toss Suit Restricting Access to Abortion Pill

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.

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Cuts Have Eliminated More Than a Dozen U.S. Government Health-Tracking Programs

(MedPage Today) -- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s motto is "Make America Healthy Again," but government cuts could make it harder to know if that's happening.

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