Medicine

Medicine covers advances in treatment, public health developments and the wider healthcare landscape that affects how people stay well. This includes breakthroughs in how diseases are diagnosed and treated, from new pharmaceutical approaches to pioneering surgical techniques, as well as news about the institutions and companies that shape the healthcare system.

Public health concerns form an important part of the topic, including disease outbreaks, vaccination efforts and emerging health threats. These stories highlight the importance of vigilance and prevention in protecting communities. Equally significant are questions around drug safety, unapproved treatments and the evidence base that supports medical practice.

The intersection of medicine with politics and business also features here, as policy decisions and corporate activity have real consequences for how people access healthcare. Whether reporting on new treatments, public health challenges or industry developments, medicine news matters because it touches all our lives.

  • Trump and RFK Jr. try again to upend vaccines for kids

    President Trump signed an executive order on Monday about vaccines, saying children should get fewer. His administration has been blocked in the courts from changing the vaccine schedule.

  • GOP senators release texts from Fauci’s government cellphone

    Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) on Monday released text messages Dr. Anthony Fauci sent and received in 2021 regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women.  Obtained from Fauci’s government cellphone, the text messages are among more than 34,000 on the device, according to Johnson’s office. The lawmakers also…

  • Trump order calls for fewer childhood vaccines

    An executive order signed by President Trump Monday would upend the childhood vaccine schedule by recommending splitting up the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits.  The order builds on other efforts by Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reshape and whittle down the number of…

  • Trump signs order to limit and split childhood vaccines

    US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for children to receive fewer vaccines and recommending that the combined mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) jab be split into three separate shots. The move ties into the Trump administration’s long-standing and scientifically discredited claim that childhood vaccines, particularly MMR, are linked to autism, a…

  • Former Arizona Cardinals GM accused of multiple schemes, including one that cost DeAndre Hopkins $13 million

    Former Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim is facing accusations of orchestrating multiple defamatory schemes against people he has worked with, according to a report from OutKick. The claims include an allegation from ex-Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins that Keim was somehow behind a failed NFL drug test that returned a positive result for a…

  • We are chasing Ebola virus – it is ahead of us, WHO warns

    The World Health Organization has warned that the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo began circulating for at least three months before it was officially declared, leaving health authorities struggling to catch up with its spread. WHO Africa director Dr Mohamed Janabi said the virus, of the Bundibugyo species, was initially misdiagnosed…

  • One of Country and Rock’s Finest Guitarists Dead at 76 as Tributes Pour In

    Terry “Buffalo” Ware, the Oklahoma guitarist celebrated for his work alongside Ray Wylie Hubbard and John Fullbright, has died aged 76 after a battle with lung cancer. He passed away on 5 August, prompting tributes from musicians, friends and venues who praised both his musicianship and his character. His death marks the loss of a…

  • Radiator Hospital – “Walk With Love”

    Radiator Hospital, the project of musician Sam Cook-Parrott, has released “Walk With Love,” the third single from his upcoming album Distorting Time. The gentle, strummed track carries a direct message of resilience and compassion, urging listeners to choose love even amid violence, despair and political repression, and its release adds another emotionally charged preview to…

  • White House rebukes CBS interview after host battles NIH director over loss of trust in public health

    The White House has criticised CBS News after its “Face the Nation” host, Margaret Brennan, clashed on air with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr Jay Bhattacharya over declining public trust in health institutions. The exchange, broadcast on Sunday, saw the two spar over the causes and extent of the erosion in confidence in…

  • The “most drug-oriented” album David Bowie ever made

    “I was totally infuriated with him”. The post The “most drug-oriented” album David Bowie ever made first appeared on Far Out Magazine.