June 27, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person. But we still didn’t know what all those 3 billion genetic letters actually do. Now … Read More
June 27, 2025
(Rest of World) – Content moderators say they’re exposed to graphic violence, psychological trauma, and union-busting tactics, and now a larger movement is brewing. Yavuz is at the forefront of an international movement to demand better recognition, rewards, and working … Read More
June 27, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed low-income patients’ rights to chose their health providers while giving conservative-led states a bigger opening to exclude Planned Parenthood affiliates from their Medicaid programs. The big picture: The 6-3 decision by the … Read More
June 25, 2025
(ABC News) – The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has expanded existing warnings on the two leading COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart side effect mainly seen in young men. Myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation that is … Read More
June 25, 2025
(KFF Health News) – California lawmakers are poised to delay the state’s much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date … Read More
June 25, 2025
(The Atlantic) – To be clear, Smith, as a brain-dead patient, was legally and medically deceased, so precepts about doing good and avoiding harm would not have applied to her, at least clinically speaking. But the ethical principle of autonomy … Read More
June 25, 2025
(NPR) – Now the hashtag may be gone, but eliminating this kind of harmful content is not that simple. There’s still no shortage of people — on TikTok and other social media platforms — spreading unhealthy information on how to … Read More
June 25, 2025
(Mother Jones) – They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws. The Dobbs decision didn’t just unleash a raft of laws restricting and banning abortion—it also seems to have made authorities more skeptical … Read More
June 25, 2025
(Newsweek) – Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants’ deaths, and more than 2 million children in the country have a genetic condition. U.S.-based Nucleus is offering people having IVF the chance to select … Read More
June 24, 2025
(404 Media) – A massive data center for Meta’s AI will likely lead to rate hikes for Louisiana customers, but Meta wants to keep the details under wraps. Holly Ridge is a rural community bisected by US Highway 80, gridded … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Gizmodo) – In late May, several scientific organizations, including the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy (ISCT), banded together to call for a 10-year moratorium on using CRISPR and related technologies to pursue human heritable germline editing. The declaration … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Aeon) – The misunderstood story of Phineas Gage shows that we need a new way of understanding the experiences of brain injury survivors We mostly used the term ‘disinhibition’ as a mitigation: an invitation to think creatively about how to … Read More
June 24, 2025
(New York Times) – From a lone clinic in Texas to an entire school district in North Dakota, the virus is upending daily life and revealing a deeper crisis of belief. One morning about a week into his illness, Carrollyn … Read More
June 24, 2025
(ABC News) – The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday. The latest report from … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Nature) – Liraglutide, a member of the family of blockbuster weight-loss drugs, reduces headaches by half in a small study. Head-splitting migraines could be the next ailment in a seemingly endless list that a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs might … Read More
June 24, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – AI and deep-pocketed billionaires are amping up interest in hardware in a new way The world is on fire, and that’s giving some of the richest men the audacity of hope. Hope that their billions, brains … Read More
June 24, 2025
(National Post) – There is a lot of concern internationally within the disability rights community about what’s happening in Canada around euthanasia,’ a Conservative MP said (Read More)
June 23, 2025
(ProPublica) – When Joe DeMayo’s donated kidney started to fail earlier than expected, he didn’t know that the drug he was taking could’ve left him vulnerable — and that one of the most formidable drug regulators in the world may … Read More
June 23, 2025
(The 19th) – Doctors are pushing for laws in several states that would make it harder to detect who prescribed abortion pills. They say it would protect them from out-of-state prosecutions. Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make … Read More
June 23, 2025
(CBS News) – French police have detained 12 suspects after 145 people reported being pricked with syringes during the country’s annual street music festival, officials said Sunday. Millions of people took to the streets across France on Saturday evening for … Read More
June 23, 2025
(New York Times) – Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes. The experimental treatment, called zimislecel and made … Read More
June 23, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – When Mountain Trek launched its first wellness program in 2000, it attracted a steady stream of affluent guests looking to overhaul their health and drop pounds fast. Twenty-five years later, medications like Mounjaro and Ozempic … Read More
June 23, 2025
(Wired) – New data from a Phase 3 trial show that the daily anti-obesity pill may be as safe and effective as drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic for weight loss and lowering blood sugar. Eli Lilly’s daily anti-obesity pill orforglipron … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Gizmodo) – Why does the Telegram executive have such a big family? Due to his relationships with three separate women, Durov says he is the “official father” of six children. However, because of his ongoing sperm donations to a Russian … Read More
June 20, 2025
(TechCrunch) – Several weeks after Anthropic released research claiming that its Claude Opus 4 AI model resorted to blackmailing engineers who tried to turn the model off in controlled test scenarios, the company is out with new research suggesting the … Read More
