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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

The top medical stories of the day, as they ran.

Morning edition

19 stories

  1. 1Sierra Nevada recalls raw milk cheeses after E. coli outbreak sickens 13Recalls · 4 outlets
  2. 2FDA approves AbbVie’s Juvmo for adults with Parkinson’s diseaseDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
  3. 3Kodiak reports two wet AMD drugs met Phase 3 vision goalsDrugs and FDA · 4 outlets
  4. 4Pennsylvania reports 903 measles casesOutbreaks · 1 outlet
  5. 5FDA clears DreaMed’s MODI insulin dosing app for adults with type 2 diabetesDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
  6. 6CMS projects Medicare Advantage premiums will fall 16% in 2027Medicare and Medicaid · 2 outlets
  7. 7Merck and Daiichi withdraw lung cancer drug filing after FDA pushbackDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
  8. 8FDA approves first treatment for MCT8 deficiencyDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
  9. 9United States blocks UN pandemic preparedness declarationGlobal health · 2 outlets
  10. 10Trump administration moves to cancel nearly $1 billion in HHS fundingHealth policy · 2 outlets
  11. 11Merck licenses SciBrunch’s preclinical KRAS G12D cancer drug candidateIndustry · 3 outlets
  12. 12Adicet reports early lupus results for off-the-shelf CAR-T therapyResearch · 2 outlets
  13. 13Mirum reports phase 3 success for chronic hepatitis D treatmentDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
  14. 14Study finds fractionated radiosurgery improves control after brain metastasis surgeryResearch · 2 outlets
  15. 15Tennessee clinicians call for pause in executions after failed lethal injectionHealth policy · 2 outlets
  16. 16Maui study finds elevated metal levels months after wildfiresResearch · 2 outlets
  17. 17Supervised rehab improved knee outcomes after ACL surgery in trialResearch · 2 outlets
  18. 18Study links gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms to antibiotic delays in sepsisInfectious disease · 2 outlets
  19. 19NHS trust removes or suspends 10 staff over Noah Woods records breachHospitals · 2 outlets

Evening edition

17 stories

  1. 1UniQure gene therapy misses significance on four-year Huntington’s disease measureDrugs and FDA · 4 outlets
  2. 2Lilly’s retatrutide led to weight loss in adults with type 2 diabetesDrugs and FDA · 4 outlets
  3. 3Kennedy calls for wider access to US health dataResearch · 2 outlets
  4. 4AstraZeneca invests $2 billion in Summit to test cancer drug combinationsIndustry · 5 outlets
  5. 5Sierra Nevada recalls Graziers raw-milk cheese amid E. coli outbreakRecalls · 2 outlets
  6. 6FDA approves tiratricol as first treatment for MCT8 deficiencyDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
  7. 7Vitruvias recalls 30-mg thyroid tablets over excessive potencyDrug safety · 2 outlets
  8. 8FDA approves AbbVie’s Juvmo for adults with Parkinson’s diseaseDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
  9. 9Kodiak reports two wet AMD drugs met Phase 3 vision goalsDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
  10. 10Novo licenses Hengrui’s preclinical obesity drug candidate for up to $2.6 billionIndustry · 3 outlets
  11. 11Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow prison gender-care restrictionsHealth policy · 2 outlets
  12. 12United States blocks UN pandemic preparedness declarationGlobal health · 2 outlets
  13. 13Sylvester Stallone says body-image obsession led to bulimiaMental health · 3 outlets
  14. 14Fractionated radiation improved local control after brain metastasis surgeryResearch · 2 outlets
  15. 15Tennessee clinicians call for pause in executions after failed lethal injectionHealth policy · 2 outlets
  16. 16Roche ends development of emugrobart for obesityDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
  17. 17Burnham proposes pension reform to fund national care serviceHealth policy · 2 outlets