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FDA approves KRESLADI, first CIRM‑backed gene‑editing therapy
The FDA cleared KRESLADI, a gene‑editing treatment from Rocket Pharmaceuticals for severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency‑I in children, eliminating the need for a bone‑marrow donor. It is the first product directly funded by California’s Institute for Regenerative Medicine to receive approval.
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By the numbers: Syneron Bio raises $150M Series B
The American Hospital Association has opened early‑bird registration for its inaugural Healthier Together Conference, with discounted rates available until March 31. The three‑day event will take place May 12‑14 in Dallas and will concentrate on community health, care‑delivery transformation, and reducing health‑outcome disparities. By offering a limited‑time price cut, the AHA aims to attract a wide range of hospital leaders, policymakers, and nonprofit partners. The deadline coincides with heightened public‑health attention, including a recent CDC measles surge.
Health Care Management Corporation (HCMC) announced the launch of the Excellence in Hospital Capacity Management Award, targeting hospitals that excel in patient flow and resource optimization. The award will assess candidates on data‑driven strategies, measurable outcomes, and innovative practices, with...
I will NEVER miss an opportunity to call out medical misinformation so people know how to protect themselves and rally for change. On this particular panel, we got into the hype and hope of stem cells in an honest and cathartic...
SightGlass Vision’s DOT (Diffusion Optics Technology) lenses were shown in two 12‑month trials—North American CYPRESS and Chinese CATHAY—not to increase astigmatism in children compared with control spectacles. The studies also confirmed that DOT lenses slow axial length growth and spherical...
A new NBER working paper finds that adding 1,000 immigrants to a U.S. metropolitan area reduces elderly mortality by roughly ten deaths. The effect is driven by an influx of 142 foreign‑born healthcare workers, especially long‑term care staff, who augment...
Cardinal Health announced a voluntary nationwide recall of its Webcol™ Large Alcohol Prep Pads after detecting microbial contamination with Paenibacillus phoenicis. The affected lots, distributed in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Japan between September 2025 and February 2026, pose a...
Some interesting comments from Jacob Van Naarden, $LLY head of business development, at STAT's Breakthrough Summit East event yesterday: On deal volume: Jake, himself, is seeing approx 10 deals per week, ie deals that are important enough, or diligenced enough,...
A third‑year medical student describes how point‑of‑care calculators like MDCalc translate evidence‑based scores into actionable decisions during an emergency medicine clerkship. While these tools improve consistency, the author warns that they can solidify into rigid protocols, turning probabilistic aids into...
The post promotes a recent interview titled “The Vaccine Mafia & Religion” featuring Livio Sanchez of the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation. The conversation, hosted on Rumble, examines how vaccine skepticism is framed through religious language and claims of liability. Readers...
One of the questions I get asked most often is how to tell the difference between a longevity clinic built on evidence and one built on marketing. It's a question that deserves a honest, detailed answer. Grateful to be sharing the...
Rosuvastatin calcium, sold under the brand name Crestor, is a prescription statin that lowers low‑density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. The FDA provides extensive safety guidance, urging adverse‑event reporting via MedWatch and highlighting interaction risks with certain HIV and hepatitis C drugs that...
If you care about the future of the CDC or public health, you need to read this piece and watch this video on how leadership is thinking about the search for a new director. Definitely watch the 10 minute video in...
The 2026 NRMP match shows radiology programs offering a record 1,478 residency slots, a 5% increase from 2025. Despite the growth, the pool of PGY‑1 diagnostic radiology applicants shrank to 1,741, a 1% dip and a 14% decline over three...
Citalopram, sold as Celexa, is a widely prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used for depression and anxiety. Recent FDA safety communications highlight a dose‑related risk of abnormal heart rhythms, especially QT prolongation, and potential complications when used in pregnancy. The...
A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled that Scomed Supply, a distributor of durable medical equipment, does not qualify as a “health care provider” under the state Workers’ Compensation Act. The decision upheld the insurer’s refusal to pay additional reimbursement for supplies...
The FDA granted accelerated approval to Wegovy HD, a 7.2 mg weekly semaglutide injection, marking the fourth product cleared under the National Priority Voucher pilot. Phase 3 STEP UP data showed a mean 20.7% weight loss, with nearly one‑third of participants shedding 25% or...
