July 3, 2024
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy may have a potential link with an eye condition that causes vision loss, according to a new study published Wednesday in JAMA Ophthalmology. In a observational study, … Read More
July 3, 2024
(NPR) – Transgender people under 18 face laws that bar them from accessing gender-affirming health care in 25 states — just a few years ago, not a single state had such a law. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider … Read More
July 3, 2024
(BBC) – A mother has admitted giving her terminally ill seven-year-old son a large dose of morphine to stop his suffering and “quietly end his life”. Antonya Cooper, from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, said her son Hamish had stage 4 cancer and … Read More
July 3, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – Coronavirus infections are likely growing in 44 states and territories as of June 25, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nationally, coronavirus activity in wastewater remains low but is increasing; it is … Read More
July 2, 2024
(New York Times) – The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease but also carry safety risks. The Food and … Read More
July 2, 2024
(New York Times) – Ever since scientists discovered influenza infecting American cows earlier this year, they have been puzzling over how it spreads from one animal to another. An experiment carried out in Kansas and Germany has shed some light … Read More
July 2, 2024
(New York Times) – Vyriy is just one of many Ukrainian companies working on a major leap forward in the weaponization of consumer technology, driven by the war with Russia. The pressure to outthink the enemy, along with huge flows … Read More
July 2, 2024
(New York Times) – Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed. A.I. companies are heavily marketing themselves to schools, which spend tens of billions of … Read More
July 2, 2024
(Associated Press) – The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows … Read More
July 2, 2024
(The Washington Post) – Recent Supreme Court decisions curbing the power of federal agencies will hobble government efforts to protect public health, legal experts warn. The rulings will make it harder for some federal agencies to bring enforcement actions, give … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – A Texas hospital is experimenting with hologram technology for doctors to see patients. Some health care experts wonder if it’s beneficial. A patient walks into a hospital room, sits down and starts talking to a doctor. … Read More
July 1, 2024
(Wired) – Rosas’ case illustrates the reality of new anti-obesity drugs: They don’t work equally well for everyone. Semaglutide, which goes by the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy, has shown around 15 percent weight loss in clinical trials, while tirzepatide—sold … Read More
July 1, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – When someone loses part of a leg, a prosthetic can make it easier to get around. But most prosthetics are static, cumbersome, and hard to move. A new neural interface connects a bionic limb to nerve … Read More
July 1, 2024
(Axios) – If courts weren’t already exerting outsized influence over health policy, they’re much closer to being final arbiters now that the Supreme Court has scrapped the decades-old doctrine that gave the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and … Read More
July 1, 2024
(WSJ) – Tech companies scouring the country for electricity supplies have zeroed in on a key target: America’s nuclear-power plants. The owners of roughly a third of U.S. nuclear-power plants are in talks with tech companies to provide electricity to … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern. At least a dozen Navy SEALs have died by … Read More
July 1, 2024
(CNN) – New test results released by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday found that bird flu virus is making its way from dairy farms and into milk processing plants but also confirmed that the commonly used flash … Read More
July 1, 2024
(New York Times) – The Biden administration said this week that it opposed gender-affirming surgery for minors, the most explicit statement to date on the subject from a president who has been a staunch supporter of transgender rights. The White … Read More
July 1, 2024
(Nature) – A single vaccine has been shown to protect people from both SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses — and with a higher effectiveness than vaccines that target one or the other, the pharmaceutical company Moderna has announced. Moderna, which is … Read More
June 28, 2024
(NPR) – Psychedelics have entered the mainstream in a big way: Investors have staked billions on potential medical treatments, scientific research has skyrocketed and public sentiment signals growing acceptance. And yet the major sources of data on drug use have … Read More
June 28, 2024
(NBC News) – The vote, by the Ways and Means Committee, is one of the first steps needed to reverse a more than two-decades-old ban prohibiting the government from paying for the drugs. For more than two decades, a law … Read More
June 26, 2024
(The Atlantic) – Although this may seem like media arcana—mere C-suite squabbles—the reality is that AI companies are envisioning a future in which their platforms are central to how all internet users find information. Among OpenAI’s promises is that, in … Read More
June 26, 2024
(Nature) – Project covering one-fifth of the country’s population is one of the largest-ever efforts to share results on genetic health risks with research participants. The project is one of the world’s biggest efforts to return genetic results to research … Read More
June 26, 2024
(New York Times) – Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over political fallout. Email excerpts from members of … Read More
June 25, 2024
(NBC News) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Tuesday alerting authorities, health care providers and the public of the increased risk of dengue fever infections in the United States. The alert comes as an … Read More
