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STAT+: FDA cancels vaccine advisory committee meeting

The advisory committee meeting is a critical resource for vaccine makers trying to figure out which flu strains to include in their shots for the next flu season.

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F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.

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Trump administration takes aim at bird flu. For now, the cattle will have to wait

The USDA's new plan tackles H5N1 bird flu as an issue of economic concern, and leaves questions about how to manage the threat H5N1-infected cows pose to people.

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More Data Assuage Suicide Concerns With GLP-1 Agents

(MedPage Today) -- Risk of suicidality wasn't higher for type 2 diabetes patients starting on GLP-1 receptor agonists than for those on two other popular classes of diabetes drugs, a U.K.

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Trump Administration Ends Global Health Research Program

The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

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Novel Drug Shrinks 73% of HER2-Mutant Lung Cancers

(MedPage Today) -- An investigational antibody-drug conjugate proved active and safe for patients with previously treated HER2-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a phase II trial from China s

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Legal Group Issues 'Restatement' of Medical Malpractice Law

(MedPage Today) -- The American Law Institute (ALI) -- an organization of judges, professors, and practicing attorneys -- published a new standard for medical malpractice that takes into account

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Fish Consumption Tied to Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis

(MedPage Today) -- Higher fish consumption was tied to less disability progression among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a case-control study in Sweden showed.

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Study Reinforces CVD, Other Non-Cancer Causes of Death in Men With Prostate Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- Men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer lived longer if they followed a healthier lifestyle, despite no reduction in prostate cancer-specific mortality, according to a large observa

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Abortion pill manufacturer asks to join suit that could rewrite US abortion access

GenBioPro seeks to defend access to mifepristone in suit brought by attorneys general of Idaho, Missouri and KansasThe manufacturer of the generic version of a major abortion pill has asked to join a

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