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Two-Thirds of Survivors of the Most Severe COVID-19 Face Impairment at One Year
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Nearly two-thirds of survivors of severe COVID-19 discharged to long-term acute care hospitals have persistent impairments at one...
Births in the United States Declined in 2023
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- In 2023, birth rates in the United States were down, according to an April Vital Statistics Rapid Release provisional report, a...
Serum Biomarkers Predict Knee OA Before Radiographic Abnormalities
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Serum biomarkers can predict knee osteoarthritis before radiographic abnormalities, according to a study published in the April 26...
Antenatal Corticosteroids Do Not Negatively Impact Offspring
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Administration of antenatal corticosteroids to persons at risk for late preterm delivery is not associated with adverse childhood...
Use of Acid-Suppression Therapy Linked to Migraine, Severe Headache
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Use of acid-suppression therapy is associated with higher odds of migraine or severe headache, according to a study published online...
USDA Gets Tougher on Salmonella in Raw Breaded Chicken Products
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is clamping down on salmonella bacteria found in breaded, stuffed raw chicken products, with the...
FDA Approves Beqvez (fidanacogene elaparvovec-dzkt) One-Time Gene Therapy for Adults with Hemophilia B
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 26, 2024 -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE)announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Beqvez&trade...
'Drug Take Back Day' is Saturday: Check for Leftover Opioids in Your Home
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain. Trouble...
Clients Got HIV Through 'Vampire Facial' Microneedling Treatments
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 (HealthDay) -- Between 2018 and the spring of 2023, a cluster of clients who had gotten 'vampire facial' microneedling skin treatments...
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Take the Stairs & Step Up to Longer Life
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Want to live longer? Choose the stairs over the elevator, a new review suggests. Folks who regularly climb stairs have a 24% reduced...
FDA Approves Pivya (pivmecillinam) for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
April 24, 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pivya (pivmecillinam) tablets for the treatment of female adults with uncomplicated...
Novartis Radioligand Therapy Lutathera FDA Approved as First Medicine Specifically for Pediatric Patients with Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Basel, April 23, 2024 -- Novartis today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Lutathera (USAN: lutetium Lu 177 dotatate / INN...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Ojemda (tovorafenib) for Relapsed or Refractory BRAF-altered Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma
BRISBANE, Calif., April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DAWN) (“Day One” or the “Company”), a...
Abeona Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Pz-cel
CLEVELAND, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel)...
FDA Approves Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) Plus BCG for BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
CULVER CITY, Calif., April 22, 2024 -- ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBRX), an immunotherapy company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Supernus Provides Regulatory Update for SPN-830
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and...
Stealth Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Zanidatamab Biologics License Application for Previously Treated HER2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
DUBLIN, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has completed the rolling submission of a...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Biologics License Application Accepted in the US for Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
2 April 2024 -- AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the US...
Lower Dose of Mpox Vaccine is Safe and Generates Six-Week Antibody Response Equivalent to Standard Regimen
April 27, 2024 -- A dose-sparing intradermal mpox vaccination regimen was safe and generated an antibody response equivalent to that induced by the standard...
Analysis Identifies 50 New Genomic Regions Associated with Kidney Cancer Risk
April 26, 2024 -- In a new analysis of genetic susceptibility to kidney cancer, an international team of researchers has identified 50 new areas across the...
Experimental NIH Malaria Monoclonal Antibody Protective in Malian Children
April 26, 2024 -- One injected dose of an experimental malaria monoclonal antibody was 77% effective against malaria disease in children in Mali during the...
Clinical Study Identifies Personalized Treatment Options for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Plasma Proteome Testing
FORT MYERS, Fla., April 25, 2024. Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) medical oncologist and hematologist Ernesto Bustinza-Linares...
Gene-Based Therapy Restores Cellular Development and Function in Brain Cells From People With Timothy Syndrome
April 24, 2024 -- In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for Timothy syndrome, an often...
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