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'He's Not the Guy to Go to, to Get the Best Medical Info': What We Heard This Week
(MedPage Today) -- "Maybe he's not the guy to go to, to get the best medical information." -- Paul Offit, MD, of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, responding to childhood immunization claims made by President... -
Rural Emergency Medicine Should be an Aspiration, Not a Back Up Plan
(MedPage Today) -- There are many TV medical dramas that make healthcare professionals crazy because they're not even close to depicting what really goes on in a hospital. Most of us, however, can't get enough of "The Pitt." As an anesthesiologist... -
Real-World Study Backs Mepolizumab in Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps
(MedPage Today) -- Mepolizumab (Nucala) improved outcomes for adults with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) and put about one in five on the way to remission, a real-life study from Italy showed.
The nasal polyp score dropped... -
Boarding in the ED; Devices or Manual CPR?
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical... -
What the Measles Betting Market Does Not Measure
(MedPage Today) -- Polymarket is currently running a $7.8 million betting option on the number of measles cases in the U.S. in 2026. It runs a detailed analysis of the bets. It does not measure the real impact of those numbers.
The human impact... -
Novel Tuberculosis Vaccine Falls Short
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational tuberculosis (TB) vaccine didn't top the standard bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine at preventing infections in infants, a multicenter, phase III trial showed.
Among nearly 6,900 newborns in sub... -
Data Show How Congo's Ebola Outbreak Is on Track to Surpass History's Largest
(MedPage Today) -- The Ebola outbreak that is spreading at unprecedented speed in Congo has not peaked yet and could be three times the current known size, according to data from authorities and Africa's top public health agency.
It is history... -
Ousting RFK Jr. Among the Priorities for This Doctor Running for Senate
(MedPage Today) -- As part of MedPage Today's series on healthcare clinicians running for office, Washington Editor Joyce Frieden spoke with Annie Andrews, MD, a pediatric hospitalist who is running as a Democrat for a U.S. Senate seat in South...