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Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Drug Recall; Update on Nurse Struck by Lightning; Surrogates' Pregnancy Risks

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of families at a UNICEF mpox treatment center in Bakavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

<乌鸦传媒>CDC Alerts on Mpox Prevention for Patients Heading to Areas With Clade I Outbreaks

Clinicians should urge vaccination, provide patient education to at-risk travelers

A computer rendering of Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria in the blood stream.

<乌鸦传媒>Prolonged Symptoms After Lyme Disease: What CDC Wants Doctors to Know

Validating patients' symptoms, active listening is critical to prevent "medical wandering"

A photo of medical students training in the cadaver lab.

<乌鸦传媒>Training on Cadavers Still Essential for Medical Students

Donor dissection teaches skills not easily acquired with other methods

A photo of anti-abortion signs leaning against a fence outside a new Planned Parenthood clinic in Pittsburg, Kansas.

<乌鸦传媒>Euphoric 2 Years Ago, Anti-Abortion Movement Now Divided, Worried as Election Nears

"Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope," says one abortion opponent

A computer rendering of mpox viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness

We must be ready for possible systemic complications

A photo of a man in bed at night answering his smart phone.

<乌鸦传媒>Perfecting the On-Call System

Some patients clearly need emergency care, but maybe others could be triaged to primary care

<乌鸦传媒>10-Minute Intervention Boosts Health Worker Well-Being

Work-life integration and emotional exhaustion, recovery, and thriving all improved within 8 days

A photo of Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo.

<乌鸦传媒>Florida's New COVID Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation, Experts Say

State's health department advising against most shots

<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Deaths Tied to Extreme Temps May Double, Triple by Mid-21st Century

Study finds that increase in heat deaths will far outweigh reduction in cold deaths

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>Abortion Clinics -- And Patients -- Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting

Clinics struggle to meet demand as thousands travel out of state for abortion care

A photo of a female pharmacist on the phone behind the counter at a CVS pharmacy.

<乌鸦传媒>The Best Prescription for Safety in Pharmacy

Well-being and safety in the profession have come a long way, but the work isn't done yet

A photo of the entrance to Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington DC.

<乌鸦传媒>EPA Scientists Say They Were Pressured to Downplay Health Harms From Chemicals

And a watchdog found they were retaliated against

A photo of Zachary Quinto in Los Angeles.

<乌鸦传媒>Zachary Quinto Steps Into Giant-Sized Doctor's Shoes in NBC's 'Brilliant Minds'

The actor plays a character inspired by Oliver Sacks, MD, the "poet laureate of medicine"

A photo of signage outside the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington.

<乌鸦传媒>FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices

The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S.

Cover art for the documentary Everybody鈥檚 Work: Healing What Hurts Us All.

<乌鸦传媒>Documentary Explores Racism, Gatekeeping in Nursing

"People who don't fit comfortably into an environment can't thrive," director of the film says

FDA APPROVED Nasal spray influenza vaccine (FluMist) over a photo of the product.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA OKs First Flu Vaccine for At-Home Use

FluMist nasal spray can now be used without the help of a healthcare provider

A photo of Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia.

<乌鸦传媒>A Georgia Woman's Death After Delayed Abortion Care Was Preventable. Who's to Blame?

Physicians need more clear guidance and protocols from their healthcare systems

FDA APPROVED arimoclomol (Miplyffa) over a computer rendering of a strand of DNA.

<乌鸦传媒>First Drug Approved for Niemann-Pick Disease Type C

Arimoclomol (Miplyffa) greenlit for ultra-rare genetic disorder

A photo of methadone patient Irene Garnett of Phoenix, taking her treatment at a clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.

<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home

This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years

<乌鸦传媒>Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease

Risks observed for the akinetic rigid form of the disease, as well as dyskinesia

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

A photo of a female physician looking out the window of a hospital.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Healthcare Consolidation Fueling the Physician Burnout Crisis?

New report finds pandemic burnout is still lingering

A photo of healthcare workers holding up the letters spelling UNION as they march in Wisconsin.

<乌鸦传媒>House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves

Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years

FDA CRL tradipitant (Vanda) over a computer rendering of a stomach.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Rejects NK1R Antagonist for Gastroparesis

Drugmaker none-too-pleased with agency's request for additional studies

A photo of a patient preparing to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion.

<乌鸦传媒>After Georgia Deaths Tied to Abortion Ban, Experts Maintain Safety of Abortion Pills

Facts about mifepristone and misoprostol

A photo of a raccoon.

<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About 'Raccoon Roundworm'

Stay away from raccoon latrines

A photo of a laptop displaying the message: YOUR PERSONAL FILES ARE ENCRYPTED.

<乌鸦传媒>Critics Call Feds' Response to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Feeble and Fractured

There were 249 attacks targeting health institutions in 2023, the most of any industry

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Docs Accused of Treating Fatal COVID With Peroxide; Cardiologists' Defamation Suit

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

A photo of surgeons performing robotically assisted bariatric surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>Is Wegovy Shrinking Bariatric Surgery, Too?

GLP-1 drugs have the potential to reduce healthcare costs in unexpected ways

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>RFK Jr. Helping Trump Pick CDC Chief; Excess COVID Death Lingers; Turmoil at 23andMe

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>California Pledges to Halve Maternal Mortality By Late 2026

But how will the state with the lowest maternal mortality rate do it?

A photo of a female anesthesiologist at a computer in the operating room during surgery.

<乌鸦传媒>California Clarifies Role of CRNAs Amid Scope-of-Practice Clash

Letter says CRNAs can administer anesthesia that's ordered by a physician

A screenshot of Rena Conti, PhD speaking during this hearing.

<乌鸦传媒>Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing

Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says

A photo of police officers on the street behind an ambulance parked in front of a house.

<乌鸦传媒>EMS Encounters for Youth Opioid Overdoses Remain Higher Than Before the Pandemic

Increasing trend among adolescents a cause for alarm, says researcher

A computer rendering of COVID viruses.

<乌鸦传媒>New COVID Variant XEC May Outpace Others This Fall

No signs of meaningfully different symptoms or vaccine response, experts say

A computer rendering of a blood vessel narrowed by plaque.

<乌鸦传媒>Metal Exposure Also Linked to More Coronary Artery Calcium

Impact of contaminant exposure considered on par with traditional risk factors

FDA APPROVED benralizumab (Fasenra) over a photo of vasculitis rashes on a man鈥檚 leg and foot.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA OKs New Option for Rare Immune-Mediated Vasculitis

Benralizumab wins approval for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

A photo of Matt Capelouto and his wife, Christine, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose.

<乌鸦传媒>Man Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pill Liable for $5.8 Million in Death of Young Woman

"We've won the battle but not the war," victim's father said

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