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CDC: End in sight for 32-state E. coli outbreak linked to romaine

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The harvest season for romaine lettuce linked to a national E. coli

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) This week, Vermont passed a first-in-the-nation law that would facilitate the state’s importation

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) For the first time, the U.S. military is speaking publicly about what it’s doing to

There are no easy answers when it comes to preventing deadly blood clots in people in the elevated risk category.

(By Erin Mershon for ST A T) Johnson & Johnson’s Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Celgene, and Gilead Life Sciences are all potentially

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) When Celgene Corp. first started marketing the drug Revlimid to treat multiple myeloma in 2006,

In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies, now the Centers for

(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS seeks to combine various Medicare quality improvement programs under a single

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Despite a HIPAA-granted right to their own medical records, patients still struggle

(By Lev Facher for ST A T) WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first