The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.
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The inspection comes after a ProPublica investigation revealed that drugs made at the Glenmark Pharmaceuticals plant accounted for an outsized share of U.S. recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly and could harm people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-inspection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Scientists in China have developed a new cancer treatment by engineering tumors to mimic pork, triggering the body's immune system to attack them with precision. Using a genetically modified virus, they disguise cancer cells as foreign pig tissue, leading to a hyperacute immune rejection response that attacks the tumors while leaving healthy cells intact. The study was published in the journal Cell on January 18, 2025.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3302422/chinese-scientists-turn-tumours-pork-radical-cancer-treatment

New Form of Parkinson's Treatment Uses Real-Time Deep-Brain Stimulation - A newly FDA-approved form of adaptive deep-brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson's... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/18/0443229/new-form-of-parkinsons-treatment-uses-real-time-deep-brain-stimulation?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #medicine

Some acne products recalled in U.S. due to benzene, ‘no impact’ in Canada - National | Globalnews.ca

https://blog.taursnd.haus/display/1a041b09-1067-d615-fa3b-dc3348133346

Gaza’s silent epidemic

Gaza has the highest number of child amputees per capita & has been rendered incapable of taking care of them.

"..the healthcare system in Gaza cannot even begin to recover, much less address the multiple health crises plaguing the civilian population. One of the worst among them is the shocking number of amputees that Israel’s indiscriminate use of explosive weapons for 15 months has left behind."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/15/gazas-silent-epidemic

Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children's Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn't realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it's unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented.

https://flip.it/0.ZRbx

Trans Study Help

A new study: Examining gender-specific mental health risks after gender-affirming surgery: a national database study is being used by right-wing outlets to imply that gender-affirming care causes worse mental health outcomes. This includes a certain bog-vole who xeeted it out from his xitter account.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf026

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The study doesn't find this, only that people who seek gender-affirming care have worse mental health (by some metrics) than those who don't. There are also some methodological issues with the study.

My medical student friend is writing the journal about both the methodological issues, and the harm the study is causing due to its wording.

She is asking for help finding examples this article being cited to imply trans people shouldn't receive gender-affirming care

I am helping her collate a list, if you see any examples of this, please reply to this thread and I will add them to the list.

Thank you! Boost for visibility pls

#trans #transgender #mtf #ftm #t4t #lgbt #lgbtqia #study #research #genderaffirmingcare #help #medicine

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Here's a @Flipboard Storyboard looking at that day. Plus, some of the things that have happened since, from the emergence of long COVID to how Africa defied dire predictions of a catastrophic loss of life.

https://flipboard.com/@health/five-years-of-covid-19-5nfre7m85qh3uc4v