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Video Shows Doctor With Measles Treating Kids. RFK Jr. Later Praised Him.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115199.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an "extraordinary...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


Hydroxyurea Remains Effective Long-Term in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115191.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Hydroxyurea, a myelosuppressive agent that has been a standard treatment in sickle cell disease (SCD) for decades, remains effective over the long term in children with the disease, according to a single-center, real-world study...


RFK Jr.'s Plans on Autism Include Studying Potential Environmental Risks
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115156.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an "alarming rate," promising on Wednesday to conduct exhaustive studies to identify any environmental factors...


U.S. Measles Cases Likely Underreported, CDC Says
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115155.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The number of cases reported in the ongoing measles outbreak in the southwestern U.S. is likely an undercount, according to the CDC scientist leading the response to the outbreak. "We do believe there's quite a large amount...


ACIP Considers Single-Dose HPV Vaccination
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115151.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- At its meeting on Tuesday, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) considered whether the U.S. should move to single-dose human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination instead of the currently recommended schedule...


Here's How Psychiatrists Actually Prescribe Medication
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115148.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Content warning: This piece contains descriptions of suicidal ideation and suicidality. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988. "Please, let me die," I whispered...


Autism Rates Hit Record High, CDC Data Show
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115143.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- U.S. autism rates reached a record high, with about one in 31 children identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in 2022, new CDC data suggested. The prevalence of ASD among children 8 years old was higher in 2022 than...


Translating What Kennedy's Anti-Vax Allies Hear in His Response to Measles Outbreak
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115139.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- When the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed the measles vaccine this month after an outbreak in Texas claimed the life of a second child, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making...


The Choice Between Chemotherapy and Targeted Therapy in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115124.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In this fourth and final installment of MedPage Today's virtual roundtable series on pediatric low-grade glioma, moderator Jason Fangusaro, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, is joined once again by Sabine...


Study Pinpoints Barriers to Kids Receiving Living-Donor Kidney Transplants
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115118.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Several factors may decrease a child's chances of receiving a living-donor kidney transplant, a mixed-methods study found. In a review of 93 pediatric kidney transplants, the following patient characteristics were...


Measles Exploded in Texas After Stagnant Vaccine Funding
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115105.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because...


RFK Jr. Calls FDA 'Sock Puppet' of Industry; Pertussis Cases Explode; $1B H5N1 Plan
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115104.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Anti-CGRP Drug Reduces Episodic Migraine in Kids
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115096.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Fremanezumab (Ajovy) cut monthly migraine days in children and adolescents with episodic migraine, according to the SPACE trial. The phase III study showed a reduction in monthly migraine days in patients (mean...


Retrospective Study Links COVID in Kids With Post-Acute Kidney Outcomes
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115093.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 infection in children and adolescents was tied to a higher risk of adverse post-acute kidney outcomes, especially among those with preexisting chronic kidney disease (CKD) or acute kidney injury (AKI), retrospective...


Narcolepsy-CVD Link: Stage Is Set as Early as Childhood
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115085.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The link between narcolepsy and cardiovascular disease (CVD) was strengthened by new evidence that the relationship applied to subclinical disease and was apparent early in life, based on a retrospective cohort study. Across...


RFK Jr. Says HHS Will Determine the Cause of Autism by September
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115073.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The nation's top health agency will undertake a "massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic who has pushed...


HHS Scraps Advisory Committee on Newborn Screening
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115070.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- As cuts sweep across federal health agencies, the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC) has been terminated. Notably, the ACHDNC, which sits under the Health Resources and Services Administration...


Inflammatory Markers Linked to Severe Attacks in Moderate Asthma
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115060.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Inflammatory markers boosted asthma attack prediction, potentially allowing intensification of treatment, according to a meta-analysis of patient-level data from randomized controlled trials. Greater risk of severe asthma attacks...


Trump's Physical Exam; RFK Jr. Endorses Measles Shot; Vax Refuseniks Rejoin Military
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115047.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Slashed Federal Funding Cancels Vaccine Clinics Amid Measles Surge
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115037.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- More than a dozen vaccination clinics were canceled in Pima County, Arizona. So was a media blitz to bring low-income children in Washoe County, Nevada, up to date on their shots. Planned clinics were also scuttled in Texas...