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Federal Vaccine Advisers Take Aim at Covid Shots
One panelist accused the F.D.A. of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on vaccines given to pregnant women.
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Weāre reading about TrumpRx, Hims & Hers selling compounded Wegovy pill, and more
President Trump on Thursday night launched TrumpRx, the website he and his aides have touted as a platform aimed at lowering drug prices
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STAT+: IPOs, GLP-1s, and challenges with a gene therapy
And other biotech news brought to you by The Readout
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What is a ānaturalā dye, anyway?
And other health news from today's Morning Rounds newsletter
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STAT+: Roivant immune drug significantly outperformed placebo in treating rare skin disease
In a small trial, Roivant's immune drug significantly outperformed placebo in clearing lesions caused by a rare skin disease.
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Olive oil and bone broth: Do viral gut health foods actually work?
Many trending foods contain a "small seed of truth" but are often oversold as miracle products.
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STAT+: Hims, other telehealth platforms push multi-cancer detection tests before evidence of benefit
Test makers and telehealth providers say they want to give people a chance to catch cancers early and seek treatment.
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Opinion: Former FDA commissioner: HHS leadership is focused on policy-based evidence, not evidence-based policy
āDoctors are not a flock of free-range chickens wandering about offices and hospitals and making up best practices, one clinician at the time,ā writes Robert Califf.
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Opinion: I treated children for rotavirus in Denmark. The Danish vaccine schedule is no model for the U.S.
In Denmark, pediatrician Michael Thwing once saw nearly 20 infants admitted simultaneously with rotavirus. His experience in the U.S. has been completely different.
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The push to turn Big Food into the new Big Tobacco
Can the anti-tobacco playbook work against ultra-processed food?
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Dad who nearly lost tongue to cancer urges men's virus awareness
A father-of-two reveals how a tumour in his tongue was caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).
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Increase school funding to meet need for special education, MPs urge
A cross-party group calls on the government to "align funding to need", as ministers consider SEND reforms.
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Statin pills much safer than advertised, major review finds
The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.
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Statins donāt cause most of the side effects on package warnings, study finds
Many people who should be taking statins avoid them for fear of side effects. A large new study says most of those side effects don't actually show up.
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Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can āCureā Schizophrenia
The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.
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Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work
The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.
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F.D.A. Relaxes Rules on āNaturally Derivedā Dyes
Food makers will now be able to claim that their products have āno artificial colors,ā so long as they use dyes that are not petroleum-based.
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What Does It Mean to Be Touch-Starved?
Research says that our health can suffer when we donāt experience enough physical contact. Hereās how to get more.
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He Built a Server to Protect Indigenous Health Data
Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut.
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āBridgertonā Tackles the Orgasm Gap
Sex therapists say a characterās struggle to reach her āpinnacleā could help viewers better understand womenās sexuality.
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