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Top FDA inspection official to retire amid staff frustration
The official in charge of federal food and drug safety inspections will retire May 14.
May 7, 2025
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Trump orders curb on virus research he blames for Covid pandemic
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new limitations on a form of biological research his administration says caused the COVID-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China.
May 6, 2025
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Police officers fire more shots than civilians in homicides, research shows
An analysis using data from the US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) has found that in homicides with police shooters, victims have been shot far more times than in homicides with civilians as shooters. The ...
Apr 23, 2025
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Federal prosecutor questions medical journals over alleged bias
At least three medical journals have received letters from a top federal prosecutor questioning whether they mislead readers or allow political bias to influence what they decide to publish.
Apr 23, 2025
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Assertive pharmacists can play key role in minimizing unnecessary drug prescriptions
Assertiveness—a communication style that involves frank self-expression while respecting others—is considered a teachable skill and has been regarded as useful in improving the safety of medical care. Researchers at the ...
Apr 9, 2025
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Trump administration withdraws key ADA documents
The Trump administration has removed 11 guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a new report says.
Apr 9, 2025
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Firings at federal health agencies decimate offices that release public records
Public access to government records that document the handling of illnesses, faulty products, and safety lapses at health facilities will slow after mass firings at the federal Department of Health and Human Services swept ...
Apr 7, 2025
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FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
The Food and Drug Administration's chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday.
Apr 1, 2025
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Layoffs begin at the nation's health agencies
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul expected to ultimately lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices just days after ...
Apr 1, 2025
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Comparing virtual and in-person learning among medical students
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, when much of medical education shifted from in-person to virtual settings, Yale School of Medicine (YSM) researchers have sought to understand how virtual learning environments impact medical ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Exploring care professionals' perspectives on education, awareness of health issues for TNBI individuals
A recent study by KI-researchers Nadia Davoody and Sravya Katta reveals significant gaps related to health care professionals' awareness of gender diversity, proper communication strategies, the specific needs of transgender, ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Job loss, mental health, and the fate of federal workers
The National Institutes of Health employee said she knew things would be difficult for federal workers after Donald Trump was elected. But she never imagined it would be like this.
Mar 31, 2025
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LLMs like ChatGPT are ready to teach medical ethics, researchers argue
Perhaps no profession has stricter ethical standards than medicine, and ethics is considered essential in the education of any respected medical school. A new essay by researchers at Hiroshima University (Japan) provides ...
Mar 26, 2025
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Amid plummeting diversity at medical schools, a warning of DEI crackdown's 'chilling effect'
The Trump administration's crackdown on DEI programs could exacerbate an unexpectedly steep drop in diversity among medical school students, even in states like California, where public universities have been navigating bans ...
Mar 25, 2025
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Will mummy make it better? The curious case of mummified remedies in early modern medicine
The history of medicine is filled with remedies that, viewed through a modern lens, seem perplexing, misguided or downright macabre. Among these is "mumia"—a medicinal substance derived from mummified human remains.
Mar 24, 2025
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Swiss meditech Alcon inks eyecare deal with US's Lensar
Swiss eyecare firm Alcon said on Monday it has agreed to a deal worth a potential $430 million with US counterpart Lensar, which offers advanced laser solutions for cataract treatments.
Mar 24, 2025
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200 years after the creation of braille, blind people in Mali say it has allowed them to fit in
Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see.
Mar 20, 2025
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When patients are harmed in hospital, issues aren't always addressed to prevent recurrence
Over the past two weeks, the media has reported several cases of serious "adverse events," where babies, children and an adult experienced harm and ultimately died while receiving care in separate Australian hospitals.
Mar 10, 2025
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The role of pharmacists in identifying and addressing domestic violence
Integrating domestic violence (DV) education into pharmacy curriculum is a vital step to equipping pharmacists with the necessary skills to effectively address DV, according to a new Monash study published in the journal ...
Mar 6, 2025
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Pfizer and BioNTech COVID vaccine broke patent: German court
A German court found Wednesday that American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech violated a patent to make their COVID-19 vaccine.
Mar 5, 2025
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COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren't enough to eliminate a disease
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn't require precaution. Nonetheless, ...
Mar 5, 2025
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Representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in the US health workforce
A new study by researchers from The George Washington University highlights the critical need for disaggregating data on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations in the U.S. health workforce ...
Mar 4, 2025
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Addressing workplace violence for student nurses
In light of growing pressures on the nursing profession, including staff shortages, more needs to be done to combat workplace violence, say Flinders University researchers.
Feb 11, 2025
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