National News American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades. Associated Press
The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says. Much of what researchers found was already known, but the study paints a comprehensive picture by examining various aspects of children’s physical and […]
Hawaii Pacific Health Nurses Featured in Special Newspaper Sections Across the State
Newspapers statewide – including the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Garden Island, West Hawaii Today and Hawaii Tribune-Herald – honored the impact nurses make on patients and their community every day with commemorative inserts published in advance of National Nurses Week. Featured throughout these special inserts are nurses from across the Hawaii Pacific Health system, who speak […]
DOJ Sues Medicare Advantage Insurers; Tylenol Murders Revisited; New Hospital Grades
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial@everydayhealth.com or contact Kristina Fiore, director of enterprise and investigative reporting, on Signal at KristinaMedPage.64. The Department of Justice announced a […]
Medics Stand Ready to Aid Groundhog Day Crowds
When 30,000 visitors swarm Gobbler’s Knob around 4 a.m. today to watch a groundhog’s fleeting appearance, about 20 health providers from five responding organizations will be standing by in case something goes medically wrong. Something usually does. Typically it’s a minor issue, but sometimes it isn’t. Leo Pernesky, paramedic preceptor for Jefferson County Emergency Medical […]
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of Breast Cancer
A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on breast cancer reviewed locoregional therapy for older patients, the management of invasive lobular cancer (ILC), and the treatment of advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive disease post-CDK4/6 inhibition. The following is a three-question quiz to test your knowledge on each aspect of the series. Correct answers and explanations appear after […]
SABCS 2023 Highlights Open the Door for More Key Data in 2024
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc, of UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio and co-director of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), highlights some of the most impactful and paradigm-shifting sessions in breast cancer presented at this year’s symposium — and provides some insight into what questions might be […]
MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids
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 insight into the week’s biggest healthcare stories. I’m your host, Rachael Robertson. Today we’re talking with Kristina Fiore about how stem cell companies are marketing to long COVID patients. […]
Opinion | How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of , an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a public health researcher. He is author of the Substack column Inside Medicine. Follow In part 2 of this Instagram […]
Opinion | Charting the Course: From Young Adult Leukemia Patient to Oncologist
Rosenthal is a lymphoma specialist. “Would you like to have a bone marrow biopsy today or tomorrow?” These are the only words I remember coming from the oncologist who I had just met in the emergency department (ED). I was in my second year of medical school and just 24 years old when I was […]
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of Axial Spondyloarthritis
A MedPage Today Clinical Challenges series on axial spondyloarthritis reviewed the disease’s features and pathogenesis; difficulties in diagnosis and monitoring; and current options for therapy. The following is a three-question quiz to test your knowledge on each aspect of the series. Nancy Walsh earned a BA in English literature from Salve Regina College in Newport, […]