July 11, 2025
(NBC News) – The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus tops the World Health Organization’s list of worrying fungal diseases. It’s growing increasingly resistant to the first-line drug used to treat it. Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more … Read More
July 10, 2025
(New York Times) – After hearing the first season of “The Retrievals,” a podcast that explored how women’s pain is often minimized and dismissed, hundreds of listeners wrote to the host, Susan Burton, to share their own stories of inadequately … Read More
July 10, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – It’s almost certainly the case that the moratorium’s breadth, as well as its decade-long duration, helped opponents marshall a diverse coalition to their side. But that breadth isn’t incidental—it’s related to the very nature of AI. … Read More
July 10, 2025
(SwissInfo) – The suicide rate among older people in Switzerland has reached record levels. The main reason for this is euthanasia. Other suicides are on the decline, but there is a significant gender difference. Senior citizens were 42 times more … Read More
July 10, 2025
(Associated Press) – The triumphs of finding people alive ended days ago, while the mission of recovering bodies that might include even more children is far from over. The grim undertaking has prompted questions about how first responders and rescue … Read More
July 10, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – “We aren’t defective, just different” was the 1990s rallying cry of deaf activists who rejected medical fixes. Why have transgender activists argued that only medical tech can make them who they really are? As it happens, … Read More
July 10, 2025
(Wired) – Patients and doctors are turning to AI for diagnoses and treatment recommendations, often with stellar results, but problems arise when experts and algorithms disagree. Consumer-friendly AI tools are changing how people seek medical advice, both on symptoms and … Read More
July 10, 2025
(The Guardian) – Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – … Read More
July 10, 2025
(Rolling Stone) – ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was released in 2022, has seemingly seeped into every area of human life. While some people utilize the service for simple tasks such as drafting grocery lists or brainstorming ideas for … Read More
July 9, 2025
(The Guardian) – Microsoft has revealed details of an artificial intelligence system that performs better than human doctors at complex health diagnoses, creating a “path to medical superintelligence”. The company’s AI unit, which is led by the British tech pioneer … Read More
July 9, 2025
(ICIJ) – A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. In over 70 interviews, former and current doctors, nurses and executives from [International Finance Corp]-backed facilities in Kenya and … Read More
July 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare-fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices, including how the giant company deployed doctors and nurses to gather diagnoses that bolstered its payments, people familiar with the matter said. The … Read More
July 9, 2025
(Washington Post) – Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the World Health Organization’s Africa region. The first malaria drug for newborn babies and those weighing less … Read More
July 9, 2025
(NBC News) – Asian American and Pacific Islander women under 50 are now tied with white women for the highest breast cancer rates. Experts point to westernization, increased screenings and more. Since 2000, breast cancer incidence among Asian American and … Read More
July 8, 2025
(NBC News) – There’s been little evidence on how well CBD works or guidance on how to safely use capsules, edibles or oils that contain cannabidiol. Over the course of four weeks, 201 volunteers received either 5 mg per kilogram … Read More
July 8, 2025
(BBC) – The first malaria treatment suitable for babies and very young children has been approved for use. It’s expected to be rolled out in African countries within weeks. Until now there have been no approved malaria drugs specifically for … Read More
July 8, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The story unfolds so rapidly that it can all seem, at a glance, preordained. After transferring to Columbia last fall, as Chungin “Roy” Lee tells it, he used AI to cheat his way through school, used AI … Read More
July 8, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The smell of decay wafted through the air in the searing heat, guiding volunteers in search of flash-flood victims. Teams of volunteers along with state and local officials on Tuesday fanned out on foot, horseback and … Read More
July 7, 2025
(The Guardian) – Scientists are just a few years from creating viable human sex cells in the lab, according to an internationally renowned pioneer of the field, who says the advance could open up biology-defying possibilities for reproduction. Speaking to … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Axios) – There have been 1,267 confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. this year, almost 4.5 times the total for all of last year and on track to pass the highest annual count since the disease was declared eliminated … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – It’s ‘frustrating as somebody who’s looking for, I mean, my whole family, almost,’ says Hailey Chavarria, as searches enter third day The search for those swept away by punishing flash floods in Central Texas over the … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Abortion is now banned or heavily restricted in about one-third of U.S. states, and some women of childbearing age say that has introduced a new calculus about where to live and work. Though migration patterns are … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Axios) – It’s not food, it’s not chewing tobacco and it’s not gum — though it might look like it when you see it — but it is becoming America’s new addictive obsession. Why it matters: Sales of Zyn nicotine … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wired) – As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips. He recently asked the app’s “chat with your mind” function how he had become … Read More
July 4, 2025
(AP via Medical Xpress) – Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions. It’s unclear exactly … Read More
