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As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis.

Tribune News Service

$3.5M gene therapy for hemophilia gets FDA approval

U.S. health regulators have approved the first gene therapy for hemophilia, a blood-clotting disorder with few treatment options

The Independent UK

‘This looks like the real deal’: are we inching closer to a treatment for Alzheimer’s?

After years of setbacks, dementia researchers are getting excited about a new antibody drug called lecanemab. No one expects it to stop cognitive decline, but even slowing it would be a breakthrough

The Guardian - UK

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Era of hope for patients with lung cancer

November is Lung Cancer Awareness month. Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, with more than 2.1 million cases, according to the American Lung Association.

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Anti-abortion group that helped overturn Roe v Wade sues FDA to revoke approval of abortion drug

Conservative Christian group takes aim at abortion drug that is also used to treat miscarriages

The Independent UK

Lawsuit seeks to reverse FDA approval of abortion-inducing pill mifepristone

AUSTIN, Texas — Abortion opponents on Friday asked a federal court to yank federal approval of a pill used to end pregnancies.

Tribune News Service

First Thing: Elon Musk shuts Twitter offices to staff after wave of resignations

The social media firm is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded they sign a pledge committing to being ‘extremely hardcore’. Plus, lab-grown meat officially safe to eat in the US

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Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

Los Angeles Times

US declares lab-grown meat safe to eat in ‘groundbreaking’ move

The government’s approval will open the market for a food praised for being more efficient and environmentally friendly

The Guardian - US

12 Republicans Support Same-Sex Marriage in Key Senate Vote

Plus: What Orion is carrying to the moon, when you might be able to munch on some lab-grown meat, and more...

Reason

FDA: Nasal spray product 'not anti-Covid'

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it would take legal action against advertisements that mislead the public into believing that a nasal spray product can prevent or treat Covid-19.

Bangkok Post

Real-world evidence study of regenerative medicine and shoulder surgery

Applying regenerative medicine to a common shoulder surgery could have an impact on the need for follow-up revision surgery in some patients, according to a Mayo Clinic study of real-world evidence.

Tribune News Service

California Lab-grown Meat Start-up Gets First Green Light

A California-based lab-grown meat start-up received the first green light for such products from the US food safety agency on Wednesday, although the product still has more hurdles to clear before being sold to consumers. The US Food and Drug Administration said it carried out a "careful evaluation" of Upside…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bombay HC directs retest at 3 labs, permits J&J to manufacture baby powder at ‘own risk’ in the interim

MUMBAI: Directing a retesting of talc samples, the Bombay high court on Wednesday in an interim relief to Johnson and Johnson Pvt Ltd which is fighting a bar placed by the FDA, permitted it to manufacture its baby powder at the Mulund plant in Maharashtra at the company's "own risk,".

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Fortune

10 innovators shaping the future of health

Each finalist has had a major accomplishment over the last year and is using their influence to increase health and wellness access and equity.

The Independent UK

Raab in spotlight over bullying claims as he stands in for Sunak at PMQs

The Deputy Prime Minister is under scrutiny over allegations he bullied civil servants.

The Independent UK

‘Tranq dope’ — fentanyl mixed with xylazine animal sedative — present in deaths in 39 states

The sedative does not show up on routine toxicology reports

Reuters

Opioid overdose reversal drug likely safe for OTC use, says FDA

Opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone may be safe and effective for over-the-counter use in some forms, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday, potentially paving the way for its use federally.

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The Independent UK

Several ministers in Rishi Sunak’s government have bullied civil servants, Whitehall union chief says

Claim comes amid allegations levelled against deputy PM Dominic Raab

Reuters

World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem

Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill.

The Independent UK

Deputy PM Raab ‘warned about his behaviour’ at the Foreign Office

Dominic Raab will stand in at Prime Minister’s Questions but is under pressure over allegations about his treatment of officials.

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab was warned about his behaviour by top Foreign Office official

Exclusive: fresh claims that Simon McDonald relayed staff complaints to Raab when he was foreign secretary

Benzinga

Why Opiant Pharmaceuticals Shares Are Trading Higher By 115%? Here Are 53 Stocks Moving In Monday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers Freight Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRGT) shares surged 137% to $0.4901 after analysts at Chardan Capital initiated coverage of the stock with a $2.25 price target.

Inverse

Do Covid-19 tests expire? Here's the truth about the home kits

In January of this year, the FDA released a list of updated expiration dates for different at-home rapid Covid-19 tests.

WEKU

From science fiction to reality, 'no kill' meat may be coming soon

The meat of the future may be cultured directly from animal cells without slaughtering livestock. It's not yet sold in the U.S., but NPR got a tour of a leading start-up and a taste of their chicken.

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