January 23, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that would halt federal funding, at least temporarily, for a risky and controversial kind of research into viruses that makes the pathogens more dangerous or contagious. The goal … Read More
January 23, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Three decades into the internet era, the Supreme Court finally appears ready to uphold age-verification laws. For practical purposes, however, American children can access porn as soon as they can figure out how to navigate a web … Read More
January 23, 2025
(New York Times) – People are paying thousands for exhaustive medical tests and treatments like plasma exchange and peptide therapy. How much does it benefit them? Patients say that they feel rejuvenated by the interventions, and that while the plethora … Read More
January 23, 2025
(BBC) – When Zhang Junjie was 17 he decided to protest outside his university about rules made by China’s government. Within days he had been admitted to a psychiatric hospital and treated for schizophrenia. Junjie is one of dozens of … Read More
January 23, 2025
(Wired) – H5N1 vaccines have been previously licensed, and millions are in the national stockpile. But even with the news of the country’s first human death due to bird flu, vaccination isn’t yet recommended. The US has previously licensed three … Read More
January 22, 2025
(NBC News) – NBC News reported last year that the University of North Texas Health Science Center chopped up, studied and leased out hundreds of unclaimed bodies. The president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center is stepping … Read More
January 22, 2025
(New York Times) – It has turned doctors into stars, put taboo subjects on main and given all of us a place to explore our well-being. In tens of millions of videos, users have opened up about their health and … Read More
January 21, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Visual analysis is something that AI has gotten quite good at since the first image recognition models began taking off nearly 15 years ago. Even though no model will be perfect, you can imagine a powerful … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Rest of World) – The country has a dire shortage of nurses, so to fill the manpower gap, it’s using AI for preventive care. Studies show that AI companions like Dexie can be just as effective in reducing loneliness as … Read More
January 21, 2025
(KFF Health News) – That evening, the 49-year-old volunteered for a 14-hour shift at the city’s evacuation center, as did colleagues who had also been activated for emergency medical duty. Running on adrenaline and little sleep after finding shelter for … Read More
January 21, 2025
(KFF Health News) – A pair of dogs, tails wagging, had come by a nearby nursing station, causing about a dozen medical professionals to melt into a collective puddle of affection. A yellow Lab named Peppi showered Fraser in nuzzles … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Aeon) – Nurses experience deep suffering when they can’t act according to their moral compass. Our research shows a way forward While physicians and surgeons are not exempt from moral suffering, nurses are especially vulnerable to it. Due to the … Read More
January 21, 2025
(NBC News) – As fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic in humans, the federal government is pouring more money into the development of new vaccines, including an mRNA shot. On Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services … Read More
January 21, 2025
(Axios) – A study of more than 2 million Veterans Health Administration patient records found GLP-1 drugs lowered the likelihood of dozens of health conditions including Alzheimer’s disease but also had some unexpected risks. Why it matters: The review in … Read More
January 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The strain of caregiving likely plays a role in murder-suicides among older adults, say researchers Donna Cohen, a retired psychiatry professor behind the research, found that a husband was acting as his wife’s caregiver in about … Read More
January 20, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Recreational ketamine use has increased in the United States in recent years, outpacing its rise as a treatment for depression, a new analysis suggests. The hallucinogenic drug — a controlled substance designed for use as … Read More
January 20, 2025
(BBC) – The first study to assess how weight-loss drugs affect the whole of human health has discovered an “eye-opening” impact on the body, researchers say. The analysis, involving about two million people, linked the drugs to better heart health, … Read More
January 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Prisons across the country are struggling to find nursing home placements for sick prisoners after granting them parole. In New York, some inmates are suing for release. Complex and costly medical conditions require more nursing care, … Read More
January 17, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – When you think of AI’s contributions to science, you probably think of AlphaFold, the Google DeepMind protein-folding program that earned its creator a Nobel Prize last year. Now OpenAI says it’s getting into the science game … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Wired) – “Without doubt, the remedy Congress and the President chose here is dramatic,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion. “Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know.” The US Supreme Court upheld … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Axios) – A growing number of states are banning cellphones in schools — almost always with bipartisan support. Why it matters: Parents are divided over these policies, which are meant to reduce distractions and boost students’ socialization. Where it stands: … Read More
January 17, 2025
(New York Times) – A law that coaxed companies to lower the price of drugs came with a little-known consequence: smaller discounts for low-income health clinics. The decision to make these medications more affordable for large swaths of patients has … Read More
January 17, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – In statehouses across the country, lawmakers this year will consider bills that, if widely adopted, could chart a new course for how Americans approach end-of-life decisions by giving terminally ill patients a legal means of … Read More
January 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell. John Harley Warner, a historian at Yale, said, … Read More
January 16, 2025
(New York Times) – More Americans are surviving cancer, but the disease is striking young and middle-aged adults and women more frequently, the American Cancer Society reported on Thursday. And despite overall improvements in survival, Black and Native Americans are … Read More
