Medical news · Saturday, November 7, 2026
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FDA grants accelerated approval to amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj for recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
It’s the first measles death in the state since 1990.
FDA issues nationwide recall of blood pressure medication after pills fail quality test
Seasonal flu activity remains low nationally but is increasing in many parts of the country.
Lowering lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), did not translate into better cardiovascular outcomes in a secondary prevention population, at least not with pelacarsen in the Lp(a) HORIZON trial. Among people with elevated lipoprotein(a...
A few clicks, a credit card, and a package arrives at your door. The same technology that has expanded access to information and consumer goods has also made it easier than ever for unregulated products to reach consumers while...
Cody Parsons, APh, PharmD, BCCCP, says protected pharmacist access lets patients with heart failure be seen more often than typical clinic visits allow.
People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought -- at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Archaeologists who led a dig at a monumental tomb in Siberia said they turned up evidence of...
The evidence for GLP-1 receptor agonists keeps growing, while access for low-income patients keeps narrowing.
On Friday, as some public health groups continued to call for the impeachment of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Kennedy's fate remained up in the air following the Democrats' overwhelming sweep in the congressional midterms...
Drugmaker Novartis acknowledged Thursday that there have been nine reports of tumors in children treated with its gene therapy onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Two of the tumor cases were...
Treatment with both elafibranor (Iqirvo) and seladelpar (Livdelzi) led to alkaline phosphatase (ALP) normalization in the vast majority of patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) who had elevated ALP levels after an incomplete...
More than 100,000 Hawaii residents who qualify for Medicaid may soon find their doctors prescribing them fresh food as medicine. The script could be for fresh fruit and vegetables, even ahi, beef, chicken, and eggs. The federally...
Specialty pharmacists can help patients with cancer weigh the benefits and risks of GLP-1 receptor agonists as use expands and new evidence emerges.
More than a third of infants thought to be allergic to peanuts were not actually allergic, an oral food challenge study showed. With the aim of treating peanut allergy among babies who reacted to peanut before 1 year of age...
At this weekend's American Heart Association (AHA) meeting, intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering and other mainstays in cardiovascular medicine have a lot to prove, as do innovations related to GLP-1 receptor agonists and artificial...
Hubris played such a central role in the 2026 midterm election that the ancient Greeks would surely have loved it. The midterms featured a mortal who promised to avoid war, lower prices, expel immigrants who had committed crimes...
Lumateperone (Caplyta) rapidly improved symptoms of acute mania associated with bipolar I disorder, a phase III trial showed. Among 351 patients with or without mixed features, lumateperone demonstrated superiority over placebo...
If gene therapies are expected to deliver decades of benefit, long-term evidence collection must be coordinated, useful to patients, and financially sustainable.
Doctors are warning not to overlook the small increase in breast cancer risk associated with certain hormonal therapies for treating menopause symptoms. (New York Times) In related news, the FDA removed boxed warnings about...
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As kratom questions increase, many pharmacists and other health care professionals may remain unfamiliar it and the potential risks.
Prenatal exposure to both alcohol and tobacco smoke impacted the baby's facial development more than either alone, a longitudinal study from South Africa showed. Three-dimensional facial scans at 1 month and 1 year of age showed...
A California appeals court has found that "ER" and "The Pitt" have enough similarity that a lawsuit brought by the widow and estate of "ER" creator Michael Crichton alleging "The Pitt" is an unauthorized reboot can move forward...
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Pharmacists can work alongside dermatologists, nurses, and other health care professionals to help answer skin care–related questions and help patients understand trial outcomes.
Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD, highlighted preclinical advances in automated stem cell gene editing that could improve manufacturing scalability while supporting the development of next-generation genetic medicines.
The FDA granted accelerated approval to subcutaneous amivantamab and hyaluronidase (Rybrevant Faspro) for the treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The approved indication is...
LANSING, Mich. -- Fifteen years working as an emergency department (ED) nurse has convinced Kim Bogan, RN, that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over. Her patients arriving for...
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Actor Russell Brand, an ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, was found guilty of rape and multiple...
Payer requirements, prescriber habits, and operational realities ultimately determine which ICI patients receive.
Accelerated approval for patients who progressed on platinum and immunotherapy brings a new mechanism—and a familiar toxicity profile.
Physician groups had mixed opinions on the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule for 2027, which included slightly increased pay cuts for doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries, compared to a proposed rule released in...
Routine postdilation conferred several upsides in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a balloon-expandable platform, according to emerging trial evidence. In the DUOTAP trial, routine postdilation largely corrected...