Thursday, September 24, 2026
The top medical stories of the day, as they ran.
Evening edition
19 stories
- 1FDA advisers back Grail’s Galleri blood test for multiple cancersDiagnostics · 8 outlets
- 2FDA nominee Heidi Overton faces Senate questions on vaccines and abortion drugDrugs and FDA · 13 outlets
- 3Pennsylvania doctors estimate at least six babies born with measlesOutbreaks · 3 outlets
- 4White House halts plan to give political appointees control over NIH grantsHealth policy · 4 outlets
- 5FDA approves Onswik as once-weekly insulin for type 2 diabetesDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
- 6FDA approves lirafugratinib for previously treated bile duct cancerDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
- 7Stroke incidence nearly doubled among young adults from 1993 to 2020Research · 2 outlets
- 8Merck reports remigromig met primary endpoint in diabetic eye disease trialDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
- 9Kyverna reports sustained benefits from autoimmune CAR-T therapyDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
- 10BCBS analysis estimates hospital AI billing tools added roughly $942 million to plan costsInsurance · 3 outlets
- 11OpenAI agent breached Australian government health portalIndustry · 3 outlets
- 12FDA approves Welireg and Lenvima combination for advanced kidney cancerDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
- 13Danish study links oral menopausal hormone therapy to clot riskResearch · 2 outlets
- 14Authorities found kratom during investigations into two Mississippi student deathsPublic health · 2 outlets
- 15Senate Finance Committee advances Chris Klomp’s HHS nominationHealth policy · 3 outlets
- 16Roche and Ionis report positive Phase 3 interim results for IgAN drugResearch · 2 outlets
- 17Idaho authorities investigate possible link to 1982 Tylenol poisoningsDrug safety · 2 outlets
- 18Coroner says Panettiere died from toxic effects of fentanyl and other drugsDrug safety · 2 outlets
- 19UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Centene join CertifyOS credentialing programInsurance · 2 outlets