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Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration speaks at an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington, as Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum listen. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access

4:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies for new drug approvals

ViiV Healthcare’s long-acting Cabenuva (cabotegravir + rilpivirine) for HIV demonstrates superior efficacy compared to daily oral therapy for people with adherence challenges; results published in NEJM

4:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18

FILE - A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire along Castaic Lake in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe

3:30 PM on Wednesday, February 18

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years

National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya attends an event with first lady Melania Trump at The Children's Inn in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

NIH's Bhattacharya will also run the CDC while Trump administration looks for a permanent director

2:51 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The director of the National Institutes of Health is also taking over as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an administration official

Texas Tech medical school cancels talk on health, ethical considerations in late-pregnancy abortions

1:05 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center canceled a campus talk by an OB-GYN who has provided later pregnancy abortion care

5 things we learned by spending time in Los Angeles senior centers

12:50 PM on Wednesday, February 18

Senior centers across the Los Angeles area serve as vital social hubs, but they vary widely in space, services, and funding

Report: 16 Nevada insurance carriers give mental health care claims short shrift

11:19 AM on Wednesday, February 18

A Nevada state report says many insurers put more hurdles in front of mental health care than physical care, likely breaking federal parity rules

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For snowboarder Jake Canter, an Olympic bronze medal is the prize after a near-death journey

9:49 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Snowboarder Jake Canter won an Olympic bronze medal in slopestyle that he called a tribute to all he's been through

In this August 2025 photo provided by the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, Daniel Terblanche applies medicine to an an endangered white rhino's infected eye at the Imvelo Safari Lodges in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (John Towey/Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society via AP)

'Ridiculous' plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino's eyesight in Africa

9:02 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhino with a life-threatening, parasitic eye infection

FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

Moderna says the FDA will consider its new flu shot after resolving a public dispute

8:55 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Vaccine maker Moderna says the Food and Drug Administration will decide whether to approve its new flu shot for older adults after all

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