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STAT+: Broken promises, lax scrutiny: Inside Massachusetts’s failure to regulate Steward Health

State officials failed to discipline Steward for regulatory violations, check its expansion plans and cost-cutting, or respond forcefully to dire financial warnings.

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Alpha-Gal May Drive Sensitivity to IV Stelara in People With Red-Meat Allergies

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- First-dose reactions to IV ustekinumab (Stelara) may be related to IgE recognition of a carbohydrate allergen in patients, who may be able to tolerate subcutaneous ust

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Two more cases of bird flu in humans reported in California

Both occurred in farmworkers with exposure to infected animals, and are amid 34 confirmed cases across stateTwo cases of bird flu have been reported in California’s San Joaquin county, according to

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Medical Assistance in Dying; Health Benefits of Chocolate?

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How seeing his own brain inspired doctor to find a method to rapidly detect delirium

Life-saving surgery in Greg Scott’s youth instilled determination to find more effective EEG diagnosisAs a student, the neurologist Greg Scott had very little interest in following a career in medic

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Mitch McConnell condemns petition to revoke approval of polio vaccine by RFK Jr adviser

Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensedUS Senate minority leader and polio survivor Mitch McConnell has condemned attempts to underm

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How Cyberattacks Hold Patient Care Hostage

(MedPage Today) -- My 68-year-old mother called her doctor's office for 8 days straight and never got a response. She needed her diabetes drug adjusted as well as an evaluation for eye surgery.

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STAT+: Novo Holdings is set to close its $16.5 billion acquisition of Catalent after FTC declines to challenge the deal

Catalent is an attractive target because it is a subcontractor that already helps manufacture the Wegovy anti-obesity drug

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STAT+: Feds threaten Sanofi with sanctions over plan to change payment terms for a federal drug discount program

The 340B program has become a flash point in the growing debate over the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S.

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Texas Sues New York Doctor for Prescribing Abortion Pills to Dallas-Area Woman

(MedPage Today) -- Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S.

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