Gardener John Durnell in 2019 filed a lawsuit in state court claiming a chemical in the weedkiller caused his cancer. He won that case. Now, the federal government contends it isn't a state-level issue. A Supreme Court ruling in his favor could open Bayer, the maker of Roundup, up to a flood of lawsuits; a ruling against him could endanger similar claims against the company.
Experts are worried that the use of offshore reinsurance in countries that often benefit from looser regulations will create a more risky environment in the life insurance sector. Many retired Americans rely on life insurance to provide financial security through annuities, Bloomberg notes.
CDC data indicate that just 61% of people in nursing homes and less than 50% of healthcare workers in the facilities received the annual vaccination during the 2024-25 flu season. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reported six more pediatric deaths from flu.
With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community healthcare workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.
The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, said that many deaths in the researchers' study could be explained by a range of causes, including hypertensive heart disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, substance-related cardiomyopathy, and normal heart primary electrical disease. "As a consequence, efforts should also be made to study the diagnosis and management of heart conditions other than ischemic cardiac disease," an accompanying editorial said.
To be eligible, certain breakthrough devices would have to be part of an Investigational Device Exemption study enrolling Medicare beneficiaries and assessing clinical outcomes agreed upon by the FDA and CMS, Modern Healthcare reported. Plus, President Donald Trump strikes a most-favored-nation deal with the final pharmaceutical holdout.
The New York Times reports that since the hotline's rollout in 2022, the suicide rate among young people in the United States dropped 11% below projections. States with the largest volume of 988 calls saw an 18.2% reduction in suicides, while states with the lowest uptake saw a 10.6% reduction.
Millions of people rely on the supplemental insurance to offset the deductibles, copayments, and other costs faced by enrollees in the traditional Medicare program.
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch over their performance but deny responsibility for bad care.
The systematic review looked at data from 17 trials that took place over a 10-year period and concluded that amyloid-targeting treatments probably had little to no difference on cognitive function results, MedPage Today reports. One expert said, "The combined results do not accurately reflect the two treatments that are now approved and clinically used."
