A new class of weight loss drugs are surging in popularity in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, leading to shortages and calls for greater regulation. View original article Contributor: Mohamad El Chamaa
The Department of Health and Human Services has recommended that marijuana be reclassified as a lower-risk Schedule III controlled substance. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle
The unwarranted removal of potentially millions of children is the most serious problem since states began assessing who remains eligible for Medicaid. View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein
Find out which 10 drugs were selected for Medicare price negotiations, how they were chosen, when to expect price changes and more. View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson
The move represents an unprecedented step in a long political war over the nation’s exorbitant drug costs. View original article Contributor: Amy Goldstein
With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing public health science into the forefront of national consciousness, you might be mistaken in thinking that pandemic preparedness and scanning for diseases is new. In this blog post, Dr Mike Reynolds, Principal Scientist within the Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team, dives into the daily work he and his colleagues do … Read more
As UKHSA’s new Strategic Plan sets out in detail, one of our most important goals is to prepare for future health security hazards, including pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic reinforced to the world that the early days of a pandemic are crucial, with swift action required by governments, industry and academia to translate science into public … Read more
UKHSA recently published a new Strategic Plan setting out how we will prepare for future health threats, respond to threats around us now and build health security capability. One of our 6 strategic priorities for the next 3 years is to improve health outcomes through vaccination and the work we do in our labs to … Read more
Wherever we look – locally, nationally, internationally – hazards to our health are all around us. Health threats have shaped human history, but the world has always fought back, whether that’s through the discovery of early vaccines and antibiotics which saved countless lives to the way the COVID-19 pandemic revolutionised many aspects of modern health … Read more
Lots of people engage in casual sex when travelling. While this is nothing new, it is more important than ever that while enjoying holidays and trips overseas, we are wary about catching STIs and doing what we can to prevent that happening. Engaging in condomless sex on holiday you run the risk of returning to … Read more