October 13, 2025
(Digital Trends) – Families of deceased public figures are horrified at AI videos depicting their loved ones generated without their consent. In less than two weeks since its release, OpenAI’s Sora 2 AI video app has been through a rollercoaster. … Read More
October 10, 2025
(New York Times) – Iran became a pioneer in gender transition operations by forcing procedures on L.G.B.T.Q. Iranians. Desperate for cash, the Islamic republic is hoping to attract trans patients from around the world. For 40 years Iran has performed … Read More
October 10, 2025
(NBC News) – At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. “Expect more,” one expert said. A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out … Read More
October 10, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Groundbreaking new tests reveal patterns in our immune systems that can signal underlying disease and tell us how well we might recover from our next cold. I got my results in a text message. Over the … Read More
October 10, 2025
(Euro News) – The liver performed key bodily functions, proving that pig organs can temporarily support human life, though serious complications eventually arose. In what researchers are calling a “landmark” in medical science, surgeons implanted a genetically engineered pig liver … Read More
October 9, 2025
(NBC News) – Doctors say insurers are automatically downgrading their claims and paying less. Insurers say it’s their duty to prevent overbilling. It’s a practice called “downcoding.” Insurance companies — in Wagner’s case, Aetna — automatically downgrade the claims a … Read More
October 9, 2025
(YouTube) – “This does not have to be our destiny.” Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology Tristan Harris sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss how AI has already disrupted the workforce as current iterations of the technology have … Read More
October 9, 2025
(The Verge) – The Amazon Pharmacy kiosks will enable patients to get their meds before leaving the doctor’s office. Amazon is adding vending machines stocked with prescription drugs to its One Medical clinics, allowing patients to pick up their medications … Read More
October 9, 2025
(The Guardian) – Researchers in Australia find 16 genetic variants linked to depression in women but only eight in men Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, a new study has found. Claiming to be the largest genetic study … Read More
October 9, 2025
(New York Times) – As Americans take more gummies, pills and powders than ever, some physicians are trying to convince patients to be a bit more careful. A wide variety of gummies, pills and powders are categorized as supplements, including … Read More
October 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Company is seeking to move away from dependence on its partner OpenAI and build a consumer base for its Copilot chatbot Microsoft has a lofty goal: to become an artificial-intelligence chatbot powerhouse in its own right … Read More
October 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Operators promise high-end treatment, help addicts sign up for insurance then pile on charges for little in return, say former patients and insurers The rehabs are often in locations that people might be tempted to travel … Read More
October 9, 2025
(Axios) – Federal authorities in Los Angeles arrested a man accused of igniting January’s destructive California wildfires. The big picture: The Palisades Fire ranks among the most destructive in Los Angeles history, killing a dozen people and destroying more than … Read More
October 8, 2025
(STAT News) – Marijuana use by people with psychosis is 10% higher in states where the drug has been legalized Cannabis use rates among people with psychosis have surged in states that have legalized the drug, according to a new … Read More
October 8, 2025
(NPR) – New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used … Read More
October 8, 2025
(Axios) – The Health and Human Services Department last week ordered the federal organ procurement and transplant network to halt many operations until the government shutdown is over, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Patients will still be able to … Read More
October 8, 2025
(Wired) – A Facebook group set up to share information about leucovorin has been spammed by affiliate links and supplement companies trying to shame parents of autistic kids. For decades, the parents of autistic children have been sold false hope … Read More
October 8, 2025
(The Washington Post) – More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, … Read More
October 7, 2025
(New York Times) – Sam Terblanche was just 20 years old. Can a busy E.R. handle the hardest cases? Breen conceded that Sam’s death was an emergency provider’s “worst nightmare” and would likely prompt staff to “wonder and feel, like … Read More
October 7, 2025
(Wired) – Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later. The analysis, published last week in the journal Nature, showed that children diagnosed before the age of 6 were more … Read More
October 7, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – We’re worrying about the wrong arms race with China. A curious feature of the last few years of anxieties about AI has been how they favor some dystopian fears over others. Right now, because of ChatGPT’s … Read More
October 7, 2025
(CT) – It’s only a short leap to see that if men and women are interchangeable, if we are defined more by our late-modern capitalistic output than by our sexed bodies, our common human limitations, and our social relationships, then … Read More
October 7, 2025
(New York Times) – For some single women in their 30s and 40s, their biological clocks add unwelcome stress to an already fraught process. The stubborn notion that women’s fertility falls off a cliff at 35 has slowly shifted in … Read More
October 7, 2025
(5280) – More terminally ill Coloradans than ever are turning to Denver Health’s Medical Aid in Dying clinic. We spent the summer witnessing the quiet decisions and final moments of those who chose when—and how—to say goodbye. Denver Health opened … Read More
October 7, 2025
(New York Times) – In the last decade, more than a dozen types of cancer have risen among people under 50. Scientists don’t have all of the answers, but research is starting to offer clues. For years, studies and news … Read More
