A green-glowing comet traveled within 26.4 millions of Earth on Wednesday–the closest it got to our planet since recently becoming visible. Here's a look at the cosmic snowball and others like it, and why they matter. via and
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Feb. 7! WSJ reporter/author Peter and WSJ health biz editor discuss Peter's new book about Moderna and the Covid-19 vaccine. Watch here: wsj.com/live-qa #WSJHealth
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If LDL⬇️for a long time, really hard to get heart attack
Cool new evidence
Some lucky people born with DNA variation that naturally lowers LDL
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So, for every 1 mg/dl⬇️LDL lifelong,
~1%⬇️risk heart attack/death
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Pharmaceutical companies raised list prices of nearly 1,000 psoriasis, cancer and other prescription drugs by an average of 5.6% at the start of this year, reports
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FDA continues to recommend that providers use direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing to help diagnose COVID-19. However, we recognize individuals with a recent known exposure with signs & symptoms may be diagnosed by their HCP with COVID-19 even if they have a negative test result.
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Today, FDA revised the Letters of Authorization (LOA) for two EUAs, Paxlovid and Lagevrio, to remove the requirement for positive test results to prescribe these products.
🗏 Paxlovid LOA: fda.gov/media/155049/d
🗏 Lagevrio LOA: fda.gov/media/155053/d
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This serious article, on dangerous fungi and warmer temperatures, provides a chance to mention Last of Us in a Tweet wsj.com/articles/fungi Story by
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Arthritis therapy Humira, which has been one of the top-selling drugs in the U.S. for years, will face its first competition from a lower-price copycat starting Tuesday, reports
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Breaking: President Biden will end a national emergency and public-health emergency declaration for Covid-19 on May 11, reports
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I was totally overwhelmed by how this tweet thread took off, too overwhelmed to respond to all the empathetic, helpful, kind responses. Thank you, thank you - and I've had time to process it now.
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To map a sprawling Maya kingdom with a “level of infrastructure that is just mind boggling,” reports, archaeologists used lasers mounted on airplanes
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🎧: Can drugs treat addiction? @juliewernau joins to talk about programs at U.S. jails and prisons dispensing anti-addiction medications to inmates, to help set them on the path to sobriety. Part of the series on the opioid epidemic.
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Abortion pill restrictions are being implemented at a state level, creating new battlegrounds for rights advocates
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Breaking: The FDA said it plans to allow gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to donate blood for the first time in decades, reports
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CVS and Walmart plan in March to shorten operating hours at many U.S. pharmacies. Blame staffing shortages, and report.
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FDA advisers support annual Covid-19 boosters, albeit with some reservations about its rollout, reports
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CBD oils and other cannabis-derived products require closer regulation because of safety risks, the FDA said, as it seeks more authority from Congress wsj.com/articles/fda-c by
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New lawsuits ask federal courts to block state laws restricting access to abortion pills, the latest skirmish over the drugs since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, reports
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New: The use of health services fell in the early pandemic, as many avoided clinics & hospitals. Covid AND costs posed barriers to care.
More recently, use of health services has been rebounding, but in some cases appears to be below pre-pandemic levels.
healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collecti
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AmerisourceBergen, one of the biggest drug distributors in the U.S., is changing its name to Cencora as it expands globally and into new services, reports
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Meet The Wall Street Journal's Spring 2023 Interns.
Let's give a Twitter welcome to spring interns:
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An annual immunization schedule, similar to the one for the flu, was part of changes the FDA recommended to simplify Covid-19 vaccinations and boosters, writes
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Three young grizzly bears in Montana were euthanized after testing positive for avian influenza last fall, fueling fears that the virus that has killed millions of poultry in the last year is spreading to other animal groups.
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Breaking: Federal prosecutors are probing conduct at Abbott’s baby-formula plant in Michigan, which the company temporarily shutdown last year after a potentially deadly bacteria was found, , @davidamicand report
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FTC asks to hold in contempt "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli for failing to comply with an investigation into whether he violated a pharma industry ban, reports
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Horrific piece by : They were told their mother's death was peaceful. It was all a lie. Questions persist about Colorado's oversight of assisted living industry denvergazette.com/news/local/the via
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House Republicans plan to launch investigations into the NIH’s Covid-19 work, increasing scrutiny of the agency when it lacks key leadership, reports
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Zhurong, phone home...
Where's China’s first Mars rover?
It was supposed to emerge from hibernation last month, but the Chinese space agency has said nothing, leading some to speculate that may have succumbed to the Martian winter and dust storms.
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This week marks three years since the U.S. reported its first known Covid-19 case. Fewer people are dying from it, reports.
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The FDA won’t approve Eli Lilly’s highly anticipated Alzheimer’s drug, because it wants more study data before making a decision, reports
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This effort to jumpstart solar geoengineering isn’t quite ready for prime time.
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Medicare’s parent agency said it is taking steps to stop nursing homes from misdiagnosing schizophrenia and overusing antipsychotic medicines, reports
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The new frontline in the fight against fentanyl-laced drugs are clubs, parties and nightlife hotspots, and report
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Breaking: An RSV vaccine that Moderna is developing significantly reduced the risk of respiratory diseases in a key study, reports
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Roughly one-fifth of children in the U.S. are considered obese. Families eager for new strategies are considering intermittent fasting, writes.
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ICYMI earlier: Al Sandrock on his short retirement and taking on a biotech turnaround project biopharmadive.com/news/al-sandro $VYGR $BIIB
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The 2022 #PrixGalien USA Award & Golden Jubilee winners webinar starts tomorrow, 12pm ET, feat. , , , , , , , , :
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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Amazing, timely, comprehensive, and evidence-based review - Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations - by . This is a #MustRead and is already my go-to review on #LongCovid.
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Breaking: Harvard Medical School will no longer submit information to the U.S. News & World Report’s medical-school ranking, reports
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As globalization evolves, the big winners include Asian economies—such as Vietnam, India and Thailand—that are cutting into China’s share of exports to the U.S. wsj.com/articles/globa via
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