Does Your Home Harbor a Killer?“HIGH POINT, N.C., Jan. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — January is Radon Action Month, a vital time for individuals and communities to learn about radon risks and take action. This week, designated as National Radon Awareness Week by the...
A single-site randomized controlled trial of partner navigation to HCV treatment for people who inject drugs: a study protocol for the You’re Empowered for Treatment Initiation (YETI) partner trial“This trial will provide evidence of a new HCV treatment linkage...
Protecting Medicaid for People with Lung Cancer“When Wynn first went to the hospital for a collapsed lung, she didn’t have health insurance and believed that she did not get the care she needed. Doctors did an x-ray and dealt with the immediate problem, but did not...
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease, MASLD Drive Growing Liver Cancer Burden in the US“Key Takeaways: Primary liver cancer in the US has increased significantly, driven by ALD and MASLD, with a 142% rise in prevalence from 2000 to 2021. Hepatitis C virus remains the...
A ‘perfect storm’ of mutations: How chronic hepatitis C infection leads to autoimmune disease“Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Granted Priority Review in the U.S. for Patients with Previously Treated Advanced EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer “TOKYO & BASKING RIDGE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Daiichi Sankyo (TSE: 4568) and AstraZeneca’s (LSE/STO/Nasdaq:...
Mark Cuban once helped his college friend save almost $10,000 on prescriptions after a ‘horrific car accident’“Mark Cuban isn’t solely on a mission to lower the price of popular prescription medications you might purchase from your favorite pharmacy. The billionaire...
J&J says its lung cancer drug combination keeps people alive longer“Key Points: Johnson & Johnson said a combination of its lung cancer drugs Rybrevant and Lazcluze kept people alive for at least a year longer than AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso in a clinical trial....
Floods associated with 25% rise in US deaths from several major causes“Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9% higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions. A new study in the journal Nature...
Attitudes and perspectives of healthcare workers on treating chronic hepatitis C infection in children and adolescents“There are gaps in knowledge about the values and preferences of healthcare workers (HCW) with respect to treatment of children and adolescents living...