New Tuberculosis Framework May Improve Research, Clinical Care
A new framework may better characterize the early stages of tuberculosis (TB) and improve research and clinical care, an international...
health policies
State and Local Tobacco Control Policies Are Associated with Decreasing Cigarette Smoking Rates and Disparities
Summary: While California as a whole has made significant progress over the past three decades in reducing rates of cigarette...
A Physician Guide to Supporting Sexual Assault Survivors
Lee is a psychiatry resident. A decade ago, I believed it utterly unthinkable that anyone could advocate for rape or...
A Systematic Review, 1980 to 2018 (Injury Epidemiology)
Summary: Violence is a serious public health concern disproportionately experienced by American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people. While the...
House Committee Wrestles With Lab Test Regulation
Members of a House committee mostly agreed that laboratory-developed tests need more oversight, but were divided Thursday on how best...
Californians in some areas less likely to benefit from policies curbing tobacco use
Californians in some areas less likely to benefit from policies curbing tobacco useAreas with weak local regulations leave some communities...
Pediatric Neuron Disease Gets Its First Gene Therapy
The FDA approved atidarsagene autotemcel (arsa-cel; Lenmeldy), the first gene therapy to treat children with pre-symptomatic late infantile, pre-symptomatic early...
Hold Your Horses, Health Workers With COVID Still Must Isolate
Ross is a nurse and co-president of a nurses' union. On March 1, the CDC announced it was slashing the...
Physician Who Worked With Disciplined TikTok Doc Surrenders License
Ohio physician Carlos Domingo, MD, who worked with a previously disciplined colleague known as "Dr. Roxy" on TikTok, will no...
FDA Staff Cast Doubt on Novel Drug for MDS-Related Anemia
FDA staff appear to have serious doubts about the prospects of imetelstat as a treatment for transfusion-dependent anemia in adults...
Largest Independent Primary Care Network in the U.S. Accused of Medicare Fraud
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation's largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit...
