In this photo illustration the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novavax logos are seen behind a medical syringe and vials. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine will face the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration’s independent immunization experts this week, a crucial step on the path toward U.S. regulatory
Month: June 2022
Several persistent yet nonspecific symptoms have been reported in individuals who have previously recovered from infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This phenomenon has been referred to as long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), post-COVID syndrome, and post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC). Although no viral load is detected in these patients,
WASHINGTON — Prior authorization, that oft-maligned process of getting insurer approval prior to performing a procedure or prescribing a drug, is in the spotlight once again, on several fronts. On Capitol Hill, the issue began to bubble up in late April, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG)
“There is a lot of panic,” said Jamie Lackey, founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Helping Mamas in Norcross, Georgia, which helps low-income families find baby supplies. “We had a mom come through the distribution site the other day — she had gone on to 15 different stores with her child in the car
The following are summaries of some of the cancer research advances being presented the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago. Liquid biopsy shows who can skip chemotherapy after colon surgery Liquid biopsy can help identify patients with stage II colon cancer who do not need chemotherapy to prevent recurrence
NEW ORLEANS — Two patients with type 1 diabetes have now experienced improved blood glucose control with Vertex Pharmaceutical’s investigational allogeneic stem-cell derived islets (VX-880), with the first person now completely insulin-independent at 9 months post-transplant. Prior to the procedure, both patients had hypoglycemic unawareness and had experienced multiple episodes of severe hypoglycemia, conditions considered
Arsani William, a second-year student at Harvard Medical School, hopes to build a career that will impact an entire population. He believes that interactions with fellow students and professors at HMS will help him navigate that route. Learn more about William at http://hms.harvard.edu/news/case-study-camaraderie-1-28-13 and the Program in Medical Education at http://hms.harvard.edu/departments/medical-education
Jun 6 2022 Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) – the leading supplier of equipment, chemicals and consumables for laboratory use in the UK – has announced the acquisition of two businesses, Gem Scientific and Northern Balance, to expand its product and service offerings. Both companies will continue to operate as independent entities and retain all employees,
Homework can feel like an impossible struggle for kids with ADHD, but it doesn’t have to be that way… As a child who grew up with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), I know what it’s like to skip homework day after day. I was fortunate to have parents who were very laid back – but,
Working the night shift can be particularly arduous and even dangerous for workers like doctors and nurses. They need to take 20-minute power naps, according to an expert who will discuss such naps’ importance for the safety of health workers and their patients. Sleep isn’t just a time of rest as it is an “essential“ part of people’s overall
High-dose ifosfamide has shown superior survival benefit over three other chemotherapy regimens for patients with recurring or refractory primary Ewing sarcoma (RR-ES) in the practice-changing rEECur trial. This international trial is the first randomized head-to-head comparison of commonly used chemotherapy regimens in patients with the rare and deadly disease. The study results are expected to
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Test tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration taken May 23, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Biden administration has distributed 1,200 monkeypox vaccine doses for people who have had high-risk exposures to the virus, part of a nationwide public health response to stamp out the disease before it causes
A recent study of Black women found that growing up in an unsafe neighborhood was associated with poorer sleep in adulthood. A total of 1,611 Black women in Detroit, Michigan, who enrolled in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids reported their perceived childhood neighborhood safety at ages 5, 10 and 15 years. Participants also
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Positive airway pressure (PAP) machines were helpful enough that pediatric patients could have symptoms improve even without being compliant, according to researchers advocating for greater access to this therapy for this population. At one center’s sleep clinic, 172 out of 221 children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) reported improved symptoms approximately 3
The FDA’s vaccine advisers are set to meet Tuesday to consider Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine for the nation. Based on data included in an agency briefing document posted Friday, an FDA review found that the vaccine’s efficacy was 90.4% overall against mild, moderate or severe Covid-19 for a period of 2½ months after completing the two-dose
New results from a trial in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma offer some answers to questions about which treatment route to choose. The trial, known as DETERMINATION, found that newly diagnosed patients treated with a triplet of drugs had longer progression-free survival (PFS) if they received an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) soon after
Turmeric has been used as both a spice in and for thousands of years. The yellow root spice has been the topic of controversial research for decades. Now, a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows curcumin, an active ingredient in turmeric, is effective in killing cancer cells. More
Aqueous droplet formation by liquid-liquid phase separation (or coacervation) in macromolecules is a hot topic in life sciences research. Of these various macromolecules that form droplets, DNA is quite interesting because it is predictable and programmable, which are qualities useful in nanotechnology. Recently, the programmability of DNA was used to construct and regulate DNA droplets
Cultivating your own compost not only benefits your garden with a homegrown, nutrient-rich mix, but ensures you’re recycling as much of your household waste as possible You want a good balance of materials to ensure your compost breaks down effectively – roughly 25–50% soft green waste, and the rest from brown items. Here, we’ll dig
The investigational insulin-only iLet Bionic Pancreas (Beta Bionics) reduced A1c without increasing hypoglycemia in adults and children with type 1 diabetes with greater automation than currently available hybrid closed-loop or artificial pancreas insulin delivery systems. Results from the pivotal multicenter Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas Pivotal Trial were presented during a 1-hour symposium on June 3 at
In this article ABT Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022. Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty Images Abbott Nutrition on Saturday resumed baby formula production at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, a move toward addressing a nationwide shortage. The company has been
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital have identified potent, highly specific compounds that interfere with bromodomain (BD)-containing proteins involved in cancer. The compounds, called BET BD1-inhibitors, are a starting point in the development of potentially more effective anti-cancer drugs with less side effects. The team reports in the Proceedings of the
CHICAGO — Randomized data suggest that an anti-angiogenic agent can kick-start immunotherapy’s antitumor activity in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients whose disease has already progressed after chemotherapy and a checkpoint inhibitor. In the phase II study, median overall survival improved by nearly 3 months with ramucirumab (Cyramza) plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) versus standard-of-care options (14.5
Abbott said it is starting with production of EleCare, an amino acid-based hypoallergenic product for babies who can’t tolerate other formulas, as well as other specialty formulas. Abbott said the first batches of Elecare product are expected to be available to consumers around June 20. Similac and other products made at the plant will take
Treatment of people with obesity but no diabetes with the dual incretin agonist tirzepatide safely produced “unprecedented” levels of weight loss in the vast majority of patients in SURMOUNT-1, a placebo-controlled trial with more than 2500 people with obesity or overweight plus at least one weight-related complication. Although the pivotal trial did not directly compare
Carole Mitnick, associate professor of global health and social medicine, loves the equalizing power that research offers to human health. This video is part of a series in which researchers explain the importance of their work: http://hms.harvard.edu/research/science-matters.
In a study of patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma, those who took the drug everolimus daily for up to one year after surgery lived longer without their disease returning (recurrence-free survival, or RFS) than those who did not take everolimus, although the results narrowly missed the clinical trial’s prespecified level for statistical significance. Improvement