Primary Care Isn’t Bouncing Back
Recent survey data show that America’s first line of health care is in crisis and shrinking. Medscape Medical News …read more
FDA OKs Mepolizumab (Nucala) for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome
Mepolizumab is indicated for adults and children aged 12 years and older with HES for 6 months or longer without an identifiable nonhematologic secondary cause. FDA Approvals …read more
What Trump and Biden Should Debate at the Cleveland Clinic
Armed private police patrolling Cleveland’s medical zone and nearby city streets disproportionately charge and cite Black people, even though most hospital employees, patients, and visitors are white. ProPublica …read more
Trump Approves Final Plan to Import Drugs From Canada
The final plan clears the way for Florida and other states to implement a program bringing medications across the border despite the strong objections of drugmakers and the Canadian government. Kaiser Health News …read more
Authors Retract Paper on HPV Vaccine and Preterm Birth
The authors of a 2018 paper purporting to find that the HPV vaccine guards against preterm birth have retracted the article after discovering they made an error which could have masked the opposite effect. Medscape Medical News …read more
How to Relieve One of the Itchiest Vulvar Conditions
Lichen simplex chronicus is characterized by years of relentless itching, and patients may wake up at night scratching. Medscape Medical News …read more
J&J’s One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Advances to Phase 3 Testing
Johnson & Johnson has advanced its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine into phase 3 testing. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases describes this as the fourth candidate to reach this stage. Medscape Medical News …read more
Migrant Women to No Longer See Doctor Accused of Misconduct
Immigration authorities have stopped sending detained women to a rural Georgia gynecologist accused of performing surgeries without consent, a government spokesman said Tuesday. Associated Press …read more
Sorting Through the Science on Breast Milk and Covid-19
Researchers are studying the safety — and possible utility — of breast milk from mothers infected with Covid-19. Undark …read more
What Do You Think of Trump’s and Biden’s Healthcare Policies?
Medscape Reader Polls …read more