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(MedPage Today) -- In the "Star Trek: The Original Series" episode "The Deadly Years," Captain Kirk isn't defeated by an enemy ship. He's brought down, at least for a while, by medical findings. Radiation poisoning has accelerated his aging. He...
Read full article →Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged Friday that measles caused the death of an infant in Pennsylvania, after previously questioning the state’s reporting of two measles-related deaths amid a growing outbreak. Kennedy pointed to findings from…
Read full article →Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer. But new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients, as one man's cancer journey shows.
Read full article →It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?
Read full article →“A click, signature, or brief review should not magically transfer responsibility from an AI developer or platform to a physician,” a reader tells STAT.
Read full article →The House VA Committee voted 19-0 to subpoena Oracle Health executives Larry Ellison and Mike Sicilia after learning the VA’s EHR contract ballooned from $10 billion to $27 billion — despite Oracle’s promise to Congress that it would absorb any…
Read full article →A closely watched cardiovascular drug from Novartis failed in a pivotal study, the company said Friday, a major blow to the firm.
Read full article →That's the grim assessment from the ground in the wake of the catastrophic flooding, which damaged or destroyed 7 health facilities, interrupted routine care and is affecting mental health.
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Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial...
Read full article →A county coroner confirmed the death. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had raised the possibility Josh Shapiro’s staff made it up.
Read full article →A 6-week-old infant’s death in Pennsylvania was caused by measles, the Lancaster County coroner confirmed Friday. County coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the child, who died last month, was born with Amish lethal microcephaly, a rare genetic condition that can cause…
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