September 12, 2025

FDA Considers Ending Routine Advisory Committees on New Drugs

The FDA move to limit advisory committee involvement in drug approvals has prompted debate on the balance between efficiency and transparency.

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September 10, 2025

Should Kids With Lice Stay in Class?

Debate continues over school head lice policies as parents call for stricter exclusion rules while public health guidance supports in-class management.

KFF Health News

August 28, 2025

First Generic GLP-1 for Weight Loss Approved

FDA approves Teva’s generic Saxenda (liraglutide) with adult and adolescent indications and a boxed thyroid tumor warning.

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August 28, 2025

Girl With Waterdrop-Like Papules: What’s Your Diagnosis?

A teenager with atopic dermatitis presented with several painless, flesh-colored papules limited to the trunk. Dermoscopy and biopsy show selective loss of elastic fibers after prior molluscum contagiosum. What’s your diagnosis?

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August 26, 2025

Are Daily Drinks Causing Hair Loss?

Comprehensive analysis reveals specific dietary interventions that significantly impact hair health, with some beverages showing harmful effects.

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August 25, 2025

Did Politics Delay CDC Measles Response?

Emails and interviews show CDC scientists were sidelined during the West Texas surge, leaving local officials without guidance as cases spread across the US and into Mexico.

KFF Health News

August 22, 2025

Nemolizumab Study Tracks 68 Weeks of Relief

A long-term clinical study finds that the biologic therapy nemolizumab, when used with topical corticosteroids, continues to improve itch, sleep, and skin symptoms in prurigo nodularis patients over 68 weeks.

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August 22, 2025

Linear Hyperpigmentation After Chemotherapy: What's Your Diagnosis?

A 15-year-old girl developed distinctive, painless, whip-like streaks across her trunk and back after receiving combination chemotherapy for ovarian yolk sac tumor. What’s your diagnosis?

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August 19, 2025

AAP Vaccine Recommendations Veer From ACIP

AAP released 2025 evidence-based US childhood and adolescent immunization schedule with updates for RSV, influenza, COVID-19, HPV, and meningococcal vaccines.

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