CDC Urges Doctors To Aggressively Test Pregnant Women For Zika
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on doctors to more
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Emerging Health Issues
Olympus Told U.S. Executives No Broad Scope Warning Needed Despite Superbug Outbreaks
(By Chad Terhune for Kaiser Health News) Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant
Read MoreMontana’s ‘Pain Refugees’ Leave State To Get Prescribed Opioids
(By Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio for Kaiser Health News) Federal authorities say about 78 Americans die every day from
Read MoreAre Physicians Ready for Zika Infected Babies?
With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting three more babies have been born in the United States with
Read MoreHow A Caribbean Island Became Prime Source Of U.S. Zika Cases
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year
Read MoreObama Administration Finally Transfers more Money to Fight Zika
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will begin awarding nearly $60 million from the funds that were reallocated in
Read MoreFirst CRISPR trial in humans is reported to start next month
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Scientists in China plan to use the genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 in patients as early as
Read MoreBiosimilar Drug ABP 980 was Found Effective
Sean Harper, Amgen’s executive vice president of research and development said ABP 980 was found as effective Roche’s Herceptin (used
Read MoreStudy: Medicare Beneficiaries May Face ‘Treatment Gap’ For Painkiller Abuse, Misuse
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) When most people think of the victims of the nation’s opioid abuse
Read MoreYour New Hip Maybe Found in Your Fat Reserves
Farshid Guilak, who directs regenerative medicine research for St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital and Washington University, has developed a way to
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