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According to a study published Wednesday, cervical cancer deaths per year among US women under 25 decreased by 62% from 35 in 2013-2015 to 13 in 2019-2021.

Study: Cervical Cancer Mortality Drops in Young US Women

Biden Admin. Proposes Expanding Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs

New Mexico man awarded $412 million over botched injections

Canada: Court Orders Release of LifeLabs Data Breach Report

How Will Trump’s Covid Contrarians Handle the Next Pandemic?

New York Times4 hrs

Pharmaceuticals

British pharmaceutical giant GSK has agreed to pay up to $2.2B to settle most pending US state court lawsuits that claim its now-discontinued heartburn drug Zantac causes cancer.

GSK to Pay $2.2B to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

Pfizer Recalls Sickle Cell Treatment

Meet the medical contrarians picked to lead health agencies under Trump and Kennedy

Associated Press11 hrs

Study: Highly-Affordable 'Vaccine-Like' HIV Drug Possible

Meet the health care critics Trump picked to lead top U.S. health agencies under RFK Jr.

PBS NewsHour11 hrs

Healthcare

About two-thirds of England's 145K National Health Service (NHS) nurses voted to reject the Labour Government's offer of a 5.5% pay raise for 2024-25, which was first proposed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves in July.

England: Nurses Reject 5.5% Pay Raise Offer

US Senate Subpoenas Steward Health Care CEO

Roon raises $15M to replace ‘Dr. Google’ with real doctors sharing videos about illness treatments

TechCrunch1 day

Noam Chomsky in Hospital After Suffering Stroke

Court backs subsidy cut for hospital that refused emergency patient

Korea Herald4 days

Vaccination

Health workers administered shots to 30 people at the Federal Medical Center in the capital of Nigeria, Abuja, on Monday, marking the kickoff of a vaccination program that had been due to start more than a month ago.

Nigeria Begins Mpox Vaccination Program After Delays

Report: Measles Cases Increased 20% Worldwide in 2023

Confronting the Dangers of Silent Spread Is Necessary to Prevent Future Pandemics

Scientific American2 days

Report: Bill Gates Sued Over COVID Vaccines in the Netherlands

Dave Weldon, Trump's CDC pick, could bolster an RFK Jr. anti-vaccine agenda

Surgery and surgeons

The world's first fully robotic double lung transplant was performed on Oct. 22 at the NYU Langone Health Center in Manhattan. The recipient was Cheryl Mehrkar, a 57-year-old New York resident, who has since been released from hospital.

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

First-Ever Voice Box Transplant Lets Cancer Patient Speak Again

Opioid-free surgery treats pain at every physical and emotional level

The Conversation2 days

First Genetically Altered Pig Kidney Transplant Recipient Dies

Jocelyne Wildenstein, 84, claims she has NEVER had plastic surgery and 'hates Botox' despite dramatic facial transformation and doctors claiming she has had multiple facelifts

Daily Mail2 hrs