Thursday, November 12, 2026
The top medical stories of the day, as they ran.
Morning edition
12 stories
- 1American Cancer Society recommends routine PSA screening for more menCancer · 3 outlets
- 2FDA requires GLP-1 drugs to warn of rare vision-loss conditionDrug safety · 2 outlets
- 3Congo reports 11,042 cases in its deadliest Ebola outbreakOutbreaks · 2 outlets
- 4CDC chief says measles response will stay the same if U.S. loses elimination statusInfectious disease · 3 outlets
- 5Study finds BMI alone can miss or misdiagnose obesity in millionsDiabetes and obesity · 2 outlets
- 6FDA approves Merck KGaA’s pimicotinib for joint tumorsDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
- 7Former FDA chief accuses Trump aides of yielding to industryHealth policy · 2 outlets
- 8Retatrutide trials report weight loss and less knee osteoarthritis painResearch · 2 outlets
- 9Biden says he would have resigned if he had known he had cancerCancer · 3 outlets
- 10Governments use opioid settlement funds for homelessness, raising accountability concernsAddiction · 2 outlets
- 11PEPPER trial finds aspirin did not match anticoagulants after joint replacementResearch · 2 outlets
- 12Maven Clinic brings virtual care in-network with more than 475 health plansInsurance · 2 outlets
Evening edition
14 stories
- 1American Cancer Society recommends regular PSA screening for men at average and high riskCancer · 7 outlets
- 2HHS to fund groundwork for first U.S. ibogaine studiesResearch · 6 outlets
- 3Blackstone commits up to $1.5 billion to Pfizer obesity drug trialsIndustry · 4 outlets
- 4CDC chief says measles response will stay the same if U.S. loses elimination statusInfectious disease · 3 outlets
- 5Study finds BMI alone can miss or misdiagnose obesity in millionsDiabetes and obesity · 2 outlets
- 6FDA requires GLP-1 drugs to warn of rare vision-loss conditionDrug safety · 2 outlets
- 7Senate committee schedules Nov. 18 vote on Trump FDA nominee Heidi OvertonDrugs and FDA · 3 outlets
- 8FDA approves Merck KGaA’s pimicotinib for joint tumorsDrugs and FDA · 2 outlets
- 9UnitedHealth audit reviews how insurer develops medical policiesInsurance · 2 outlets
- 10Maven Clinic brings virtual care in-network with more than 475 health plansInsurance · 2 outlets
- 11Police identify emergency physician as suspect in Washington shootingPublic health · 2 outlets
- 12Brooklyn building collapse kills eight and injures 18Public health · 2 outlets
- 13UKHSA reports 406 antibiotic-resistant infections a week in England in 2025Infectious disease · 2 outlets
- 14Biden says he would have resigned if he had known he had cancerCancer · 2 outlets