A real‑world propensity‑matched study of 1,666 non‑diabetic patients found that initiating tirzepatide within 14 days of an acute myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke cut the risk of emergency‑room visits, hospitalizations, acute kidney injury, repeat stroke and heart‑failure admission over two...
Healthcare affordability is reframed as a system‑design challenge rather than a simple pricing issue. The article proposes three interlocking pillars—financial protection, cost discipline through strategic purchasing, and shared digital infrastructure—to achieve universal access without hardship. It cites Thailand’s Universal Coverage...
A large genetic study found that higher diastolic blood pressure is linked to increased neuroticism. The analysis covered millions of participants from eight cohorts, revealing a specific association with neurotic traits but not with anxiety, depression, or happiness. Researchers suggest...
So many women labor beautifully at home and then everything slows down the moment they get to the hospital. Contractions space out, weaken, or stall completely. Then they're told they've "failed to progress." There's a real physiological reason this happens....
The White House’s top drug‑pricing negotiator, Chris Klomp, clarified that the TrumpRx initiative is intended primarily to increase price transparency rather than serve as a broad marketplace for discounted drugs. He emphasized that the program will provide data tools and...
A new international study of 225 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) survivors, with a median follow‑up of 8.8 years, reveals that long‑term physical health remains significantly compromised despite rising survival rates. Survivors scored 8‑11 points lower on SF‑36 physical functioning and...
A new review in Frontiers in Immunology outlines the expanding arsenal against diffuse large B‑cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common aggressive non‑Hodgkin lymphoma. While R‑CHOP still achieves durable remission in about 60% of patients, the authors detail how CAR‑T cells,...
New Korean cohort study shows that cumulative exposure to elevated blood pressure between ages 30 and 40 markedly raises later‑life cardiovascular and kidney disease risk. Every 10 mm Hg increase in systolic pressure above 120 mm Hg was linked to a 27 % higher hazard...
The study develops and optimises a health‑specialist outreach model for people rough sleeping in England, producing a detailed programme theory and operational plan. Using rapid evidence review, stakeholder workshops, and interviews, researchers identified system inhibitors such as local population differences,...
Researchers at Nectome have successfully cryopreserved an entire pig brain, locking cellular activity with minimal damage. The method uses rapid vitrification to prevent ice formation, preserving neural architecture and synaptic connections. Nectome now plans to offer the service to terminally...
A federal court has halted the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations, throwing the Trump administration’s vaccine policy into uncertainty. Officials are weighing whether to appeal the decision or dissolve the current panel and appoint new members. The...
The article uses a grieving employee’s story to expose the Philippines’ fragmented healthcare system, where families from remote islands must cross seas for treatment. Limited provincial facilities force costly, time‑consuming journeys that often delay life‑saving care. Lawmakers are pushing legislation...
The FDA released a series of updates between 2020 and 2026 that revise, recognize, or withdraw antimicrobial susceptibility breakpoints and standards for dozens of drugs. Recent actions include recognizing M100 MIC and disk‑diffusion breakpoints for amikacin, cefiderocol, and several beta‑lactam...
CBS News' investigation identified more than 700 of the 1,800 licensed hospice providers in Los Angeles County as participants in a Medicare fraud scheme that overbilled the program by $105 million in a single year. The report highlights a dramatic surge...
The FDA has formally recognized Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) performance standards for antifungal susceptibility testing, specifically the 2026 editions of M27M44S for yeasts and M38M51S for filamentous fungi. The agency lists which antifungal drugs have approved susceptibility test...
1. A #flu update: 14 more kids have died from flu this season, per #CDC. This brings the 2025-26 pediatric flu death tally to 115 so far but it's likely to continue to rise. At this point last year the...
If you've been following the situation at #CDC — specifically the agency's lack of a director for most of the past 15 months — you'll want to listen to Chris Klomp, chief counsellor to HHS, discuss the administration's search for...
