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Experts Concerned as NIH Axes Critical Vaccine Study Funds
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- Hundreds of U.S. research projects aimed at boosting vaccine confidence have been shut down -- just as preventable diseases like measles and flu are on the rise. Since Jan. 20, the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Brain Implant Lets Woman Talk After 18 Years of Silence Due to Stroke
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- For nearly two decades, a stroke had left a woman unable to speak -- until now. Thanks to a new brain implant, her thoughts are being turned into real-time speech, giving her a voice again for the first time in 18...
Major Job Cuts at NIOSH Pose Risks to Worker Safety, Critics Warn
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- A major round of job cuts at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) could weaken efforts to protect American workers, according to federal health officials. About two-thirds of NIOSH staff --...

Similar Efficacy Seen for Isodose, Dose-Escalated MHFRT, CFRT in Prostate Cancer
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- For patients with prostate cancer, isodose and dose-escalated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHFRT) have similar efficacy as conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT), but bowel toxicity is seen in...
AI Model Can Optimize, Standardize Total Parenteral Nutrition Formulas
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- An artificial intelligence (AI) approach identified total parenteral nutrition (TPN) formulas that increase safety and potentially reduce costs for neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units, according to a study...
Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction Linked to Markers of Neurodegeneration
TUESDAY, April 1, 2025 -- Subclinical cardiac dysfunction is associated with brain imaging markers of neurodegeneration, according to a study published online March 26 in Neurology. Amber Yaqub, from Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and...

FDA Advises Consumers Not to Inhale Nitrous Oxide Products
Audience: Consumer, Health Professional, Pulmonology March 14, 2025 -- FDA advises consumers not to inhale nitrous oxide products from any size canisters, tanks, or chargers. These products are marketed as both unflavored and flavored nitrous oxide...
Dr. Reddy’s Issues a Nationwide Recall of Levetiracetam in 0.75% Sodium Chloride Injection 1,000 mg/100 mL, in the U.S., Due to Mislabeling of Infusion Bag
Audience: Pharmacy, Health Care Professional March 13, 2025 -- Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (BSE: 500124, NSE: DRREDDY, NYSE: RDY, NSEIFSC: DRREDDY; along with its subsidiaries together referred to as “Dr. Reddy’s”), is...
Limited Number of Voluntary Recalls Initiated after FDA Testing of Acne Products for Benzene
Audience: Consumer, Pharmacy March 11, 2025 -- FDA is alerting the public and industry to the results of new agency testing of 95 acne products containing benzoyl peroxide for possible benzene contamination. FDA has concluded that a limited number...