June 5, 2026
(Ars Technica) – The global health organization Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced Monday that it will “urgently accelerate development” of three vaccine candidates against Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV), pledging a little over $60 million in the effort to extinguish … Read More
June 3, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – The country wants to become a global leader in brain implants. Strong government support is expected to help accelerate that process. In November 2024, Dong became one of the first people in China to be given … Read More
June 3, 2026
(Washington Post) – The highly anticipated results of a clinical trial for the pill, daraxonrasib, have been released, giving doctors hope for treating the stubbornly lethal disease. A pancreatic cancer drug more than four decades in the making has cracked … Read More
June 3, 2026
(Science News) – In opting for this treatment, called high-intensity focused ultrasound, Goings has joined a small but growing number of people choosing to control their Parkinson’s symptoms with permanent lesions in their brain. Already, an estimated 50 to 60 … Read More
June 3, 2026
(The Guardian) – My husband, Craig, didn’t want to spend his last days in the hospital. His fight with bladder cancer then became a battle to get him hospice care at home Nearly three months after that day in the … Read More
June 2, 2026
(Wired) – There might finally be a way forward for long Covid treatment—if only you were allowed to talk about it. All of this is very strange. Stranger still are patients’ stories of astonishing recoveries from severe long Covid, achieved … Read More
June 2, 2026
(WSJ) – Insurers warn of fraud and exorbitant charges from providers, including one that stuck a parent with a surprise $911,400 bill The autism-therapy industry, once a tiny corner of pediatric care, has exploded into a multibillion-dollar business, fueled by … Read More
June 2, 2026
(The Free Press) – The 33-year-old patient who comes to me in tears is the one the gynecologist never properly educated because the insurance codes wouldn’t pay for it. The annual visit for healthy women in their 20s and 30s … Read More
June 1, 2026
(NYT) – Yet legalizing medical aid in dying, or MAID, has been and remains a long, contentious process. Catholic leadership and many disability organizations staunchly oppose it. (Pope Leo XIV personally asked Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign the … Read More
May 29, 2026
(NYT) – I am a physician who runs her state’s health agency. I had good insurance, paid leave and a fluency with institutions most new mothers should never need. What I did not have was a single provider who could … Read More
May 29, 2026
(The Atlantic) – My generation—which is to say, the pillbox generation—came of age during the 1990s. The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol … Read More
May 28, 2026
(WSJ) – The Trump administration is expected to deploy U.S. public-health officers to Kenya to staff a potential quarantine facility there amid the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to people familiar with the matter. The people … Read More
May 28, 2026
(WSJ) – The job for some can be unpredictable and lonely. But for others, it offers travel, friendship, and a whiff of glamour. Nursing is hardly known as a glamorous profession. Long shifts, late nights and demanding patients take their … Read More
May 27, 2026
(WSJ) – Employers are clamoring for workers who can do doctor-like work but who are trained faster and can cost them less These days, heading to the doctor’s office often doesn’t involve a doctor. At least not directly. Instead, nurse … Read More
May 27, 2026
(National Post) – In a second case, the same doctor failed to administer one of three drugs used in assisted deaths and the patient resumed spontaneously breathing after being pronounced dead As first reported Monday by the The Globe and … Read More
May 27, 2026
(NYT) – I’ve seen Ebola up close. I got it while treating patients in West Africa in 2014. I know how destructive the disease can be — and how unprepared we are for its return. After the 2014 outbreak, which … Read More
May 27, 2026
(BBC) – Scientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to help tackle the Ebola emergency. The outbreak, centred on the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted … Read More
May 26, 2026
(WSJ) – New studies suggest drugs like Ozempic, Zepbound might slow tumor progression and improve survival; more research needed to confirm finding A suite of four new studies suggest that people taking so-called GLP-1 drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and … Read More
May 26, 2026
(Newsweek) – Doctors decided to place her in a medically induced coma. But while the paralytic drugs worked, Millie said the sedative did not fully take effect, leaving her aware of what was happening around her despite being unable to … Read More
May 26, 2026
(AP) – People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior … Read More
May 22, 2026
(WSJ) – As millions flock to GLP-1s, doctors warn the drugs can cause rapid and significant muscle loss Obesity rates are falling, the volume of food consumed in America is declining and retailers report a slump in sales of plus-size … Read More
May 22, 2026
(Futurism) – “All AI scribe systems from the 20 approved vendors showed one or more inaccuracies at the procurement testing phase.” If you’ve been to a medical appointment in the past two or three years, chances are high that your … Read More
May 21, 2026
(KFF Health News) – Such centers are known as crisis pregnancy centers or pregnancy resource centers. They offer limited resources and medical services to pregnant women and aim to dissuade them from having abortions. Healthcare groups including the American College … Read More
May 21, 2026
(NYT) – Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa. The Ebola crisis in East Africa is rapidly escalating, with cases now confirmed in major population centers in … Read More
May 20, 2026
(NBC News) – An American aid worker exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive and is being transferred to Germany for treatment, according to the CDC. The U.S. says six additional exposed citizens will also … Read More