June 20, 2025
(CNET) – Pope Leo XIV, who took over leadership of the Catholic Church in May, is revealing one area that he’ll be focusing on: artificial intelligence. The Pope has called for tech companies to develop a “superior ethical criterion” against which … Read More
June 20, 2025
(NPR) – In the United States, caregiving is largely a private matter rather than a public concern. Americans caring for elderly or disabled adults cobble together help from nonprofits, community groups, church, friends and family — and even though there … Read More
June 20, 2025
(TIME) – Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to … Read More
June 20, 2025
(The Guardian) – Terminally ill people in England and Wales are to be given the right to an assisted death in a historic societal shift that will transform end-of-life care. After months of argument, MPs narrowly voted in favour of … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Science) – Developing lenacapavir, the drug newly approved to protect against HIV for six months in one shot, took basic science, sophisticated chemistry, and perseverance The approval caps a tortuous, 2-decade-long scientific journey for Gilead Sciences, a pharma company specializing … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Major insurers will pledge to smooth and speed ‘prior authorization,’ in a new industry initiative Following the backlash that hit health insurers after the killing of a top executive last year, the industry will pledge steps … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Fox News) – The potential risk of cannabis use has been in the spotlight following recent research pointing toward negative health effects. This includes a new meta-analysis by French researchers, published in the journal Heart, which reviewed multiple studies to … Read More
June 19, 2025
(CBS News) – At least 3% of measles cases confirmed so far this year have been in people who received two doses of the measles vaccine, meaning they were fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. About … Read More
June 19, 2025
(NPR) – A new study finds that addiction to social media, mobile phones and video games is linked to a higher risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The study, published in JAMA on Wednesday, looked at data on more than … Read More
June 19, 2025
(Wired) – A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret. As AI takes over our lives, it’s also promising … Read More
June 18, 2025
(NPR) – A drug with the potential to drastically curb the HIV epidemic just cleared its first regulatory hurdle. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved lenacapavir for the prevention of HIV. Clinical trial data from last year suggest … Read More
June 18, 2025
(AP) – The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President … Read More
June 18, 2025
(Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) – There are also ethical standards that guide media outlets in reporting on suicide, in order to minimize the risk of glamorizing or idealizing it. These guidelines are based on research showing that the media … Read More
June 18, 2025
(Wired) – Traditional and indie authors are flooding #WritersTok with videos of them editing their manuscripts to refute accusations of generative AI use—and bring readers into their very human process. Criticism and warnings of Gen-AI authors snagging coveted deals are … Read More
June 18, 2025
(The Verge) – For about a year, Tyler Johnston has been collecting public information about the inner workings of OpenAI, and for the past month, he’s been working on a report to help the public understand and visualize it. That … Read More
June 17, 2025
(BBC) – Patients who film their own medical treatment for TikTok or Instagram could be putting themselves and NHS staff at risk, the Society of Radiographers (SoR) has warned. The trade union’s annual conference heard that more patients were videoing … Read More
June 17, 2025
(CNBC) – OpenAI has been awarded a $200 million contract to provide the U.S. Defense Department with artificial intelligence tools. The department announced the one-year contract on Monday, months after OpenAI said it would collaborate with defense technology startup Anduril … Read More
June 17, 2025
(NBC News) – The baby of Adriana Smith, a brain-dead pregnant woman who was being kept alive by ventilators under Georgia’s abortion law, was delivered Friday, her family said. Her mother, April Newkirk, told NBC affiliate WXIA-TV of Atlanta that … Read More
June 17, 2025
(ProPublica) – Sun Pharma’s transgressions were so egregious that the Food and Drug Administration imposed one of the government’s harshest penalties: banning the factory from exporting drugs to the United States. But the agency, worried about medication shortages, immediately undercut … Read More
June 17, 2025
(Wired) – An experimental obesity pill that works in a different way from the wildly popular Ozempic may help people lose weight, according to results from a small, preliminary human trial. Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs reduce food intake by … Read More
June 17, 2025
(404 Media) – AI bots that scrape the internet for training data are hammering the servers of libraries, archives, museums, and galleries, and are in some cases knocking their collections offline, according to a new survey published today. While the … Read More
June 16, 2025
(Australia Broadcasting Corp.) – IVF activists are calling for an urgent meeting with the federal health minister, and are suggesting children born through assisted reproduction should be DNA tested. It comes after the latest embryo mix-up this week, involving Monash … Read More
June 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Parents desperate for treatments say cannabis helps, but doctors urge caution Marijuana is becoming easier to get in many states, and one group showing interest might surprise you: parents of children with autism. In online and … Read More
June 16, 2025
(The Guardian) – Combination of two targeted drugs found to produce better outcomes and was more tolerable than chemotherapy A groundbreaking UK-wide trial has found a chemotherapy-free approach to treating leukaemia that may lead to better outcomes for some patients, … Read More
June 16, 2025
(The Atlantic) – After nearly 30 years working with rural hospitals, Shell believed that rural hospitals could survive, but that too few hospital executives think creatively about solutions. Over and over, he’s seen cuts damage a hospital’s business further: “You … Read More
