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• Nirsevimab's RSV Protection Didn't Extend to Second Year

  10-08-2026 19:23 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) consistently performed well against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related hospitalization during infants' first year after receipt but without a benefit for other hospitalizations...
  
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• COVID Excess Deaths Paper Retracted Over Misinformation

  12-08-2026 00:30 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- BMJ Public Health retracted a study on excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic that appeared to suggest vaccination and other countermeasures as a possible explanation, following an investigation by the journal and the...
  
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• CDC Warns of Severe Arboviral Disease With B-Cell Drugs

  11-08-2026 23:39 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The CDC on Tuesday warned doctors about the risk for severe arboviral neuroinvasive disease in patients on B cell-depleting or modulating agents, calling out anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies in particular.
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• Fact Focus: Trump's False Claims During Childhood Vaccine Order Signing

  11-08-2026 21:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- While issuing an executive order on Monday aimed at getting states to revise childhood vaccine recommendations, President Donald Trump and others in his administration repeated several false claims about those vaccines, as well...
  
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• AED Drones; Endometriosis and Blood Clots; Wonky PFO Closure Risk

  11-08-2026 21:17 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A pilot study has drones flying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to patients during real 911 calls for cardiac arrest in two counties in North Carolina and Virginia, said VCU Health.
  The cardioprotective benefits of...
  
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• Deaths After GLP-1s; First Detransition Clinic for Youths; DXA Scans Decline

  11-08-2026 20:49 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- More than 150 deaths possibly linked to injectable weight-loss medications were reported in the U.K., according to government regulators. (The Independent)
  Texas Children's Hospital in Houston will open the nation's first detransition...
  
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• Nonprofit Hospitals Aren't Acting Like Nonprofits. Congress Should Ask Why.

  11-08-2026 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Last September, I (Whaley) testified before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight about something that should trouble every American who has ever paid a hospital bill or a health insurance premium: the nonprofit...
  
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• Ozempic Teeth, Muscle Loss: Some of the Buzziest GLP-1 Side Effects

  11-08-2026 17:45 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 drugs, used for type 2 diabetes and weight loss, have been touted for their many benefits, but it's their side effects that often make headlines, especially those with compelling monikers like "Ozempic teeth."
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• I Thought the CDC Shooting Was Rock Bottom. We're Still Sinking.

  11-08-2026 17:31 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- A year ago, a gunman fired 500 rounds at the CDC campus, killing DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose. I was inside the building during the attack. Authorities said the shooter was radicalized by the anti-vaccine conspiracy...
  
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• BMI Aside, Waist Size Matters for Cardiovascular Risks

  11-08-2026 17:14 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- There were plenty of people whose normal weight belied the higher cardiovascular risk evident in their waist size, according to a pooled analysis of over a dozen cohort studies.
  Among those with normal weight or overweight measured...
  
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• Child Dies in Gene-Editing Trial; Wegovy & Dementia Score; RFK Jr. Questions Journal

  11-08-2026 16:54 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Shanghai-based biotech company HuidaGene Therapeutics disclosed the death of a child 1 year ago in a trial of an investigational gene-editing therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
  Semaglutide (Wegovy) attenuated a proteomics...
  
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• WHO Says Congo's Ebola Outbreak Started Months Before It Was Declared

  11-08-2026 16:24 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record started in February, months before it was officially declared in mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday as responders in eastern Congo struggle to catch up.
  The...
  
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• 'The Pitt' Season 3: Noah Wyle Shares Details

  11-08-2026 15:56 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Ever since "The Pitt" season 2 finale aired in April, fans have been (not so) patiently waiting for season 3. Noah Wyle, who plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, recently revealed a few details to get fans through the drought...
  
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• 2,000 Dead in Outbreak; Fauci's Text Messages; Drugmaker to Pay $46M Settlement

  11-08-2026 15:34 via medpagetoday.com
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  At least 2,000 people have died amid the 4,381 confirmed cases in Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record. (AP)
  The U.S. reported 117 new measles...
  
