June 09, 2025

New Fixed-Dose RSV Antibody Approved

The FDA has approved enflonsia, a fixed-dose monoclonal antibody, for preventing RSV lower respiratory tract disease in infants during their first season.

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June 06, 2025

Can At-Home Melatonin Testing Work?

At-home dim light melatonin onset assessments were 92% successful in youth with ADHD symptoms, regardless of symptom severity.

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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.

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June 04, 2025

Dog Exposure May Lower Genetic Eczema Risk

A large European study found that early-life dog exposure may reduce the genetic risk for atopic eczema, with lab results confirming a biological mechanism involving immune signaling in skin cells.

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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.

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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."

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October 29, 2024

New Data Challenges Pediatric Sinusitis Treatment Guidelines

A JAMA review revealed that only 26% of pediatric ABRS patients treated with placebo required subsequent antibiotic therapy, prompting questions about current guidelines recommending first-line antibiotic use in children with sinusitis.

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November 01, 2024

Are Antibiotics Needed for Pediatric Pneumonia?

Nearly one in five children diagnosed with pneumonia in outpatient settings did not receive antibiotics, according to a recent study in JAMA Network Open.

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July 02, 2024

Black Docs Lacking Amid Growing Attacks on Diversity Programs

Research has shown that patients of color prefer seeing doctors of their own race — and some studies have shown health outcomes are better for Black patients seeing Black doctors.

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