FDA Suspends Muscular Dystrophy Drug After 3 Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has placed an immediate clinical hold on Sarepta Therapeutics’ investigational gene therapy trials for limb girdle muscular dystrophy following three patient deaths potentially linked to the company’s treatments. The agency announced the action on Friday, citing serious safety concerns and “unreasonable and significant risk” to study participants. The […]
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Trump’s Medicaid Cuts May Lead to Over 16,500 Deaths, New Study Predicts
A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School and City University of New York Hunter College predicts that the Republican-backed “big beautiful bill,” now under debate in the Senate, could increase the number of annual deaths in the U.S. by more than 16,500 and leave 7.6 million more Americans without health insurance. Why It […]
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Social Security Gets Major $205-Billion Boost After COVID Deaths
So many Americans died of COVID-19 during the pandemic that the Social Security program received a boost of $205 billion, according to a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Why It Matters The new report from NBER sheds light on the way the pandemic affected the Social Security program, which is […]
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