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• Trump Issues Controversial Order on Vaccines, Suggests Autism Link

  10-08-2026 23:37 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- President Trump signed an executive order that shrinks the number of universally recommended vaccines for children, calls for splitting up the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot, and says each vaccination should occur at...
  
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• Post-Transplant Outcomes in Hodgkin Lymphoma Improved Over Time

  10-08-2026 23:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Outcomes have substantially improved over time in patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), according to a retrospective, registry-based cohort study...
  
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• Most Older Diabetics Don't Get Recommended Medication Tweaks

  10-08-2026 23:11 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Most older adults with type 2 diabetes whose HbA1c level was outside the American Diabetes Association (ADA)-recommended target did not have their medications adjusted, a review of electronic health records indicated.
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• Osteoarthritis of the Big Toe? Don't Wait to Operate

  10-08-2026 23:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Patients with painful osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ)--aka the big toe--would do better with immediate surgery than letting nature take its course, results of a randomized trial indicated...
  
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• Pet Hamsters Linked to Rare Brain Disorder

  10-08-2026 22:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- People with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia were more likely to have been exposed to pet hamsters versus a control group, a hospital-based study in China suggested.
  Among patients matched on age and sex, hamster exposure was more...
  
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• Navigating the Initial Visit in Advanced Prostate Cancer

  10-08-2026 20:47 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- In "Beyond Diagnosis: Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer," Cleveland Clinic oncologist Christopher Wee, MD, and host John Mangels discuss how clinicians can guide patients through the initial complexities of a metastatic...
  
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• The Fauci Hearing Was the Wrong Approach to Accountability

  10-08-2026 20:10 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- The public spectacle surrounding the congressional testimony of Anthony Fauci, MD, along with the recent scrutiny of his private, COVID-era diaries, has reignited a persistent debate: what kind of public accounting do we owe...
  
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• Trump Officials Propose New Scrutiny of Food Additives and Ingredients

  10-08-2026 18:50 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- U.S. health officials on Monday proposed a rule change that would require food manufacturers to notify regulators before introducing new ingredients or additives into processed or packaged foods.
  The proposal would change a...
  
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• Residential Context Matters in Ovarian Cancer Survival

  10-08-2026 18:35 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Living in areas of greater social vulnerability was linked to worse overall survival among women with epithelial ovarian cancer, particularly Black women, a retrospective cohort study suggested.
  Overall, living in areas with...
  
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• A Week After Shaving, She Developed Rare Flesh-Eating Disease

  10-08-2026 18:28 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- She shaved her perineal area, then applied a topical herbal substance provided by an alternative practitioner--but a week later, the 40-year-old woman developed aggressive necrotizing fasciitis.
  What ensued was a 12-week...
  
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• Despite Progress in TNBC, More Biomarkers Are Needed to Improve Outcomes

  10-08-2026 17:08 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Although biomarker testing is playing a greater role in the management of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), treatment selection still relies on relatively few validated biomarkers.
  Markers for Immunotherapy
  Several new...
  
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• Amid Flesh-Eating Bacteria Deaths, Health Officials Urge Caution for Beachgoers

  10-08-2026 16:02 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- Health officials in Louisiana are urging beachgoers to take precautions during a summertime surge in infections from a flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.
  Louisiana has confirmed nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections...
  
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• Biden Cancer Update; Trump on Fauci Prosecution; Cyclosporiasis Rebound Cases

  10-08-2026 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
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  Former President Joe Biden's prostate cancer metastasized to the bone and has become painful and debilitating, his son said. (AP)
  During his acceptance speech for...
  
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• UK raises cost projections for Palantir’s NHS data platform

  10-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits fall to £808mn
  
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• UK cost estimate of Palantir NHS data platform rises to more than £1bn

  10-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Lifetime charge rises to £1.1bn on ‘increased delivery at scale’ while forecast benefits fall to £808mn
  
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• 'Do You Believe That Jimmy Hoffa Died of Natural Causes?': What We Heard This Week

  09-08-2026 22:00 via medpagetoday.com
  (MedPage Today) -- "Do you believe in the tooth fairy, sir? Do you believe in the Easter Bunny? Do you believe that Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes?"--Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), questioning testimony from a Georgetown expert who said he...
  
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