(MedPage Today) -- The FDA's vaccine advisors will meet Thursday to vote on whether an XFG monovalent vaccine should be preferred for COVID-19 shots for the 2026-2027 season. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC...

(MedPage Today) -- A program that offered self-collected human papillomavirus (HPV) tests -- either mailed to patients or offered in clinic -- boosted cervical cancer screening rates among those due or overdue for screening, an evaluation of...

(MedPage Today) -- An investigational gene therapy passed muster for reducing PCSK9 and LDL cholesterol levels, with reassuring safety, among patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) or premature coronary artery disease ...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted de novo approval for a neuromodulation device to treat symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), maker Neurovalens announced Tuesday. The wearable, non-invasive device -- dubbed Modius...

(MedPage Today) -- President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina. The 79-year-old president spent more than 3 hours at...

(MedPage Today) -- Not long ago, I saw a patient whose disease was, by all clinical measures, under control. Her cystoscopy was clear. She was completing therapy as planned. There were no complications that would raise concern. At the end of...

(MedPage Today) -- The New York Times investigated the rapid expansion in autism therapy clinics in the U.S. with little regulatory oversight. Here are five takeaways from the report. Atomoxetine, metformin, isosorbide mononitrate, and levetiracetam...

(MedPage Today) -- Patients with obesity dropped a mean 28% of their body weight with a 12-mg dose of the investigational triple-receptor agonist retatrutide over 80 weeks in a phase III study, Eli Lilly announced. Nearly half had weight loss of...

(MedPage Today) -- Chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection has its first FDA-approved treatment, after the agency granted accelerated approval to bulevirtide (Hepcludex) injection for adults without cirrhosis or with compensated cirrhosis...

(MedPage Today) -- On the heels of the annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, let us quickly review today's public health scoreboard as the World Cup teams begin their travel to North America. On May 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director...

(MedPage Today) -- Equity in pay should be a professional and public health imperative in pediatrics, where pervasive gender-based pay gaps impact an increasingly female pediatric workforce, a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics...

(MedPage Today) -- The FDA on Friday approved datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd; Datroway) as a first-line option for unresectable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients ineligible for immunotherapy. Approval of the Trop2-directed...

(MedPage Today) -- Food preservatives had substantial ties with hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, according to a cohort study. (European Heart Journal) Meanwhile, stand-out vegetables for heart health include leafy greens, beets, tomatoes...

(MedPage Today) -- Aneesh Mehta, MD, was the physician on call when the first Ebola patient arrived at Emory University Hospital on Aug. 2, 2014. "None of us, at that time, had taken care of patients with Ebola," Mehta, who is now chief of infectious...

(MedPage Today) -- Senior officials in the FDA's tobacco center were blindsided by a recent decision that opens the door to allowing more unauthorized electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto the U.S. market, the Associated Press has learned...

(MedPage Today) -- Children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome had a lower risk of relapses with investigational ecopipam, a phase III randomized withdrawal study showed. Compared with placebo, ecopipam reduced relapse risk in 90 pediatric...

(MedPage Today) -- States are monitoring additional people for potential hantavirus exposure, in many cases due to air travel, MedPage Today has learned. While the CDC initially reported a total of 41 people in the U.S. under monitoring, the total...

(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. President Donald Trump is expected to have a medical exam today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, marking the third such appointment in 13 months...

(MedPage Today) -- "Expertise is the last thing he wants on that committee." -- Paul Offit, MD, of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans for the CDC's influential vaccine panel. "We cannot silo...

(MedPage Today) -- Two recent tragedies in medical education could not be more different on their surface. In one case, a fourth-year medical student at a school in Minnesota posted crude, demeaning comments about female patients on social media...