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Research Monkey Alarm; WHO Ends COVID Emergency; Anti-Vaxxers Build Legal Network

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

May 05, 2023
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Forging the Path to a West Nile Vaccine

Alternative approaches to licensure are key, says CDC's Carolyn Gould

May 04, 2023
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Opinion
Politics and Controversy in the FDA

"Fundamentally, we're not the teams that are playing, we're the referees," says FDA Commissioner

Apr 10, 2023
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Opinion
FDA Has Neglected Clinical Trial Transparency — Plus $45 Billion in Fines

It's time for more aggressive enforcement of the law

Mar 21, 2023
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Understanding Health Inequity and the Long Chain of Causes

"We in healthcare are not the answer, but part of the bigger solution," says Brian Williams, MD

Feb 23, 2023
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Opinion
My Initial Impressions of a New COVID Treatment: Pegylated Interferon Lambda

A major study offered encouraging results, but some barriers to treatment exist

Feb 14, 2023
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Opinion
It's Time to Pay Clinical Trial Participants More

Accelerating trial enrollment can catalyze access to much-needed medications

Feb 09, 2023
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FDA, NIH Must Penalize Researchers Who Don't Report Trial Results, House Member Says

Many with NIH grants don't follow reporting rules, get funded again anyway, says Rep. Pallone

Jan 20, 2023
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Opinion
Human Challenge Trials Hold Promise for Next-Generation COVID Vaccines

These investigations could accelerate effective development of a pan-coronavirus vaccine as well

Nov 07, 2022
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Opinion
Why I Voted 'Yes' on the New ALS Drug -- Twice

Despite the imperfect phase II study, Relyvrio offers hope to people like me and our families

Oct 25, 2022
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Opinion
Makena Is Just the Latest in Accelerated Approval Mayhem

Congress must take action to reform the process

Oct 24, 2022
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Opinion
Screening Colonoscopy: Where Do We Go From Here?

The surprising results of the NordICC trial must be placed into proper context

Oct 20, 2022
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Ex-JAMA Chief: Cut the Hype, Spin in Published Studies

Howard Bauchner, MD, says researchers want to report accurately, but "they too have their biases"

Oct 14, 2022
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Opinion
Why I Voted 'No' on the New ALS Drug

Here are the shortcomings I saw in the phase II Relyvrio study

Oct 13, 2022
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