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At FDA’s request, Ascend Laboratories has voluntarily recalled certain lots of the blood thinner dabigatran because of possible contamination with a nitrosamine.
Eighty-hour work weeks and dirty call rooms are among the factors pushing more medical residents toward unionization. (NPR)
A proposed rule from the FDA would allow for increased use of salt substitutes to reduce sodium in the food supply.
Radioactive water is leaking at a Minnesota nuclear power plant for a second time. (AP)
Reversing a long history of opposition, North Carolina lawmakers approved legislation to expand Medicaid. (AP)
Secura Bio doesn’t plan to change its sales and marketing program for its PI3K inhibitor duvelisib (Copiktra) despite a negative review from the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee. (Endpoint News)
Beginning early next year, Philadelphia will pay disadvantaged women $1,000 a month during pregnancy in an effort to reduce infant mortality. (New York Post)
The City of Brotherly Love also announced it will continue to require certain employers to provide extra paid sick leave for COVID-19 after the national emergency declarations end. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Volunteer pilots have begun ferrying people across state lines to Kansas for access to abortion and gender-affirming services. (St. Louis Public Radio)
Most transgender adults say that transitioning made them more satisfied with their lives, according to results from the Washington Post/KFF Trans in America survey.
After antiabortion legislation in Texas forced the closure of four of its facilities, Whole Women’s Health used a GoFundMe campaign to relocate and open a new clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (KUNM)
If a federal judge in Texas rules against the FDA in a case involving access to the abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex), the agency still has options to soften the blow of court-ordered restrictions. (Reuters)
The number of Marburg fever cases in Equatorial Guinea has tripled in the past month. (STAT)
One of the few people (99% dropout rate) to complete the Barkley Marathons says he has nightmares about the experience. (CNN)
On the 13th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, an HHS report shows that the number of new enrollees doubled from 8 million in 2014 to 16.4 million during the 2023 enrollment period and that 40 million Americans have health insurance through the program.
The severity of COVID-related multi-inflammatory syndrome in children has decreased with later variants, most notably with Omicron. (New England Journal of Medicine)
E. coli-contaminated meat products are estimated to cause about 500,000 urinary tract infections each year. (USA Today, One Health)
The promise of regenerative medicine and advanced therapies — such as stem-cell transplants — faces substantial workforce challenges, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
