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This is a new organization that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to create, consolidating the functions of many federal health organizations and cutting significant staff. The Guardian reports: Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce – an enormous reduction the US health secretary characterized as…
President Donald Trump recently announced an executive order on IVF. But it doesn’t actually do much yet. Rather, it’s asking for a list of recommendations to protect IVF access. The post Trump’s IVF Executive Order Doesn’t Actually Achieve Much — Yet appeared first on MedCity News.
FDA leaders under President Donald Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny. The agency “would like to get away” from assembling panels of experts to examine and vote on individual drugs, because “I don’t…
Emergent BioSolutions’ smallpox vaccine, ACAM2000, now has an additional FDA approval covering mpox. It’s one of two FDA-approved mpox vaccines, joining Jynneos from Bavarian Nordic. The post FDA Approves Emergent BioSolutions Vaccine as New Tool in Fight Against Mpox appeared first on MedCity News.
By TAMARA MANNS I walked into the emergency department already knowing the outcome. In these same rooms I had told women having the same symptoms as me, “I am so sorry, there is nothing we can do for a miscarriage”. I handed them the same box of single ply tissues I was now sobbing into,…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy to lose weight before scheduling bariatric surgery, she readily agreed. “I’ve struggled with my weight for so long,” said Campbell, 40, a single mother of two. “I’m not opposed to trying anything.” In early April, about four weeks after…
Despite their necessity, beds and surfaces do not always receive proportional attention and innovation — even as the risks associated with prolonged bed rest remain a key priority for caregivers. The post How Emerging Hospital Bed Technology Can Help Patients Rest Easier And Recover Faster appeared first on MedCity News.
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Despite all the noise around the updates, there’s one area that’s been conspicuously absent this year: enforcement of patient estimate requirements. The post Price Transparency Enforcement Is Still A Shared Responsibility appeared first on MedCity News.