FDA Offers Speedier Approvals to Drug Companies Aligning With ‘National Priorities’
2025-06-18
Agency is offering vouchers to some drug manufacturers to shorten review time for final drug applicationsContinue Reading
CDC Vaccine Expert Resigns After RFK Jr. Cuts Advisers
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A senior scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has resigned, warning that changes in leadership may weaken the country’s vaccine program. Dr. Fiona Havers, who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus),Continue Reading
Kraft Heinz To Remove Artificial Dyes From Products by 2027
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One of the nation’s largest food companies is planning a big change to its ingredients list. Kraft Heinz said it will stop using artificial dyes in all U.S. products by the end of 2027. The company also said it won’t use any syntheticContinue Reading
Eli Lilly to Buy Gene Therapy Firm Verve in $1 Billion Deal to Develop Heart Drug
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to buy Verve Therapeutics, a gene-editing startup, for about $1 billion upfront. The deal gives Lilly a potential new treatment for heart disease, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deal, announced June 17, includes a cash offer of $10.50Continue Reading
AI Boosts Skin Cancer Diagnoses, Study Says
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An experimental AI tool can help speed detection of melanoma and other skin diseases, a new study says. The tool, PanDerm, improved accuracy of skin cancer diagnoses by 11% when used by doctors, researchers reported recently in the journal Nature Medicine. It alsoContinue Reading
Night Shift Associated With Asthma Risk In Women
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Women working the night shift appear to have an increased risk of asthma, a new study says. Women who only work nights have a 50% increased risk of moderate to severe asthma compared to those on the day shift, researchers reported June 16Continue Reading
Infertility Tied To Heart Problems In Women
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Infertility appears linked to women’s risk of heart problems, an evidence review suggests. Women who are infertile have an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, with the risk highest among younger women and those who undergo fertility treatment, researchers reported in Copenhagen,Continue Reading
Talk Therapy Eases Depression, Anxiety In Stroke Survivors
2025-06-18
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Talk therapy can help stroke survivors who are in the throes of depression or anxiety, a new study says. About half of patients (49%) fully recovered from a post-stroke mood disorder after participating in talk psychotherapy, researchers reported recently in the journal NatureContinue Reading
CDC, FDA Warn of Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Pistachio Cream
2025-06-17
Four individuals across two states have been sickened and one person has been hospitalizedContinue Reading
Appendix Cancer Cases Surge in Millennials and Gen X
2025-06-17
TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When Chris Williams started feeling sharp stomach pain one night in 2021, he went straight to the emergency room. The next morning, he had surgery to remove his appendix. But that wasn’t the end of his health scare. A few days later, doctorsContinue Reading