A rewritten charter for the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee that would have loosened the rules for membership to allow for less qualified members has been withdrawn.
A document published in the Federal Register on May 19 states that the renewal for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices charter was withdrawn due to “an administrative error in meeting the revised public notification timing requirements under the revised Federal Advisory Committee Act regulations, as amended in December 2025. As a result, the charter lapsed and the committee must be re-established.”
The previous

A 90-year-old white woman with a medical history of coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure and hypertension presented to her local eye doctor for a routine eye exam.
The patient also had a history of hyperlipidemia and multiple cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma lesions (status post Mohs excision).
Her chief concern was new drooping of her right upper eyelid. She said the drooping had been happening for about 6 months, with intermittent headaches and increased tearing from her right eye. Her headaches improved with Tylenol (acetaminophen, Kenvue). She denied any other visual or ocular

Cataract surgeons need to be aware of pseudoexfoliation syndrome, a systemic basement membrane disorder that compromises the structural integrity of the lens suspension system, pupil dilation and aqueous outflow pathways.
For the experienced surgeon, success is found in anticipating zonular failure before it becomes an intraoperative crisis. By focusing on a few critical pearls identified during the key stages of the procedure, a surgeon can navigate these high-risk cases with the same predictability as a routine operation.
Success in a pseudoexfoliation case begins at the slit lamp microscope

Healio has partnered with the Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education, or NPACE, to integrate its Healio AI tool into NPACE’s in-person and on-demand CME.
“NPACE is excited to further our collaboration with Healio and the new Healio AI tool,” NPACE Chief Operating Officer Josh Plotkin said in a press release. “AI is quickly ascending to the forefront of being used by advanced practice providers. Healio’s AI tool, being predicated on medical research, studies and professional insights, will enhance professional development and learning across NPACE

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired both vice chairs of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, according to letters obtained by Healio.
The vice chairs were Esa M. Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and John B. Wong, MD, MACP, a professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
According to the task force’s website, Davis was appointed vice chair in March 2025. She previously served as a member from January 2021 to December 2024. Wong was appointed vice chair in March 2024. He previously served as a member from March 2018 to December

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Doctors who have not yet started using AI tools should first get comfortable using them in everyday life before adopting them in clinical practice.
That is the advice from optometrist Scott A. Edmonds, OD, FAAO, a member of the Healio AI Advisory Board who has been using AI in various areas of his practice.
“You learn to use the tool in a much less stressful environment,” Edmonds said. “You learn how the model works and how it thinks. ... Then when I go to use it in the real world, in the clinic, I’m more attuned. I’m not afraid of it. I know what to ask it.
“Play with it in everyday life first,

MIAMI — In this video from Sunshine Eye & Retina, Neel R. Desai, MD, discusses the benefits of decellularized basement membrane.
Desai said Biovance 3L (DefEYE) amniotic membrane offers fast healing while allowing for shorter procedure times and positive outcomes for patients.
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“I think this deserves its own unique category because of its tissue processing,” Desai told Healio. “Decellularized membrane uniquely is just the bioactive basement membrane of the amnion. It is triple layered in Biovance 3L, so we have this purified scaffold for healing and wound coverage that provides for