Thursday, October 29, 2026
The top medical stories of the day, as they ran.
Morning edition
13 stories
- 1HHS eases access to six unapproved wellness peptidesDrugs and FDA · 10 outlets
- 2Lilly says retatrutide outperformed Ozempic in type 2 diabetes trialDrugs and FDA · 5 outlets
- 3Study estimates about 75% of deceased former NFL players had CTEResearch · 5 outlets
- 4FDA assigns Class II risk level to recalled plant-based butterRecalls · 1 outlet
- 5UK extends sales and promotion restrictions on vapes and nicotine productsPublic health · 2 outlets
- 6Churches help health workers counter fear during Congo Ebola outbreakOutbreaks · 1 outlet
- 7PROMO Missouri canvasses voters against proposed transgender care banHealth policy · 2 outlets
- 8FDA outlines approval framework for individualized gene-editing therapiesDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
- 9Trump administration backs down from plan to ban kratomDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
- 10Data-center opposition raises health concerns and enters midterm campaignsPublic health · 2 outlets
- 11Nature Medicine publishes atlas of colorectal tumors across agesResearch · 2 outlets
- 12Zocdoc opens appointment booking to patients’ personal AI agentsIndustry · 2 outlets
- 13Flagship combines three startups to form EtceleraIndustry · 2 outlets