February 10, 2025
(Associated Press) – A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be part of a small pilot study of a highly experimental treatment. His effort paid off: … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Those who lose weight on Ozempic often find success has left them with sagging skin—a common side effect that is driving a boom in cosmetic surgery. “The first thing they see is the loose skin on their abdomen,” … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Allstate is discovering soul-less generative AI models, made up of entirely data and code, are more empathetic than a lot of its human representatives. The insurer said that during the often frustrating back and forth between customers … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Telehealth company is pushing boundaries of drug compounding and testing regulators’ limits There’s a full-blown war over copycat versions of blockbuster obesity drugs. But their days are likely numbered. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, Hims & Hers Health —a … Read More
February 7, 2025
(New York Times) – Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a 66-year-old man with kidney failure last month, Massachusetts General Hospital announced on Friday. It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the … Read More
February 7, 2025
(NPR) – For years, people like Valdez have often been left to fend for themselves when seeking health care services after their release from jail, prison, or other carceral facilities. Despite this population’s high rate of mental health problems and … Read More
February 7, 2025
(NBC News) – A startup called LinusBio says its test can help doctors rule out autism spectrum disorder in children 1 to 36 months old. LinusBio, a New Jersey-based startup, on Thursday launched the test, called Clearstrand-ASD, which it says … Read More
February 7, 2025
(The Hill) – Users who search for abortion information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website are now directed to try searching for the word “adoption.” The change comes less than a week after more than a … Read More
February 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – It isn’t just artificial intelligence—Chinese biotechs are now developing drugs faster and cheaper than their U.S. counterparts The biotech industry’s DeepSeek moment came last fall. That is when Summit Therapeutics, backed by billionaire Bob Duggan, announced that … Read More
February 6, 2025
(NPR) – Scientists and public health leaders are taking stock of the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to pull down web pages, datasets and selected information from federal health websites. Some of the pages on the Center for Disease Control and … Read More
February 6, 2025
(New York Times) – Hospital and emergency room patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder — defined as an inability to stop using cannabis even when the drug is causing harm — died at almost three times the rate of individuals … Read More
February 6, 2025
(The Conversation) – We brought together our expertise in economics and gender based violence to examine excess mortality (avoidable deaths) due to FGM/C. Our new research now reveals a devastating reality: FGM/C is one of the leading causes of death … Read More
February 6, 2025
(New York Times) – The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care. When Ms. Zondi, 22, arrived at the clinic, she learned … Read More
February 6, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – When wildfires reached Altadena, evacuation alerts came hours too late for some people who lived on the west side of the community The Eaton fire burned 14,021 acres, upending lives, destroying property and forcing thousands to … Read More
February 6, 2025
(Axios) – The mortality rate for Black mothers in the U.S. has not improved, per data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why it matters: The pregnancy-related death rate for Black women is more than three … Read More
February 6, 2025
(STAT News) – How hype, scientific setbacks, and growing investor demands humbled the gene editing industry A strange thing happened weeks before the Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment made with CRISPR gene editing, an all-but cure for … Read More
February 6, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Lawmakers plan to introduce a bill Thursday that would ban DeepSeek’s chatbot application from government-owned devices, over new security concerns that the app could provide user information to the Chinese government. The legislation written by Reps. … Read More
February 5, 2025
(The New Yorker) – One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close? Blood is in high demand almost everywhere, but its seemingly endless complexity has confounded scientists for decades. (Read More)
February 5, 2025
(NBC News) – Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them at one point as “targets.” … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Medscape) – Canada’s legalization of cannabis has been linked to an increase in schizophrenia cases, new research shows. Over a 16-year time period — spanning before and after legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use — the number of … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Wired) – Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled. Google announced Tuesday that it is overhauling the principles governing how … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Wired) – Ever since OpenAI released ChatGPT at the end of 2022, hackers and security researchers have tried to find holes in large language models (LLMs) to get around their guardrails and trick them into spewing out hate speech, bomb-making … Read More
February 5, 2025
(Washington Post) – Soup kitchens can no longer feed the hungry. First responders are unable to reach the dead and wounded. Mothers and fathers search in vain for the medicines that keep them alive. Across Africa, in bombed-out Sudanese cities, … Read More
February 5, 2025
(NPR) – Greg Herbruck knew 6.5 million of his birds needed to die, and fast. But the CEO of Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch wasn’t sure how the third-generation family egg producer (one of the largest in the US) was going to … Read More
February 4, 2025
(New York Times) – The fallout from the F.D.A.’s rejection of MDMA-assisted treatment for PTSD worries researchers and experts who fear other psychedelic drugs in the pipeline could be jeopardized. Dr. Devenot and six others presented themselves as experts in … Read More
