Lone star ticks, which originated in the southern United States, are on the move, potentially complicating the diagnosis of tickborne diseases in areas where they now overlap with ticks that cause Lyme disease, according to experts.
The ticks are heading north and causing southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), which produces a “bull’s-eye” rash indistinguishable from the rash caused by Lyme disease, the experts cautioned in a correspondence published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The similar-looking rashes can make diagnosing Lyme disease trickier; however, STARI is

Timing of consolidation durvalumab significantly impacts survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to findings from a real-world analysis.
Patients who received durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) following concurrent chemoradiation survived more than 20 months longer than those who did not, but researchers found those who received durvalumab in the first month after chemoradiation did not significantly benefit.
Those who received treatment 5 to 10 weeks later did.
“Try to start later than 4 weeks,” Tawee Tanvetyanon, MD, MPH, medical oncologist and

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In a panel discussion at Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Aaron J. Krych, MD, reviewed three papers on meniscus tears published in 2025 that have impacted his practice.
“These papers included a randomized controlled trial on meniscus arthroscopy for degenerative tears; we talked about the [Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON)] data, 10 years following ACL reconstruction of meniscus repair, and how that affected outcomes; [and] we talked about bucket handle tears and how they can form after successful ACL operations — that some of these were, in fact, missed ramp

The American Academy of Pediatrics and five other medical professional societies are asking a court to undo HHS’s recent overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule.
The AAP, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a pregnant physician previously filed a lawsuit in July against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS over changes to the CDC’s recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. Last week, a judge denied a motion from HHS to dismiss the suit.
The AAP announced

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Lone star ticks, which originated in the southern United States, are on the move, potentially complicating the diagnosis of tickborne diseases in areas where they now overlap with ticks that cause Lyme disease, according to experts.
The ticks are heading north and causing southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI), which produces a “bull’s-eye” rash indistinguishable from the rash caused by Lyme disease, the experts cautioned in a correspondence published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine.
The similar-looking rashes can make diagnosing Lyme disease trickier; however, STARI is

Timing of consolidation durvalumab significantly impacts survival for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to findings from a real-world analysis.
Patients who received durvalumab (Imfinzi, AstraZeneca) following concurrent chemoradiation survived more than 20 months longer than those who did not, but researchers found those who received durvalumab in the first month after chemoradiation did not significantly benefit.
Those who received treatment 5 to 10 weeks later did.
“Try to start later than 4 weeks,” Tawee Tanvetyanon, MD, MPH, medical oncologist and

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In a panel discussion at Orthopedics Today Hawaii, Aaron J. Krych, MD, reviewed three papers on meniscus tears published in 2025 that have impacted his practice.
“These papers included a randomized controlled trial on meniscus arthroscopy for degenerative tears; we talked about the [Multicenter Orthopaedic Outcomes Network (MOON)] data, 10 years following ACL reconstruction of meniscus repair, and how that affected outcomes; [and] we talked about bucket handle tears and how they can form after successful ACL operations — that some of these were, in fact, missed ramp

The American Academy of Pediatrics and five other medical professional societies are asking a court to undo HHS’s recent overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule.
The AAP, American College of Physicians, American Public Health Association, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a pregnant physician previously filed a lawsuit in July against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and HHS over changes to the CDC’s recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines. Last week, a judge denied a motion from HHS to dismiss the suit.
The AAP announced

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases has raised concerns that federal health agencies have dropped alcohol limits from the latest dietary guidelines and failed to include the established link between alcohol and cancer.
On Jan. 7, HHS and the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which recommend that Americans’ diet include high-quality protein, healthy fats, whole foods, and fruits and vegetables, and limit highly processed foods.
The guidelines also call for individuals to “consume less alcohol for better overall