
Drug for rare disease brings ‘joy and hope’
A teenage patient who helped discover a rare condition is the first to benefit from a new treatment.
FRIDAY, 11 JULY 2025, 09:33
A teenage patient who helped discover a rare condition is the first to benefit from a new treatment.
Panelists pulled back some endorsements for certain vaccines containing a preservative that critics have falsely linked to autism.
There have been hundreds of cases of acute pancreatitis in people who have also taken Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy.
The test can measure whether an abnormal reaction in the womb could make pregnancy loss more likely.
The directive, in a memo issued Tuesday, came after two court rulings that questioned the Trump administration’s swift cuts to funding.
A school-based water survey found 40% of samples from South African schools unsafe, raising serious concerns about sanitation.
An NHS trust in London confirms an unexpected patient death during the cyber attack on 3 June 2024.
In a video address, the health secretary said the United States would no longer donate to Gavi, the vaccine agency. The organization rejected his claims.
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Companies that act as “middlemen” between patients and doctors are not regulated by the fertility watchdog.
Hints of a more skeptical approach to immunizations have already surfaced.
The panelists will review measles vaccine recommendations and discuss a preservative that the health secretary has falsely claimed causes autism.
A new drug that gives almost complete protection against the virus was to be administered across Africa this year. Now, much of the funding for that effort is gone.
The administration has gutted agencies like U.S.A.I.D., and President Trump has denigrated their work as wasteful and rife with fraud. His views on humanitarian assistance have seesawed since he entered political life.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the panel and appointed eight new ones. Now, the board is down to just seven.
A global study finds large numbers of children are unvaccinated against diseases like measles, tuberculosis and polio, which makes outbreaks more likely.
The case, brought by a former nurse and the mother of a 16-year-old, claims the watchdog should have imposed conditions on the clinic.
The Senate health committee chairman said new members of a key advisory panel who were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “lack experience.”
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The webinars will be run by a GP, who can answer any questions people have about women’s health.
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