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American Society of Plastic Surgeons Opposes Trans Treatment for Minors

Scientists Create Pancreas-Mimicking Insulin

UK Clears Gene-Editing Therapy for Rare Blood Disorder

Study: 20% of Medicines in Africa Either Substandard or Fake

U.S. May See A Healthy Thanksgiving—But Covid, RSV Could Spike Before Christmas, CDC Warns

Trump taps Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services

Business InsiderNov 15

Only one-third of young diabetic Koreans receiving treatment: data

Korea HeraldNov 10

Trump nominates Marty Makary, who opposed COVID vaccine mandates, to head FDA

GSK to Pay $2.2B to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

Pfizer Recalls Sickle Cell Treatment

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

Eli Lilly to Buy Morphic for $3.2B

Police nab 294 doctors this year over drug-related offenses

Korea Herald14 hrs

A look at how some of Trump’s picks to lead health agencies could help carry out Kennedy’s overhaul

Associated Press20 hrs

Anxiety drug Clonazepam recalled for mislabeling; could cause a 'life-threatening' event

USA Today19 hrs

Why Is There So Much Off-Brand Oral Ozempic for Sale Online?

Celltrion’s Prolia, Xgeva biosimilars receive approval in Korea

Korea Herald2 days

England: Nurses Reject 5.5% Pay Raise Offer

US Senate Subpoenas Steward Health Care CEO

Noam Chomsky in Hospital After Suffering Stroke

Senior Doctors in England Accept Pay Offer, End Strikes

Court backs subsidy cut for hospital that refused emergency patient

Korea Herald14 hrs

Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women

ProPublica6 hrs

A star urologist preyed on men and boys. Why didn't his hospitals stop the abuse?

How AI startup Conflixis is protecting hospitals from corrupt doctors

TechCrunchNov 10

Can consultative body break medical standoff against odds?

Korea HeraldNov 10

Nigeria Begins Mpox Vaccination Program After Delays

Report: Measles Cases Increased 20% Worldwide in 2023

Report: Bill Gates Sued Over COVID Vaccines in the Netherlands

UK Set to Test World's First Norovirus Vaccine

What Going ‘Wild on Health’ Looks Like

Conspiracy theorists are turning their attention back to HPV vaccines

New ScientistNov 10

SK’s flu vaccine spreading across Asia

Korea HeraldNov 10

How Polio Entered Gaza, and How the Vaccination Campaign is Going

Scientific AmericanNov 03

Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

First-Ever Voice Box Transplant Lets Cancer Patient Speak Again

First Genetically Altered Pig Kidney Transplant Recipient Dies

In A First, Gene-Edited Pig's Kidney Transplanted Into Human

Woman donates organs to 7 after dying of heart failure

Korea HeraldNov 10

Bone Marrow Donors Can Be Hard to Find. One Company Is Turning to Cadavers

Transplanting insulin-making cells to treat Type 1 diabetes is challenging − but stem cells offer a potential improvement

The Conversation4 days

Stem cell transplant gives hope for treating age-related sight loss

New ScientistOct 20

The First Person to Receive an Eye and Face Transplant Is Recovering Well

Scientific AmericanOct 27