Carla K Johnson

AP Medical Writer

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January 15, 2025

BD Boosts U.S. Manufacturing of Medical Devices Including Syringes and IV Catheters

January 15, 2025

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The New Product Piracy Model

January 14, 2025

Elon Musk speaks as part of a campaign town hall in support of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump in Folsom, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

Elon Musk Reveals Third Neuralink Brain Implant Recipient

January 14, 2025

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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

January 15, 2025

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Fewer than 1 in 1,000 U.S. Adolescents Receive Gender-Affirming Medications, Researchers Find

At least 26 states have adopted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

January 7, 2025

A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010.

Some Breast Cancer Patients Can Avoid Certain Surgeries, Studies Suggest

Every year, about 50,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, where the cells that line milk ducts become cancerous, but the nearby breast tissue remains healthy.

December 13, 2024

This image provided by BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) in Dec. 2024 shows the company’s HPV test for cervical cancer screening.

U.S. Health Panel Adds Self-Testing Option for Cervical Cancer Screening

Women in their 20s should still get a Pap test every three years.

December 11, 2024

These MRI images with arrows indicating cancer were made during a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and published Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Prenatal Blood Test can Sometimes Hint at Cancer in Moms-to-be

The blood test is called cell-free DNA sequencing.

December 5, 2024

Advocates gather for a rally at the state Capitol complex in Nashville, Tenn., to oppose a series of bills that target the LGBTQ community, Feb. 14, 2023.

What Medical Care for Transgender Minors is at Stake in Supreme Court Case?

At least 26 states have adopted laws restricting or banning such care for minors.

December 3, 2024

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Trump Picks Jay Bhattacharya to Lead National Institutes of Health

He's a noted critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine mandates.

November 27, 2024

Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

New Rule Allows HIV-Positive Organ Transplants

Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies.

November 26, 2024

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A Promising Schizophrenia Drug Showed Mixed Results

What does that mean for patients?

November 1, 2024

In this photo provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr. Dorry Segev, right, performs the first U.S. transplant of a kidney from a deceased donor who had HIV into a recipient living with HIV, in Baltimore, in March 2016.

Kidney Transplants Are Safe Between People with HIV, New U.S. Study Shows

The results follow a proposed a rule change that would allow these types of kidney and liver transplants.

October 17, 2024

This image provided by the UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Center Breast Imaging in October 2024 shows mammogram scans with dense and not dense tissue.

Dense Breasts Can Make it Harder to Spot Cancer on a Mammogram

A new U.S. rule requires mammography centers to inform women about their breast density.

October 14, 2024

Methadone patient Irene Garnett, 44, of Phoenix, takes her treatment at a clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home

For decades, strict rules required most methadone patients to line up at special clinics every morning.

September 20, 2024

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Biden Pledges $150M in Research Grants as Part of His 'Moonshot' Push to Fight Cancer

Biden hopes to cut U.S. cancer fatalities by 50% over the next 25 years.

August 13, 2024

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Cancer Patients Often Do Better with Less Intensive Treatment, New Research Finds

It's part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing less can help patients live longer and feel better.

June 3, 2024

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HPV Vaccines Prevent Cancer in Men as Well as Women, New Research Suggests

But fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States.

May 24, 2024