House committee approves medical aid in dying plan
Discussions on whether to allow Illinoisans near death to medically end their own lives continue into the final days of the legislative session.
Clinical Challenges: Sequencing in Metastatic TNBC
As new treatment options continue to emerge for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), sequencing of therapy promises to get ever more complicated. TNBC had been estimated to account for about 15% of all breast cancer diagnoses, but that proportion shrank with the new HER2-low designation, which accounts for approximately one-third of patients diagnosed with TNBC. An […]
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State August 9, 2023 Wyoming Medicaid’s renewal process, which was restarted earlier this year to review client eligibility, has reached a key stage, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Medicaid is a joint federal-state insurance program that pays for the medical and long-term care of qualified low-income and […]
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Medicaid Renewals Continue Across State August 9, 2023 Wyoming Medicaid’s renewal process, which was restarted earlier this year to review client eligibility, has reached a key stage, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). Medicaid is a joint federal-state insurance program that pays for the medical and long-term care of qualified low-income and […]
Nitrate: Healthy heart or cancer risk? Meet nutrition’s Jekyll and Hyde
Despite our understanding of nutrition expanding remarkably in recent times, few aspects of our diet continue to confuse and divide the experts like nitrate. For a long time nitrate has been viewed warily, with previous research showing it could potentially be linked to causing cancer. However, subsequent research has revealed dietary nitrate also has various […]
Multiple Solutions Needed to Fix Drug Supply Chain Problems, Lawmakers Told
WASHINGTON — Drug shortages continue to plague the U.S., and a variety of solutions must be employed to solve the problem, witnesses said here Thursday at a hearing held by the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. “According to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, we currently have over 247 active drug […]
President Biden ‘Remains Fit for Duty,’ His Doctor Says
WASHINGTON — President Biden has a stiffened gait but is otherwise in good health and is fit to continue in office, his personal physician said Thursday. “The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” wrote Kevin O’Connor, DO, in a memo to White House Press […]
FDA Broadens Options for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma With Teclistamab
Treatment options for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma continue to expand with FDA’s accelerated approval of teclistamab (Tecvayli). The approval stipulates use of the bispecific antibody in adults who have received at least four prior therapies, including an immunomodulator, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 antibody (triple-class refractory disease). The first approved drug of its kind, teclistamab […]
Monkeypox Vaccine: U.S. Falls Short of Overwhelming Demand – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News THURSDAY, July, 14, 2022 As monkeypox cases continue to climb worldwide, demands for vaccines to combat the virus are crashing the vaccine appointment system in New York City. The city of over 8 million people has been running out of supplies almost as soon as they arrive, the Associated Press reported. […]
What to Know About the New BA.2.75 Omicron Subvariant
Even as BA.4 and BA.5 continue to climb the charts, crowding out earlier Omicron subvariants, scientists are warning about an even newer strain: BA.2.75. Tom Peacock, PhD, a virologist at Imperial College London, tweeted on June 30, “worth keeping a close eye on BA.2.75 — lots of spike mutations, probable second generation variant, apparent rapid […]