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Every State Applied, and 40 Have Signed Medicaid Drug Pricing Deals Ahead of the September 30 Deadline

Forty states and Puerto Rico signed on to a Medicaid most-favored-nation drug pricing model. Others face a Sept. 30 deadline. What it means for enrollees.

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Panel That Shapes Free Cancer Screenings Gets Eight New Kennedy Picks, Mostly Specialists, but No Meeting Date

Kennedy named 8 new members to the Preventive Services Task Force, which guides no-cost screenings. It has not met in over a year, and no date is set.

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Patients Hospitalized After Medetomidine-Laced Fentanyl Use Describe Extreme Sedation and Withdrawal That Standard Treatment Did Not Fully Ease

Patients hospitalized after medetomidine exposure describe extreme sedation and hard-to-treat withdrawal. Learn the warning signs and when to get help.

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Kennedy Set to Keynote Children's Health Defense Conference Thursday, Returning to the Anti-Vaccine Group He Once Led

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will keynote a Children's Health Defense conference Thursday. What his return to the group means as measles cases rise.

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Kennedy's Deputy Pick Chris Klomp Faces Senate Health Panel as Democrats Aim to Test His Vaccine Views

Chris Klomp, the nominee for deputy HHS secretary, faces the Senate Health Committee after a Finance hearing. What Democrats want to ask and why it matters.

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Four in 10 Pediatricians Say Children Skipped Medical Appointments Over Immigration Fears in the Past Year

In an AAP survey, 40% of pediatricians said children missed appointments over immigration fears. What the finding means for families and child health.

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AI EKG Tool Authorized by FDA Aims to Flag Heart Attacks That Standard ST-Elevation Criteria Can Miss

The FDA granted de novo authorization to Queen of Hearts, an AI EKG model for heart attack triage. What the evidence shows and what patients should know.

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Diabetes Care Editors Halt Manuscript Reviews as Boycott of the American Diabetes Association Escalates Over June Ejections

Diabetes Care editors joined a boycott of the American Diabetes Association and suspended manuscript review. The ADA says its journals still review papers.

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Some Pancreatic Cancer Families Hit Insurance Delays After Rasonque Approval Closed the Drug's Free Early Access Program

FDA approval of the pancreatic cancer pill Rasonque closed its free early access program before some insurers were ready to cover it.

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Heart Calcium Scans Sharpened Risk Estimates Mainly for Borderline and Intermediate Patients in 10-Year Study of 6,000-Plus Adults

A 10-year JAMA study of more than 6,000 adults found heart calcium scans added little for most people but helped those at borderline or intermediate risk.

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Rural Hospital Leaders in Maine Say $50 Billion Federal Fund Offers Programs, Not the Survival Cash They Needed

Rural hospital leaders say the $50 billion federal rural health fund pays for new programs, not the survival cash they need as Medicaid cuts loom.

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New Telehealth Company Offers Off-Label GLP-1 Treatment for Addiction in 41 States as Key Trials Remain Unfinished

Quel Health says clinicians on its platform may prescribe GLP-1 drugs off-label for addiction in 41 states. What the FDA has and has not approved.

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Judge Pauses Pediatricians' Lawsuit Over Kennedy's Vaccine Changes as Families Await October 6 Appeals Court Argument

A federal judge paused the AAP vaccine lawsuit ahead of an Oct. 6 appeals argument. What the March order still blocks and what families can do now.

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Confidential Drugmaker Deals Could Cut Projected Medicare Savings from Most-Favored-Nation Pricing by 71% to Nearly 80%

A Lancet model says confidential drugmaker deals could erase 71% to nearly 80% of projected Medicare savings from foreign drug price benchmarks.

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ARPA-H Funds AI Agents Designed to Adjust Heart Failure Medications, Testing How Much Autonomy Patients Can Trust

ARPA-H picked teams to build AI agents that could adjust heart failure care, aiming for FDA authorization. Safety questions patients should ask.

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R.J. Reynolds Is Now Selling Four Flavored Vuse Pods the FDA Has Never Authorized for Sale

Vuse Pro pods in peach, berry, watermelon, and mint reached US shelves without FDA authorization. Here is what federal law actually requires.

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Soda Purchases Dropped 12 Percent Under State SNAP Restrictions While Some of the Money Shifted to Other Drinks

A new NBER analysis found soda purchases fell about 12 percent among SNAP households in 10 states with restrictions. It measured buying, not health.

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She Got Every Childhood Vaccine at 23, and She Says Shaming People Like Her Mother Changes Nothing

A scientist who grew up unvaccinated says shaming vaccine doubters changes nothing, as CDC data show school exemptions hitting a new record.

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Human Brain Tissue Is Grown in Labs Worldwide and Almost No Law Anywhere Says What Is Off Limits

Neural organoids fall outside the scope of specialized ethics review almost everywhere. Scientists are now split over whether that exemption still holds up.

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Cancer Patients Now Wait About 10 Days Longer to Start Treatment Than They Did a Decade Ago

A JAMA Surgery study of more than 2.7 million patients found that wait times from cancer diagnosis to first treatment rose across all six cancers studied.

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NIH Plans to Bar Scientists on Visas from the Award That Launches Independent Labs

NIH plans to limit K99 Pathway to Independence awards to citizens and permanent residents, closing one of few funding routes for visa holders.

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Two Pompe Disease Treatments Are in Short Supply Weeks After Regulators Cited the Plant That Releases Them

Sanofi is facing supply shortfalls of two Pompe disease enzyme therapies following manufacturing and quality control problems at an Irish plant.

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Gene-Editing Startup Scraps Lead Program Seven Months After Launch and Cuts Staff

Aurora Therapeutics deprioritized its lead personalized gene-editing program and cut staff, exposing how hard it is to scale one-patient CRISPR therapies.

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MRI Before Biopsy Is Standard in Peer Countries but Used in Only a Third of U.S. Prostate Cases

Pre-biopsy prostate MRI is standard in most wealthy countries but used in only about a third of U.S. cases. Here is what the evidence shows.

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Federal Health Officials Held Closed-Door Meetings with AI Companies, Raising Questions About Who Shapes Adoption Policy

FDA and CMS held a closed-door clinical AI event with 10 tech companies. What is routine, what is disclosed, and why patient groups want access.

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