The article argues that trust is the "secret sauce" for high‑performing health‑care teams, linking neuroscience to better collaboration, reduced burnout, and superior patient care. It presents Harvard Business School professor Frances Frei’s three‑pillar framework—authenticity, logic, and empathy—as practical levers for...
The question in health IT isn’t who has the best roadmap It’s who can execute fast enough. David Cohen’s perspective from the Greenway User Conference: https://t.co/N0sw9cW6oH @greenway #EHRstrategy #HITSM
In hectic settings like emergency departments, clinicians shouldn’t have to choose between caring for patients and keeping up with documentation. @OracleHealth Clinical AI Agent is designed for the realities of emergency and inpatient care. https://t.co/P3gcSvXwCJ
Health Gorilla released a case study and 21 recorded meetings confirming that GuardDog consistently represented its telehealth services as treatment‑focused, covering chronic care management and patient monitoring. The materials span July 2024 to November 2025 and counter claims that GuardDog’s data queries...
.@SWOG S2213 Ph3 RCT Dara-VC Induction Followed by ASCT or Dara-VCD Consolidation & Daratumumab Maintenance in Pts w/ Newly Diagnosed AL Amyloidosis [Activated: 12/1/23] https://t.co/OizUfJCc2c #mmsm #bmtsm https://t.co/acq0EeyNFn
EAA241 - Ph 2 RCT Dara-Bor-Dex vs Cy-Bor-Dex in the treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma with Light Chain Cast Nephropathy (LCCN) [Study activated 8/11/25] @keruakous https://t.co/1NgvVZ3fTA #NCT07085728 #mmsm @eaonc https://t.co/s8eqQJkQzK
Health Gorilla released a case study and 21 recorded meetings showing GuardDog consistently described its services as treatment‑focused telehealth. The materials confirm GuardDog’s claim that all data queries were made under HIPAA authorizations to support patient care, not for non‑treatment...
#EAonc EAA173 - Daratumumab to Enhance Therapeutic Effectiveness of Revlimid in Smoldering Myeloma (DETER-SMM) - PI: @nsc_natalie https://t.co/VtBMJUjI5X Activated: Apr 30, 2019 #mmsm @eaonc #NCT03937635 @VincentRK @mweissmdphd https://t.co/lI3MqKHIiY
The March 20, 2026 "In the Clinic" page aggregates a wide array of BioWorld snapshots, special reports, and infographics covering biopharma, medical technology, and emerging therapeutic areas. It links to daily data snapshots, market outlooks, and deep‑dive analyses such as the med‑tech...
A large Swedish cohort study published in Nature Medicine shows that antibiotics can disturb the gut microbiome for up to eight years, with the most pronounced changes occurring within the first year. The research, which analyzed fecal metagenomes of 14,979...
Robots Made From Living Cells Get Upgraded With Their Very Own Nervous Systems https://t.co/ctQ64b45O4 https://t.co/ye1TV6VwCn
The U.S. District Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s effort to revise the CDC childhood immunization schedule, preserving universal hepatitis B birth‑dose and routine hepatitis A vaccinations. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) backed the ruling after months...
New research analyzing 264 million deaths in 20 high‑income countries finds that women aged 35‑60 experience higher mortality from breast and other reproductive cancers than men, eroding their overall longevity advantage. The authors introduced the Truncated Cross‑Sectional Average Length of Life...
At this point, it's very reasonable for a patient to ask their doctor, "Have you used clinical AI to help optimize your diagnosis and treatment plan for me?"
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) treatment now includes three FDA‑approved antifibrotic drugs—nerandomilast, nintedanib, and pirfenidone—each shown to slow forced vital capacity decline. Nerandomilast, approved in 2025, marks the first new IPF therapy in over a decade, while cost‑effectiveness analyses favor nintedanib...
Able Innovations has partnered with Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) to launch the ALTA Platform, a robotic patient‑handling system, as the first U.S. deployment of the technology. The platform automates lateral patient transfers, lowering caregiver injury risk while boosting...
On this week's #WTHealth pod: @LaurenWeberHP, @sangerkatz, and @AliceOllstein on vaccine changes, NIH funding, the ACA and more. Plus @DrewAltman kicks off our new series, "How Would You Fix It?" https://t.co/GYkk11Hv6L
