June 06, 2025

FDA Monthly Round-up: Key May Updates

May’s FDA approvals include the first at-home HPV test, a blood-based Alzheimer’s diagnostic, biosimilars, AI-enabled imaging tools, and novel therapies across cardiology, pulmonology, neurology, gastroenterology, and more.

Conexiant

June 04, 2025

Chemo Killed Her. A Test Might've Saved Her.

A fatal enzyme deficiency turned a common chemo drug toxic. With testing available—but rarely used—are clinicians missing a lifesaving step?

KFF Health News

June 03, 2025

FDA Grants Breakthrough Status to Shield Test

The methylation-based blood assay is designed for screening multiple cancer types.

Conexiant

June 02, 2025

New COVID Vaccine Approved for High-Risk Groups

After showing higher efficacy and a comparable safety profile to Spikevax, the FDA has approved Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk patients.

Conexiant

May 30, 2025

Paging Dr. Canada: U.S. Exodus

Amid Trump’s return, more American doctors are fleeing to Canada, citing political fear, violence, and a collapsing health care climate.

KFF Health News

May 28, 2025

Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

"We're probably going to stop publishing in The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and those other journals because they're all corrupt."

Conexiant

May 27, 2025

Minimally Invasive Option for Severe Mitral Annular Calcification

The FDA has approved Abbott’s Tendyne system, the first transcatheter mitral valve replacement for patients with severe mitral annular calcification who are ineligible for open-heart surgery.

Conexiant

May 27, 2025

COVID Vaccine: CDC Shakes Up Recommendations

U.S. health officials have dropped routine COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women, signaling a major policy shift.

Reuters

May 22, 2025

FDA to Rethink COVID Booster Formula

FDA advisers to vote on whether 2025–2026 COVID vaccines should target JN.1 descendants like LP.8.1 amid rising uncertainty over dominant strains.

Reuters