April 07, 2025

Invasive Strep A Infections Double in the U.S.

Invasive group A streptococcal infections increased from 3.6 to 8.2 per 100,000 persons across 10 U.S. states over a 10-year period.

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April 04, 2025

Gram-Negative Infection: 7 vs 14 Days of Antibiotics

Mortality occurred in 12.8% of the patients in the 7-day group compared with 13.7% of those in the 14-day group.

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April 03, 2025

New Option for IgA Nephropathy Management

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to Vanrafia (atrasentan) for reducing proteinuria in adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy who are at risk of rapid disease progression.

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April 02, 2025

HPV Testing Guidelines Updated for Head and Neck Carcinomas

New evidence expands recommendations for sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma and standardizes p16 immunohistochemistry interpretation.

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April 02, 2025

FDA Approves Automated Latent TB Test

Revvity’s Auto-Pure 2400 platform for use with the T-SPOT.TB test to automate latent tuberculosis diagnostics was approved by the FDA.

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March 25, 2025

Microplastics: Chewing Gum May Release Particles Into Saliva

"Surprisingly, both synthetic and natural gums had similar amounts of microplastics released when we chewed them."

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March 20, 2025

Prenatal Exposure to PFAS in Contaminated Water

Results suggest associations between predicted prenatal maternal PFAS serum concentrations and some childhood cancers

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February 12, 2025

FDA & EMA: Submitted Trial Data Discrepancies

Sample size discrepancies were identified in 13 trials (65%), with 8 differing by more than 10%.

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February 20, 2025

18-Year Neuroblastoma Remission in a Patient After GD2 CAR T-Cell Therapy

"She has never required any other therapy and is likely the longest-surviving patient with cancer who received [CAR T-cell] therapy."

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