The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to and interchangeable with Stelara for adult patients with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who are candidates for phototherapy or systemic therapy; active psoriatic arthritis; moderately to severely active Crohn's disease; and moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced nine grant awards $1 million each for up to five years to support existing multidisciplinary Long COVID clinics across the country.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced approximately $23 million in funding to foster innovation, provide new research and expand the evidence to support and advance equity in the Teen Pregnancy Prevention program.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the first 10 drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for negotiation as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued two resource documents to help explain to patients the privacy and security risks to their protected health information when using telehealth services and ways to reduce these risks.
Investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have designed an RNA-based strategy to activate dendritic cells, which play a key role in immune response, that eradicated tumors and prevented their recurrence in mouse models of melanoma.
The combination of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and corticosteroids is a more efficient and rapid treatment for relapsed immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in adults compared with the use of either therapy alone.
A study has found that early albumin administration in septic shock patients with ARDS was independently associated with a reduction in 28-day mortality.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved nirsevimab to protect newborns from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zurzuvae (zuranolone), the first oral medication indicated to treat postpartum depression (PPD) in adults.
A study led by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University has found that a type of monoclonal antibody already tested in certain forms of cancer may be a promising treatment in stopping the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has founded the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice to lead the Long COVID response and coordination across the federal government. In addition, the National Institutes of Health launched Long COVID clinical trials through the RECOVER Initiative.
