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Kaufman health nominee vote delayed over vaccine views
A Trump administration nominee for a key public health role saw his confirmation vote delayed after scrutiny over past anti-vaccine statements emerged just before the scheduled vote.
STAT+: Trump administration quietly picks Timothy Westlake to lead mental health agency
President Trump has nominated Timothy Westlake, a Wisconsin physician, to lead the federal mental health agency SAMHSA — nearly 18 months into his term and without a formal White House announcement.
Largest Study Links Road Traffic Noise to Parkinson's Risk
The largest study of its kind, tracking 3.1 million Danish adults for 18 years, found that long-term exposure to road traffic noise modestly raises the risk of Parkinson's disease, with a 3% increase
HHS, White House to Convene Experts on Clinical AI Standards
The White House and HHS are convening experts in a one-month sprint to develop consensus principles for benchmarking and evaluating clinical artificial intelligence tools.
Public Citizen petitions FDA to ban DTC drug ads
Public Citizen has petitioned the FDA to ban direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines, arguing such ads mislead consumers through persuasion and emotional manipulation rather than pati
STAT+: New data on Eli Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ drug leave open questions on heart benefit
Eli Lilly's next-generation obesity drug retatrutide delivered 22.6% weight loss in a Phase 3 trial of nearly 2,000 patients with heart disease, but secondary cardiovascular endpoints showed no statis
Bipartisan Senate Bill Seeks Federal Office of Men's Health
Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) are introducing the bipartisan Men's Health Act in the Senate to create a federal Office of Men's Health within HHS, building on a companion H
Opinion: New billing codes likely to raise maternity care costs
The American Medical Association will scrap global professional payment codes for obstetricians and midwives by year's end, replacing them with separate fee-for-service codes that experts say will rai
Opinion: Good riddance to bundled ‘global’ maternal care billing
Starting January 1, 2027, U.S. maternity care billing will shift from a bundled 'global obstetric payment' to a fee-for-service model — a change ACOG leaders argue will improve billing transparency, e
FDA Peptide Panel Faces Conflict-of-Interest Backlash
An FDA advisory panel will meet this week to debate whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to manufacture seven synthetic peptides currently deemed unsafe for them, with critics flagging dee
Psychobiotics Research Targets Depression via Gut-Brain Axis
Microbial neuroscience has accelerated from fringe curiosity to a booming research field, with scientists exploring probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics as potential treatments for depression, anxi
Fampridine approved on NHS England for MS patients
Fampridine, the first drug shown to improve walking in multiple sclerosis patients, is now available on the NHS in England — offering up to 5,000 eligible patients a year access to a treatment previou
Study Backs Merck's Ervebo for Bundibugyo Ebola
A new study and mounting observational data are fueling calls to test Merck's licensed Ervebo Ebola vaccine against the Bundibugyo species driving the DRC's fastest-growing outbreak on record, though
Sun Avoiders Twice as Likely to Die as Sun Lovers
Journalist Rowan Jacobsen's new book "In Defense of Sunlight" argues that decades of sun avoidance have obscured the cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic benefits of moderate UV exposure, citing mech
Hospitals Should Learn From Argentina's World Cup Loss
A physician's opinion essay argues that Argentina's 1-0 World Cup final loss to Spain exposes how American hospitals stagnate when they preserve yesterday's winning formula and rely on star individual
CDC cuts leave US less prepared for disease outbreaks, former officials warn
Former CDC officials warn the US is less prepared for disease outbreaks than before COVID, as staffing cuts coincide with intensifying threats from hantavirus, Ebola, measles, cyclospora, and bird flu
Sperm whales change click patterns near boats
Sperm whales off Dominica change their distinctive clicking patterns when boats approach, so predictably that Project Ceti researchers can detect ship presence from vocalizations alone.
ACS Releases Checklist as Colorectal Cancer Becomes Top Killer
The American College of Surgeons has released free educational resources and a checklist to help younger adults recognize colorectal cancer warning signs, as the disease becomes the leading cancer kil
NASA Psyche Probe Captures Mars Flyby Timelapse
NASA released a new timelapse video from its Psyche spacecraft showing the probe's recent flyby of Mars on its journey to a target asteroid, with the footage capturing Martian craters, polar ice caps,
Trump Admin Funds $5bn AI Science Across 15 Agencies
The Trump administration will deploy $5bn across 15 federal agencies for an "AI for science" initiative, giving researchers access to DOE supercomputers and government datasets for work on chronic dis
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