MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #260 — Top 2026 Health Trends With US News’ Annika Urban
Release Date: 01/16/2026
MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #260 — Top 2026 Health Trends With US News’ Annika Urban
MPR Weekly Dose
Fifty-eight health experts have weighed in on the future of wellness. In this episode, we sit down with Annika Urban, health editor for US News and World Report, to analyze the implications of these findings. Annika shares her perspective on the major shifts happening across the health spectrum.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #259 — ACIP Hep B Recommendation; Retatrutide Shows Promise; Omisirge Approved; Counterfeit Ozempic Seized; Gene Tx Approved for Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
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ACIP votes to change hep B vaccination for infants; positive results for retatrutide; Omisirge approved; counterfeit Ozempic seized by FDA; gene therapy approved for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #258 — Jaypirca Gains Expanded Approval; Allograft to Restore Nerve Function; Baxdrostat Gets Priority Review; Stargardt Tx Shows Promise; Edema Autoinjector Accepted for Review
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Jaypirca gains expanded approval; allograft approved to restore peripheral nerve function; baxdrostat to be reviewed as an add-on treatment for hypertension; treatment for a genetic eye disorder that causes vision loss shows promise; and an autoinjector to treat edema is accepted for Priority Review.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #257 — Tonmya Available; Elevidys Safety Warning; Mitapivat SCD Trial Results; Redemplo Approved for FCS; Hyrnuo Granted Accelerated Approval
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Tonmya now available for fibromyalgia; safety warnings for DMD treatment; mitapivat shows mixed results in sickle cell disease trial; Redemplo approved for familial chylomicronemia syndrome; Hyrnuo approved for HER2-mutant NSCLC.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #256 — HRT Label Changes; Calypta Approved for MDD; Darzalex Faspro Indication Expanded; MS Tx Potential; Simplified HIV Regimen
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The FDA requests boxed warnings be removed from HRT product labels; Caplyta approved for MDD; Darzalex Faspro gains new indication; investigational MS treatment looks promising; trial investigates simplified HIV regimen.
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MPR News Weekly Dose #255 — Fluoride Supplements Restricted; AAP Leucovorin Statement; At-Home Ultrasound; Kygevvi Approved; Gazyva Lupus Trial Results
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FDA restrict the sale of unapproved fluoride products; the AAP statement on leucovorin in ASD; at-home prenatal ultrasound; Kygevvi approved; Gazyva reduces SLE disease activity.
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MPR Weekly Dose #254 — Tranexamic Acid Label Change; New Tezspire Approval; Psychedelic Gains Breakthrough; Oral Semaglutide for MACE Reduction; Gazyva Approved for Lupus
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Label changes for tranexamic acid; new approval for Tezspire; psychedelic gains Breakthrough Tx for depression; oral semaglutide approved to reduce MACE risk in T2DM; Gazyva approved for lupus.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #253 — Bipolar I Treatment; Blood-Based Test for Alzheimer Disease; UC Tx Approved for Pediatrics; Rinvoq Expanded; Oral Glucagon-Like Peptide-1
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New treatment approved for Bipolar I disorder; IBD treatments gain expanded approval; blood-based test for early detection of Alzheimer disease; and an oral glucagon-like peptide-1 treatment continues to show promise.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #252 — CDC Approves New Immunization Sched; Novel Furosemide Delivery Device; New IPF Treatment Approved; Libtayo approved for CSCC; Breakthrough Therapy for influenza
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CDC approves new immunization schedule; new treatments approved for edema, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and high risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma; and the FDA grants Breakthrough therapy designation to a novel influenza therapy.
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MPR Weekly Dose Podcast #251 — Qivigy for Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency; Near Vision Eyedrops; Tremfya Expanded; Meth Intoxication Tx; Alzheimer Disease Tx Fast Tracked
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New treatment approved for primary humoral immunodeficiency; eyedrops now available to improve near vision; Tremfya approval expanded to include pediatric plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis; FDA fast tracks treatments for methamphetamine intoxication, Alzheimer disease.
info_outlineFifty-eight health experts have weighed in on the future of wellness. In this episode, we sit down with Annika Urban, health editor for US News and World Report, to analyze the implications of these findings. Annika shares her perspective on the major shifts happening across the health spectrum.