In an #OpEd, maternal fetal medicine specialist davidnhackney.bsky.social proposes anchoring policy to recommendations by AAP, ACOG, AAFP, and similar institutions, rather than ACIP. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117564?trw=no

Censorship is back at the CDC, Inside Medicine learned, from an active agency employee who listed nearly two dozen websites that are now offline. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faustfiles/117572?trw=no

Attention, nurses! Big news. Introducing: ✨The Nurses' Station ✨ A brand-NEW discussion board for nurses, brought to you by MedPage Today! 🩺

As part of a years-long investigation into a dangerous and wide-ranging nursing scam involving fake diplomas, federal prosecutors announced new charges against a dozen more defendants this week. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nursing/117565?trw=n

Earlier initiation of biologic therapy for psoriasis led to complete skin clearance sooner and significantly more often as compared with starting later, a new analysis of a randomized trial showed. #EADV2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/eadv/117571

The FDA approved a subcutaneous formulation of the blockbuster cancer drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda Qlex) for use across the drug's numerous solid tumors indications. https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/lungcancer/117569

A quadruplet regimen elicited favorable outcomes in an older population of transplant-ineligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), according to phase II trial data. #IMS2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ims/117573

Polyclonal ATG, an old agent used to suppress the immune system and destroy T cells, reduced the loss of β-cell function in young people newly diagnosed with type 1 #diabetes, the randomized phase II MELD-ATG trial found. @easdnews.bsky.social #EASD2025 www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

Linvoseltamab (Lynozyfic) appeared effective in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma (HR-SMM), according to preliminary phase II trial data. #IMS2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ims/117570

What we heard this week ⬇️ #MedSky "Most of the current voting ACIP members, they don't seem to care about the actual science." -- Sean O'Leary, MD, MPH, of @ameracadpeds.bsky.social, discussing #ACIP members who voted to update the pediatric vaccine schedule. www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/v...

For some patients with multiple myeloma and their physicians, progression-free survival (PFS) is just as important as overall survival (OS), according to results from a cross-sectional survey. #IMS2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ims/117546

Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) improved glucose control and body mass index (BMI) in children with type 2 diabetes who were inadequately controlled with metformin and basal insulin, the phase III SURPASS-PEDS trial showed. #EASD2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/easd/117539

A cascade of brain injuries was evident in contact sport athletes long before they had signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), autopsy data showed. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/headtrauma/117543?trw=no

Achieving MRD negativity was associated with favorable safety outcomes and no effect on health-related quality of life among patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, according to data from two phase III trials. #IMS2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ims/117559

The FDA approved the Altaviva implantable nerve stimulator for urge urinary incontinence (UUI), a common symptom of overactive bladder. https://www.medpagetoday.com/urology/urinaryincontinence/117556

Adenotonsillectomy wasn't better than just keeping an eye on young children with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), longer-term follow-up of the Karolinska Adenotonsillectomy (KATE) randomized trial affirmed. https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/sleepdisorders/117551

For the first time, HHS is taking steps to decertify an organ procurement organization (OPO), alleging years of unsafe practices and chronic under-performance, health officials announced on Thursday. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/transplantation/transplantation/117540?trw=no

Physicians' stress and anxiety have returned to pandemic levels, according to a national survey from The Physicians Foundation. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/workforce/117530?trw=no

About 50% more patients with plaque psoriasis had at least 90% skin clearance within 6 months with a novel, once-daily pill as compared with a current standard of care, two randomized trials showed. #EADV2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/eadv/117557

The effects of the JAK inhibitor baricitinib (Olumiant) waned after treatment was stopped among patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes, 2-year data from the phase II BANDIT trial showed. #EASD2025 https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/easd/117538

BREAKING: The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is no longer recommending the COVID-19 shot for specific groups of Americans, but instead stressing shared clinical decision-making in its newest recommendations. More on what happened ⬇️ #MedSky

Staff scientists are not putting their names on papers and presentations out of fear of being targeted, Debra Houry, MD, MPH, former chief medical officer of the CDC, said during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/publichealth/117510

The CDC's vaccine advisors postponed a vote on the hepatitis B vaccine for infants, keeping in place its longstanding recommendation that all babies receive the shot at birth. Read the full story at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/vaccines/117550?trw=no

"I'm not quite sure what I'm voting for here," one ACIP member said during yesterday's meeting. So, what happened? Let's break it down. ⬇️ #MedSky

Just a little more than a third of medical schools forbid faculty from participating in industry-sponsored speakers' bureaus, a cross-sectional analysis found. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/117528?trw=no

Five patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in China have been treated with a potentially groundbreaking form of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, researchers reported, with encouraging results after 3 months. https://www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/lupus/117504

