By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, April 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier announcement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).“We are not creating an autism registry. The real-world data platform …
Read More »AACR: Incidence-Based Mortality Dropping for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Highest incidence-based mortality seen in non-Hispanic Black women, with declines pronounced from 2016, narrowing gap with other racial groups
Read More »AACR: Nonsurgical Treatment Feasible for Mismatch Repair-Deficient Tumors
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Read More »AACR: Pretrained Machine Learning Models Help Diagnose Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Leveraging whole slide embeddings from pretrained machine learning models can improve diagnosis of nonmelanoma skin cancer
Read More »FDA Approves Zevaskyn for Rare, Genetic Skin Disorder
Zevaskyn is the first and only autologous cell-based gene therapy for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
Read More »CDC Provides Update on Measles Outbreak in the United States
Outbreak mainly affected members of communities with low measles vaccination coverage in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Read More »Landmark Women’s Health Study Saved From Funding Cuts
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a sudden about-face, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it won’t slash funding for the Women’s Health Initiative, a major research project focused on preventing disease in older women.The decision follows concerns about a …
Read More »USDA Drops Plan to Limit Salmonella in Poultry Products
By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has dropped plans to require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in chicken and turkey products, ending a Biden administration effort to reduce foodborne illness.The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said last …
Read More »United States Seeing Uptick in Whooping Cough Cases
Number of cases this year has reached 8,485, twice as many as this time last year
Read More »Risky Health Behaviors Tied to Poorer Mental Well-Being, General Health in Midlife
Association even stronger for accumulation of healthy behaviors over time
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