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NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths

NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep

Lack of access to antibiotics is driving spread of superbugs, finds research

Focus on overuse contributes to antibiotics reaching less than 7% of people with drug-resistant infections in poorer countries, say researchersLess than 7% of people with severe drug-resistant infecti

STAT+: Lack of access to antibiotics for drug-resistant infections often blamed on poor care, study says

Only 6.9% of people with drug-resistant infections in eight large, low- and middle-income countries received an appropriate antibiotic over a one-year period studied in a new analysis.

Reverse Funding Cuts for Biomedical Research, Says Sen. Collins

(MedPage Today) -- Senators on both sides of the aisle expressed their support Tuesday for NIH and scientific exploration in general at a hearing on biomedical research, although one senator also off

Another Biologic Reduces COPD Exacerbations

(MedPage Today) -- Mepolizumab (Nucala) helped prevent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) when added to background triple inhaled therapy among patients with an eosinophili

Trump Administration Cuts $1 Billion in School Mental Health Grants

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is moving to cancel $1 billion in school mental health grants, saying they reflect the priorities of the previous administration.

Long-Term Benefits of Anti-CD20 Drugs in Relapsing MS

(MedPage Today) -- B-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis (MS) was first approved in 2017, after the anti-CD20 agent ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) demonstrated its ability to strongly suppress the acute infla

People with endometriosis more likely to experience early menopause, study finds

Surgical menopause occurs on average 19 months earlier, while natural menopause happens five months earlier, new global research showsWomen with endometriosis face a higher risk of premature and early

Breast Cancer Mortality in Young Women Declined Precipitously After 2010

(MedPage Today) -- While the incidence of breast cancer in young women has been increasing over the last 20 years, breast cancer deaths in this age group fell significantly between 2010 and 2020, res

The Healthcare Workforce Is Traumatized

(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. healthcare system is facing an alarming exodus of professionals across disciplines, simultaneously causing and accelerating systemic collapse.

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