Older adults prescribed metformin had a similar risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and having AMD progression compared with those not prescribed metformin, a retrospective study suggested. https://www.medpagetoday.com/ophthalmology/generalophthalmology/117524

Noninvasive retinal scans may flag underlying subclinical coronary atherosclerosis, according to a retrospective study in healthy Korean volunteers. https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/generalcardiology/117517

Exercise decreased the risk of atherosclerosis development in patients with obesity on a weight-loss maintenance program, a benefit not seen with a GLP-1 agonist during the randomized trial, a secondary analysis showed. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/easd/117520

Many blood pressure (BP) measuring devices do not have FDA marketing authorization and can't be relied upon, the agency said. https://www.medpagetoday.com/cardiology/generalcardiology/117502

A top FDA official is offering her own spin on the "Pete and Bobby Challenge" on social media -- an exercise challenge for MAHA moms. However, experts questioned whether the challenge is achievable for most American women. https://www.medpagetoday.com/washington-watch/washington-watch/117509

It's the Ethics, Stupid: The problem with Florida's plan to remove school mandates is not just the deaths, but that they don't care that children will die. That's unethical, explains @artcaplan.bsky.social www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... in @medpagetoday.com

"I find it troubling and quite sad that briefings and briefing books are no longer valued at HHS." In an #OpEd, Steven Grossman, JD, reflects on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s resistance to expertise. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117511?trw=no

Discredited autism researcher David Geier has full access to personally identifiable data from the original VSD and may be angling to conduct more studies with newer VSD data, according to a former CDC official. https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/117525?trw=no

More than two dozen bacteria and fungi in the mouth may be linked to an increased risk of pancreas cancer, according to an analysis of two large cohorts. https://www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyoncology/othercancers/117531

One of every 10 blood cancers in children may result from radiation exposure associated with medical imaging, according to a large retrospective analysis. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/radiology/diagnosticradiology/117515?trw=no

Measuring immunoglobulin A antibody titers post-vaccination could identify vulnerable groups at increased risk of infection, researchers suggested. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/117512?trw=no

Common questions about #psychiatry: Yes we’re medical doctors, no we can’t read your mind 🔮, & despite the stress, we love our job 🩵🩺 @medpagetoday.com @drjessigold.bsky.social #medsky www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMJeqQQc/

"Open minds, combined with expert input, are crucial for developing effective and beneficial policies. Please stop the war on expertise and give briefings a chance, Secretary Kennedy. And please listen." -- Steven Grossman, JD www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco... @medpagetoday.com

Long COVID was associated with abnormal uterine bleeding but not impaired ovarian function, a study of U.K. women found. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/obgyn/generalobgyn/117482?trw=no

Sales of over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone (Narcan) peaked in the first month it was available before quickly decreasing, researchers reported. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/opioids/117483?trw=no

"It is the distorted obsession with crude individualism that is driving health policy in Florida and Washington." Read the #OpEd from bioethicist Arthur Caplan, PhD, on Florida's push to end vaccine mandates at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/117484?trw=no

Ahead of her testimony in front of the Senate today, check our exit interview with former chief medical officer and deputy director at the CDC Debra Houry, MD, MPH. Part 1 of the full interview is available here: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exit-interviews/117485?trw=no

For children's general anesthesia, reducing exposure to sevoflurane with use of dexmedetomidine and remifentanil (DEX-R) didn't change neurodevelopment at 30 months, a randomized trial from South Korea showed. https://www.medpagetoday.com/anesthesiology/anesthesiology/117445

The HHS intention to award a sole source contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to study an association between vaccinations and autism raised concerns from autism researchers. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/117475?trw=no

Falling vaccination rates among U.S. children may make local outbreaks of measles cases increasingly common -- and that's bringing parents into clinicians' offices with plenty of questions about vaccines. https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/generalinfectiousdisease/117473?trw=no

#HHS announced five new appointees to #ACIP just days ahead of an upcoming meeting that's set to weigh the future of at least three vaccinations. Here are the five new ACIP panelists: www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

The Florida-based advocacy group Liberty Counsel sought to tie its long-running allegations of so-called "abortion contaminants" in water to the latest MAHA report... But environmental scientists described that connection as more politically motivated than scientifically grounded. ⬇️

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm may allow clinicians to predict risk of keratoconus progression with more than 90% accuracy, according to a retrospective study. https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/additionalmeetings/117458

Amid projected workforce shortages and an aging population, a large number of U.S. healthcare workers are planning to look for a new job in the next year, according to a survey from The Harris Poll. Read more at: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/workforce/117470?trw=no