A GLP-1 Trial in the Lancet Cut Heavy Drinking Days by Fourteen Points
108 patients, 26 weeks of semaglutide plus CBT yielded a 13.7-point cut in heavy drinking days — the first RCT supporting GLP-1 for alcohol use disorder.
Nora Whitfield
Bureau: Chicago
Utah Measles Cases Are Slowing as the Out-of-State Map Keeps Widening
Utah at 663 cases — 37 in the last three weeks versus 121 in the prior three — while Travis County, Texas confirmed its first 2026 case on May 7 and Michigan now has 7 cases across four counties.
Coffee Without Caffeine Still Reshapes the Microbiome and This Is the Rare RCT Design
A 62-person Cork RCT in Nature Communications — 14 days off coffee, then 21 days of caffeinated or decaf — shifted the gut similarly in both arms, implicating chlorogenic acids over caffeine.
The FDA Approved an All-Oral AML Regimen This Morning and Inqovi Plus Venetoclax Is the First
Taiho's Inqovi plus venetoclax — FDA-approved May 13 for newly diagnosed AML in patients 75+ or otherwise ineligible for intensive induction — is the first all-oral combination for this population.
A CDC Thursday Print on Measles Is Expected and the May 7 Number Was 1,842
Atlanta's noon Thursday refresh meets a slowing Utah curve and a widening out-of-state map, with Travis County the new entry.