October 30, 2026
(ABC News) – A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics … Read More
October 28, 2026
(KHOU via MSN) – The clinic provides medical care to patients who previously received gender-transition care. It offers detransition-related medical care to patients through age 21 and detransition-related obstetric and gynecologic care to patients older than 21, according to Paxton’s … Read More
October 23, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Personalized mRNA vaccines against melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—reduced the risk of death or recurrence by 42 percent compared to standard treatment in a late-stage trial, pharmaceutical partners Merck and Moderna announced Thursday. The results are … Read More
October 22, 2026
(KERA) – There are certain surgical errors that are so egregious doctors call them “never events” — mistakes like doing the wrong procedure, operating on the wrong patient or the wrong body part, or leaving an object inside a patient … Read More
October 22, 2026
(WSJ) – New data shows cost of family health plan grew 5%, while workers’ contributions increased by 9% Corporate America is getting hit by healthcare sticker shock—and companies are passing a greater share of the cost on to workers. The … Read More
October 22, 2026
(NYT) – Certain viruses attack bacteria and can sometimes clear antibiotic-resistant infections. Researchers said they had tailored a virus to attack one patient’s illness. For the first time, scientists say they have used viruses designed by artificial intelligence to treat … Read More
October 21, 2026
(WSJ) – America’s nurses are more educated than ever and can command six-figure salaries. Most have their bachelor’s degree. Their income has boomed since the pandemic to a median $97,550 a year, and their hands-on work isn’t easily automated away. … Read More
October 20, 2026
(WSJ) – Health trackers can now alert you to shifts you can’t feel. Doctors warn the data might give you anxiety—or a false sense of security. Nearly half of U.S. adults—over 119 million people—have high blood pressure, according to the … Read More
October 19, 2026
(The Guardian) – Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict a cancer patient’s chances of survival from a single photograph of their face. The AI system was custom-built by experts at Mass General Brigham, a nonprofit, integrated … Read More
October 19, 2026
(WSJ) – The alarms keep patients from getting sleep and overwhelm nurses. Now, researchers are making alarms smarter and less annoying. For hospital patients, the incessant beeping and buzzing of alarms from monitors, pumps and other devices can make sleep … Read More
October 15, 2026
(STAT News) – Veteran journalist’s coverage was marked by clarity and nuance at times of crisis Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials around the world with her accessible, prescient … Read More
October 15, 2026
(Nature) – Better career support and more funding stability is needed to retain this invaluable group of scientists. Medical doctors who also do research are an increasingly rare breed. Physician-scientists made up nearly 5% of the US medical workforce in … Read More
October 14, 2026
(Washington Post) – Proposals to assess older physicians have collided with fierce professional resistance, legal challenges and debate about the value of cognitive screening. What happens when aging doctors continue practicing as their abilities decline? “It’s becoming a bigger issue … Read More
October 13, 2026
(NBC News) – A local county coroner announced the death. The state’s health department said it is “conducting a thorough review.” A sixth measles-related death was reported Monday in Pennsylvania, involving a 39-year-old woman in Franklin County, amid the state’s … Read More
October 13, 2026
(NBC News) – The pope said a lung nodule was detected “at a very early stage.” The Vatican didn’t say what type of lung surgery the pontiff will undergo, but that the “small, localized nodule” was found in his lung … Read More
October 12, 2026
(Nature) – Outcomes have improved drastically in the United States for some forms of the disease, but those for others continue to lag. An analysis showcases the past half-century’s biggest cancer success stories — but also highlights the recalcitrant malignancies … Read More
October 9, 2026
(KPBS) – “It was around the clock. So 50 to 100 seizures a day, all day, all night.” Dalby was eventually diagnosed, when he was almost 5, with a rare genetic form of epilepsy caused by a mutation in the … Read More
October 8, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Joana did not know it then, but Freddy’s death would be linked to dozens of cases of unexplained catastrophic brain damage after routine anesthesia, all in children or young adults. Several, like Freddy, died. Others became permanently … Read More
October 7, 2026
(NYT) – Despite mounting evidence that exercise programs can improve cancer outcomes, access to them remains limited. Observational research has long suggested that exercise improves cancer survival, particularly for breast cancer patients. Last year, a landmark randomized controlled trial showed … Read More
October 6, 2026
(NYT) – Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel were recognized for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, a technique that uses pulses of light to activate neurons in the brain. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel … Read More
October 6, 2026
(Atavist Magazine) – When a little girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare incurable disease, her parents and their community came together to help her. They wound up making medical history. To patients with severe rare diseases, the drugs … Read More
October 6, 2026
(NBC News) – She’s now been diagnosed with colorectal cancer in her teens, 20s and 30s. A little-known syndrome may be one reason why more young people are at higher risk for the disease. I don’t have any family history, … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Nature) – With prospects for new treatments at an all-time high, researchers are looking for ways to boost survival by treating the disease early. Armed with new tools and fresh optimism, researchers seeking to subdue pancreatic cancer — one of … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Wired) – A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. The nurses who spoke with WIRED allege that Timpani has potentially … Read More
October 1, 2026
(NYT) – A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded. The execution team went through at least seven needles trying to find a vein … Read More
