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Medical Groups Urge Insurers to Cover COVID Shots in Pregnancy

(MedPage Today) -- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, and more than two dozen other medical societies and healthcare groups issued an open letter c

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MedPod Today: ACIP Firings; Goodbye, Benadryl? Practice-Changing ASCO Studies

(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insig

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STAT+: In fight over research overhead funding, universities propose alternatives to Trump’s cuts

Exclusive: Facing NIH cuts in "indirect cost" funding, universities float new models to streamline requests and ensure support for research overhead, labs, and federal grants.

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Colloid Fluids Square Off Against Normal Saline With Just a Hint of Difference

(MedPage Today) -- Making lactated Ringer's solution the hospital-wide standard for fluid administration didn't help hard outcomes compared with normal saline, a large Canadian trial showed, although

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Have You No Sense of Decency, Secretary Kennedy?

(MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his decision to "retire" all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) last week.

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‘That child is not a product’: how IVF big business plays on hope of people desperate for a family

A second embryo bungle in Australia undermines trust in IVF as bioethicists raise concerns about potential conflicts of interest in a system that straddles the boundary between consumer service and he

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FDA OKs Perioperative Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for patients with PD-L1-positive resectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma as neoadjuvant monotherapy, continued a

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The stakes of RFK Jr.’s decision to remake a vaccine panel are life and death

Take a moment to consider the stakes involved in health secretary Robert F. Kennedy's remake of a vaccine advisory committee.

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AMA Opposes Estate Recovery to Recoup Medicaid $$ From Dead Beneficiaries

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted Wednesday to oppose federal or state efforts to try to recover long-term care costs from Medicaid benef

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CDC Staffing Upheaval Disrupts HIV Projects and Wastes Money, Researchers Say

Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.

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