People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that ‘functional cures’ may be in reach.
People infected with HIV must take antiretroviral drugs for life. But promising trials using engineered antibodies suggest that ‘functional cures’ may be in reach. Around the world, some 40 million people are living with HIV. And though progress in treatment means the infection isn’t the death sentence it once was, researchers have never been able to bring about a cure. Instead, HIV-positive people must take a cocktail of antiretroviral drugs for the rest of their lives. But in 2025, researchers reported a breakthrough that suggests that a “functional” cure for HIV — a way to keep HIV under control long-term without constant treatment — may indeed be possible. In two independent trials...
The FDA memo that shakes the world
Over the last November weekend of 2025, a memo circulated throughout the Federal Food and Drug Administration that might well trigger the entire unraveling of the US vaccine program with a focus on the mandated COVID shot in particular. The author is Dr. Vinay Prasad, who was a moderate critic during the COVID but has become ferocious since his appointment as the head of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research of the FDA. Of this memo, ACIP member and scientist Robert Malone has written: “I am stunned, gobsmacked by his letter below. The significance and importance of this letter in the context of US and global vaccine policy cannot be overestimated. This is a revolution, the...
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Cleveland Clinic joins 22 Health’s Marketplace Network to provide greater access to patient care in Broward County
22 Health Members Now Have Access to Approximately 12,000 Caregivers at Cleveland Clinic’s Hospitals and Outpatient Centers Weston, FL – Cleveland Clinic has announced that it is joining the provider network of 22 Health, a new health marketplace division of Community Care Plan serving residents of Broward County, effective Jan. 1, 2026. Under the terms of the new agreement, 22 Health members will have access to approximately 12,000 additional caregivers across the five Cleveland Clinic hospitals and 40 outpatient centers throughout Florida. “Cleveland Clinic is pleased to welcome 22 Health as part of our extensive network of medical coverage, expanding access to world-class, compassionate...
After series of denials, his insurer approved doctor-recommended cancer care. It was too late.
For nearly three years, Eric Tennant endured chemotherapy infusions, rounds of radiation, biopsies, and hospitalizations that left him weak and depleted. “It’s good to be home,” he said after one hospital stay in early June, “yet I’m tired and ready to get on with things.” In 2023, Tennant, of Bridgeport, West Virginia, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer of the bile ducts that had spread throughout his body. None of the initial treatments prescribed by his doctors had eradicated the cancer. But a glimmer of hope came in early 2025, when Tennant was recommended for histotripsy, a relatively new procedure that would use ultrasound waves to target, and potentially destroy,...
