The FDA on Friday revoked the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of four monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19. The four drugs -- bebtelovimab, sotrovimab, casirivimab/imdevimab (REGN-COV2), and tixagevimab/cilgavimab (Evusheld) -- had been...

Introduction of biosimilars for the rheumatology drug adalimumab, whose original branded version Humira has long been a blockbuster, appears to have led to a dramatic drop in net spending for...

Diets higher in inflammatory foods were linked to increased dementia risk in older adults.Risks were higher for both all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's dementia.The study tracked Dietary Inflammatory Index scores measured...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was linked to a more than twofold risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a retrospective cohort study. Among 58,700 matched pairs of patients with...

SAN ANTONIO -- Endocrine therapy after breast-conserving surgery was associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQOL) compared with radiotherapy in older women with luminal A-like early breast cancer, interim...

Oral minoxidil promoted hair regrowth with no serious side effects in women who had hair loss related to breast cancer treatment. (NYU Langone Health, Journal of the American Academy of...

Two treatments for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been recommended by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to receive marketing authorizations.Paxneury for ADHD SymptomsThe agency's Committee for Medicinal Products...

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The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given a positive recommendation for Rytelo (imetelstat) for the treatment of adult patients with transfusion-dependent anemia due to very low-, low-, or intermediate-risk myelodysplastic...

Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) recommended granting marketing authorization for two drugs for preventing COVID-19: a monoclonal antibody called Kavigale (sipavibart) and a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine...

FDA advisors said that more data are needed to fully understand if there are broader safety concerns related to use of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines in young children after...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she "sustained an injury" during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman. Pelosi, 84, was in Europe to mark...

The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting marketing authorization for Emcitate (tiratricol) for treating peripheral thyrotoxicosis in patients with Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome...

After Luigi Mangione made the difficult decision to undergo spinal surgery last year for chronic back pain, he became a proponent of the procedure that changed his life for the...

The chronic back pain of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) may be accompanied after diagnosis by three primary extra-musculoskeletal manifestations -- uveitis, psoriasis, or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These manifestations can also...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended that a new oral agent, Welireg (belzutifan), be granted conditional marketing authorization for treatment of two different diseases: the rare genetic disorder von...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended extending the use of Ofev (nintedanib) to include treating progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) in children and adolescents aged 6 years or...

SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized...

NEW ORLEANS -- A sample of popular over-the-counter supplements had little direct clinical evidence to support their claims, despite citing clinical trials and other research, an evaluative study found. Two...

A Red Cross worker spraying chlorine-based disinfectant in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2024MOISE KASEREKA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Mpox surged in parts of East, West and Central Africa...