Genetic Testing for Developmental Disabilities Low Among Children Enrolled in Medicaid
Proportion of children receiving genetic testing was highest for children with both autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability
NIH Stops Canceling Research Grants Following Court Ruling
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after...
Senate Grills CDC Nominee Susan Monarez on Agency Cuts
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The woman tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Could Be First-Line Therapy for C. Difficile
Clinical cure and no disease recurrence within 60 days for 66.7 percent in FMT group, 61.2 percent in vancomycin group
Biomarker Panel Improves Prediction of CKD Progression in Children
Urine/creatinine was the variable with the highest importance and ID'd highest risk group when combined with urine epidermal growth factor/creatinine
NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, June 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund studies of the long-term health...
Mismatch Repair Germline Pathogenic Variants Could Predispose to Uveal Melanoma
Twenty-one pathogenic variants found in clinically relevant genes, with an enrichment in mismatch repair genes
Eli Lilly to Buy Gene Therapy Firm Verve in $1 Billion Deal to Develop...
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Drugmaker Eli Lilly plans to buy Verve Therapeutics, a gene-editing startup, for about...
New COVID Variant, NB.1.8.1, May Now Make Up 1 in 3 U.S. Cases
By I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new COVID-19 variant that led to a spike in hospital cases across...
Circulating Tumor DNA Can Be Detected Several Years Before Cancer Diagnosis
Same mutations detected by the multicancer early detection test at index time point could be ID'd at 8.6- to 79-fold lower mutant allele fractions