How Rocket Mortgage plans to win in 2025
Rocket Mortgage’s strategy for 2025 includes acquiring more mortgage servicing rights to capitalize on its eye-popping 85% recapture rate…Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Hundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks. The demonstration in Baku, Azerbaijan will be echoed at sites around the world in a global “day of action” for climate justice that’s…
Leqembi Okayed for Subset of Early Alzheimer’s Patients
The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting marketing authorization for Leqembi (lecanemab) to treat mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer’s disease, following a re-examination of the clinical data. The recommendation is only for patients who have one or no copies of the apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) gene…
Two Lung Cancer Drugs Recommended by EMA
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended eight medicines for approval this month, including two cancer drugs for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Augtyro for Advanced Cancers The regulatory body’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) supported granting a conditional marketing authorization for Augtyro (repotrectinib…
EMA Recommends Gohibic for ARDS Induced by SARS-CoV-2
Following a consultation with its emergency task force, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has backed a drug for adult patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by the SARS‑CoV-2 virus. As a result, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended granting a marketing authorization “under exceptional circumstances” for Gohibic (vilobelimab…
Europe Rejects Cinainu (Alopecia) & Kizfizo (Neuroblastoma)
Europe’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended refusal of marketing authorizations for: Cinainu (allium/citrus/Paullinia/cacao), an herbal medicine intended to treat moderate to severe alopecia areata in children and adolescents Kizfizo (temozolomide) for the treatment of neuroblastoma in children older than 1 year Herbal Extracts Cinainu contains herbal...
Medical Groups Wary of RFK Jr. Nom to Lead HHS
Some public health and medical organizations are expressing concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing his vaccine skepticism and unorthodox medical views. Kennedy has falsely linked vaccines to autism and opposes community water fluoridation to prevent tooth…
Video Friday: Extreme Off-Road
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCEHumanoids Summit: 11–12 December 2024…
What Bird Flu in Wastewater Means for California and Beyond
Wastewater in several Californian cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles, recently tested positive for bird flu. But understanding disease risk and exposure to humans isn’t so straightforward…