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Lawmakers, health groups call on RFK Jr. to restore public comment on HHS business

Democratic lawmakers in Congress are pushing back on health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to suspend public comment on much of his agency’s business.

Many genes in male and female placentas expressed differently

NIH findings may lead to insights on pregnancy complications, adult health.

Modest Trickle of PCI Into Ambulatory Surgery Centers Despite CMS Payment

(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Since reimbursement has improved for coronary revascularization at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), outpatients going this route have been few but fairly well sel

Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

The agency suggested that clinical trials in humans may be required for updated Covid shots, raising questions about whether they will be available in the fall.

Adding Erythropoietin Did Not Reduce Death, Disability in Neonatal HIE

(MedPage Today) -- Adding a high dose of erythropoietin to therapeutic hypothermia did not reduce rates of death or disability in infants with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a phase

Cannabis Use Tied to CRC Mortality; Statins and Severe IBD; Managing Pediatric MASLD

(MedPage Today) -- High cannabis use prior to a colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnosis was associated with an increased risk of CRC mortality in an electronic health record-based study.

Local elections: voters head to the polls across England – UK politics live

Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsIs your council up for election and what’s at stake?One of the signs that Bluesky is functionin

Doc Accused of Stealing $1K; Nurse Choking Arrest; HIV Drug Kickback Settlement

(MedPage Today) -- Florida physician Virginia Phipps, DO, has been accused of stealing about $1,000 from a local business in order to pay her bills.

HHS, NIH launch next-generation universal vaccine platform for pandemic-prone viruses

These vaccines aim to provide broad-spectrum protection against multiple strains of multiple viruses.

FDA Approves Sapien 3 TAVR for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis

(MedPage Today) -- FDA approved the Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) platform for treatment of severe aortic stenosis early in the disease process while patients still had no sy

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