a long history of older people being excluded from clinical trials, even when the diseases in question disproportionately affected this group. They have been underrepresented, for instance, in studies of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and osteoporosis.“Ideally, the patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial reflect the demographics of the disease,” said Dr. Mark Sloan, a…
A troubling trend seems to be emerging in the coronavirus pandemic: nearly half of California's newly diagnosed cases are young people. A Bay Area scientist says he looked at the declining number of COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations and suspected more young people were getting the virus. He said it turns out his theory was right.…
Cabling and telecommunications equipment is damaged after a fire in April in Huddersfield, England. The fire came as other cellphone towers burned amid conspiracy theories linking 5G mobile technologies to the coronavirus. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images Cabling and telecommunications equipment is damaged after a fire…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has rightly made “radical transparency” the motto of his Department of Health and Human Services. HHS even has a page by that name. I think it is a good motto, and I want to help Secretary Kennedy and Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas deliver on it in food safety, with two citizen petitions
Published: October 30, 2026, 10:16 pm Several reports of children choking have led to an FDA warning against Once Upon A Time snacks. The warning covers all flavors, quantities, lots and dates of Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels Organic, Toddler Soft-Baked Bars. The FDA has received several reports that describe infants ages 1.5 to
The FDA has cleared the interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor tildrakizumab (Ilumya) for the treatment of active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in adults. Sun Pharma announced the approval on October 30. “As an IL-23 inhibitor administered exclusively by a healthcare provider, Ilumya is now an option for adults with active psoriatic arthritis who are unable to self-administer treatment