June 13, 2025

RSV Vaccine Approved for Younger Adults

The FDA has approved Moderna’s mRESVIA vaccine for adults aged 18 to 59 who are at increased risk for RSV, expanding its indication beyond older adults.

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June 13, 2025

Experts: HHS Sent Congress ‘Junk Science’

A controversial HHS document supporting RFK Jr.'s rollback of COVID vaccine guidance relies on disputed or misrepresented science, prompting outrage from health experts who call it “willful medical disinformation.”

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June 11, 2025

8-Week Oral Therapy Approved for Acute HCV

The FDA has approved Mavyret for the treatment of acute hepatitis C, offering physicians a pangenotypic, 8-week oral regimen for early intervention.

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June 09, 2025

EHR Prompts Cut Antibiotic Use by 35%

A 92-hospital trial found that simple prompts in electronic health records helped reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in low-risk abdominal infection cases—without increasing ICU stays or length of hospitalization.

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June 09, 2025

NIH Staff Challenge Leadership's Research Policies

Federal scientists release formal dissent declaration opposing administration's grant terminations and policy changes affecting biomedical research.

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June 06, 2025

RSV or COVID: Which Strains the Heart?

A study of 32,960 hospitalizations finds 10.9% of patients with RSV experienced acute cardiovascular events, with significantly higher adjusted odds than boosted and unboosted COVID-19 cases.

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June 05, 2025

Water Loss Test May Predict Ulcer Recurrence

Researchers found that measuring skin water loss at healed diabetic foot ulcers can help predict which wounds are more likely to reopen.

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June 05, 2025

Risky College Behaviors Harming Oral Health?

First-year university students who adopted unhealthy habits such as poor diet, vaping, and reduced brushing frequency experienced significant declines in self-reported oral health over 6 months.

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June 03, 2025

Stopping Antipsychotics May Lower Risks Posthospitalization: Study

Older adults who stopped antipsychotic medications after hospitalization had fewer rehospitalizations, less delirium, and lower mortality, according to a large U.S. study using real-world Medicare data.

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