Policy
New Acting FDA Commissioner Named
Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, will take over the job when Scott Gottlieb leaves next month
STAT
Medicine
FDA Approves Esketamine, the First Major Depression Treatment to Reach U.S. Market in Decades
Nasal spray related to the anesthetic/street drug ketamine targets treatment-resistant patients
Biotech
A Second Person Has Been Effectively "Cured" of HIV
10 years after the so-called “Berlin Patient,” a second man has been put into sustained remission
Policy
Time’s Up Tackles Gender Bias and Harassment in Health Care
The nonprofit is launching a new affiliate to address these issues, with the backing of major medical institutions
Biotech
FDA Issues Warning about Young-Blood Transfusions
Plasma from young people offers “no proven clinical benefit” as a treatment against aging or Alzheimer’s disease, the agency says
Medicine
Silicon Valley Start-Up Hopes to Deliver Precision Cancer Medicine to Dogs
Promoters hope efforts will also offer insights into treatments used for humans
Public Health
Ebola Vaccine Supplies Are Expected to Last
The World Health Organization predicts the Democratic Republic of the Congo has enough of the experimental vaccine
Policy
NIH Plans to Spend Up to $20 Million on Search for Alternatives to Fetal Tissue for Research
The preliminary announcement comes in the wake of a Trump administration order that agency scientists to stop buying such tissue from humans
Biotech
Chinese Scientist Claims First Gene-Edited Babies Born
In a YouTube video, the researcher announced the birth of twin girls whose genomes he says were modified with CRISPR to prevent HIV infection
Neuroscience
With Brain Implants, Scientists Aim to Translate Thoughts into Speech
Experts increasingly think a system that could help paralyzed patients is within reach
