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UCSD Records Show 273 Cadaver Loans to Defense Department

UC San Diego records cited in new reporting show 517 body-donation loans from April 2024…

By Pam Belluck
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NASA Names First Moon Base Missions and Rover Awards

NASA has outlined three initial Moon Base missions for 2026 and awarded $439 million for…

By Pam Belluck
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Tumaini Trial Begins Vaccinating Participants in DR Congo

First participants have reportedly received Ervebo in a pivotal trial testing vaccines against Bundibugyo virus…

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Guinea-Bissau Hepatitis B Newborn Trial Will Not Proceed Without Government Approval
By Pam Belluck
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Reported House Proposal Would Pursue Reusable Rare-Disease Trial Networks
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Trump orders NIH women’s health division within 90 days, but leaves funding unspecified
By Pam Belluck
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Rutgers Study Links GLP-1 Drugs to Small Rise in Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
By Pam Belluck
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HHS Confirms COVID and Shingles Vaccine Studies Were Withdrawn
By Pam Belluck
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7 Temporary Construction Wall Rental Options for Hospitals in 2026
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Bryson Fire in Malibu Reaches 39% Containment After Evacuations
By Pam Belluck
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Norte Fire forces south Orange County evacuations as later reports put blaze above 450 acres
By Pam Belluck
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Study links postpartum cabergoline use to lower breast-cancer incidence; BRCA1 trial planned
By Pam Belluck
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Genome Study Connects Native Hawaiian Ancestry Closely With Rapa Nui
By Pam Belluck
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California Enacts Law Requiring Clinician Judgment in AI-Assisted Care
By Pam Belluck
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Lancet Commission Identifies 17 Catastrophic Threats to Global Health
By Pam Belluck
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NHC Ends Isaias Tropical Warnings as Flood Threat Persists
By Pam Belluck
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White House Announces $6 Billion Science Initiative Package
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Clears Tecentriq With Chemotherapy for Stage III dMMR Colon Cancer
By Pam Belluck
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NHC Issues Gulf Coast Hurricane Watches as Isaias Strengthens
By Pam Belluck
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Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win Nobel Medicine Prize for Optogenetics
By Pam Belluck
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NASA shifts Artemis from Gateway toward lunar-base plan
By Pam Belluck
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HHS Launches Four ARPA-H Clinical Trial Modernization Programs
By Pam Belluck
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Flu Season Arrives With New Limits on When Employers Can Demand a Doctor’s Note
By Kathlyn Jacobson
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Fractionated Radiosurgery Improves Control After Large Brain Metastasis Surgery
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Juvmo for Adult Parkinson’s Disease
By Pam Belluck
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SpaceX Targets Starship’s First Orbital Test Flight
By Pam Belluck
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Moderna Begins Phase 1 Trial for Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine
By Pam Belluck
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Vitruvias Recalls One Lot of Thyroid Tablets Nationwide
By Pam Belluck
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Pediatric GLP-1 Study Finds Nutrition-Related Diagnoses in 16.8%
By Pam Belluck
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Nor’easter Brings Coastal Flood Warnings From Virginia to New Jersey
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Issues Rule on Non-Animal Tests Before Human Trials
By Pam Belluck
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HHS Adds FDA Guidance and NIH Support in Push to Reduce Animal Testing
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Fayuvi Gene Therapy for Children With Sanfilippo Type A
By Pam Belluck
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California Declares Emergency as NOAA Forecasts Strengthening El Niño
By Pam Belluck
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FDA approves first treatment for Alexander disease, Zanvastro
By Pam Belluck
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BMJ Review Finds Little Benefit From Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements
By Pam Belluck
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White House Reportedly Drafting Order to Add Political Review of NIH Grants
By Pam Belluck
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By Kathlyn Jacobson
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DR Congo Starts Ervebo Vaccinations in Bundibugyo Outbreak
By Pam Belluck
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Trump Announces Medicaid Drug-Pricing Model in All 50 States
By Pam Belluck
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Stanford study places human cortical tissue in engineered mice
By Pam Belluck
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KFF Analysis Finds Hundreds of Delayed FDA Postmarket Studies
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Inluriyo-Verzenio for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer
By Pam Belluck
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Fiji Declares HIV a National Crisis Amid Treatment Gaps
By Pam Belluck
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Pennsylvania Reports Fourth Measles-Associated Death
By Pam Belluck
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Medicare ACCESS Model Adds Five Chronic-Care Tracks for 2027
By Pam Belluck
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Vera Says Phase 3 Trutakna Trial Slowed IgA Nephropathy Progression
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Opens Applications for Pilot to Review First-in-Human IND Filings in Stages
By Pam Belluck
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NOAA Sees 75% Chance of Historically Strong El Niño by Late 2026
By Pam Belluck
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DR Congo Reports More Than 7,000 Ebola Cases
By Pam Belluck
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MAVERICK Trial Favors MRI Surveillance in Small-Cell Lung Cancer
By Pam Belluck
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By Kathlyn Jacobson
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Human Heart Tissue Shows Cardiomyocyte Division After Heart Attack
By Pam Belluck
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Merck and Moderna Report Positive Phase 3 Melanoma Trial
By Pam Belluck
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FDA advisers back six peptides for compounding list; agency still must decide
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FDA expands accelerated approval of Hyrnuo for untreated HER2-mutant advanced NSCLC
By Pam Belluck
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Trump Order Directs Federal Push on Psychedelic Drug Research and Review
By Pam Belluck
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Novartis Pelacarsen Misses Phase III Cardiovascular Endpoint
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Types of Custom Foot Orthotics: Understanding Your Options
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FDA Approves Moderna’s First mRNA Flu Vaccine
By Pam Belluck
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Hawaiʻi Declares Statewide Emergency Ahead of Hurricane Lowell
By Pam Belluck
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By Pam Belluck
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By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Besremi for Essential Thrombocythemia
By Pam Belluck
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Galápagos Coral Study Finds Stronger Recent El Niño Events
By Pam Belluck
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Lilly Says FDA Adds Cardiovascular-Risk Use for Mounjaro in Type 2 Diabetes
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Mimrylo for Adults With Polycythemia Vera
By Pam Belluck
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Roman Telescope Reportedly Launches on Wide-Field Infrared Mission
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Genglycos, First Treatment for GSDIa
By Pam Belluck
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IACC Reportedly Adopts Advisory Autism Services and Research Roadmap
By Pam Belluck
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STAREE Trial Finds Atorvastatin Cuts First Heart Events After 70
By Pam Belluck
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NASA Eyes Tentative June 2027 Artemis III Launch
By Pam Belluck
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CDC Reports Sharp Rise in Domestic Cyclospora Cases
By Pam Belluck
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Pennsylvania Confirms Two Measles-Associated Deaths Amid Outbreak
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Approves Rasonque for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
By Pam Belluck
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Shingrix Study Links Vaccination to Fewer Dementia Diagnoses
By Pam Belluck
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Shingrix Linked to Lower Cardiovascular Risk Than Zostavax
By Pam Belluck
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FDA Authorizes Abbott’s Libre Duo 10 Day Sensor
By Pam Belluck
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NIH Reportedly Reopens South African Research Funding
By Pam Belluck
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Why Does a Family Dentist Matter for Oral Health?
By Kathlyn Jacobson
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FDA Opens Comment Process for Generative-AI Medical Devices
By Pam Belluck
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Check These Details in Your Home Before Scheduling a Sump Pump Installation
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