March 12, 2026
(New York Times) – The journal Nature in January published an unusual paper: A team of artificial intelligence researchers had discovered a relatively simple way of turning large language models, like OpenAI’s GPT-4o, from friendly assistants into vehicles of cartoonish … Read More
March 12, 2026
(WSJ) – Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, billing long hours and extracting payments as high as $800 an hour The business of providing therapy to children with autism has surged in recent years … Read More
March 12, 2026
(404 Media) – Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows. As their conversation turned from broken … Read More
March 11, 2026
(AP) – Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday signed ban on abortions after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, generally at about six weeks’ gestation and often before women know they’re pregnant. The signing makes Wyoming the fifth state to … Read More
March 11, 2026
(New York Times) – Influencers have long hawked supplements on platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Increasingly, the influencers are fake. With her modest white hair-covering and wire-rim spectacles, Melanskia is earnest, charming and quite convincing. She is also not real. … Read More
March 11, 2026
(Gizmodo) – The blood biomarker p-tau217 has “shown the most promise in detecting Alzheimer’s in the brain,” researchers of a new study say. Your blood might someday reveal much about the distant future of your brain health. A study out … Read More
March 11, 2026
(NPR) – There’s new evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can reduce the risk of addiction. A study of more than 600,000 veterans followed for up to three years found that those who started taking a GLP-1 drug for diabetes … Read More
March 11, 2026
(NPR) – The long-running campaign against smoking could find reinforcements from the new wave of research into psychedelics. Though much of the attention around psychedelics has focused on depression and other mental health conditions, researchers believe these substances also hold … Read More
March 11, 2026
(TechCrunch) – Amazon announced on Tuesday that it’s expanding access to its healthcare AI assistant to its website and app. The assistant, called Health AI, was previously only available on the app for One Medical, the healthcare company Amazon acquired … Read More
March 11, 2026
(IVT News) – Suffering a miscarriage is still a “dismissive and dehumanising” experience in the UK, with women at further risk of harm and distress due to inadequate follow-up care, a report has found. Research published by the Miscarriage Association … Read More
March 11, 2026
(Daily Mail) – Canada performed thousands of same-day assisted suicides, as it was revealed one elderly woman was killed despite withdrawing her request the day before. The medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program was approved in 2016 and has since been … Read More
March 11, 2026
(New York Times) – Though high rates of the disease persist among the nearby Indigenous communities, the Canadian government is weighing rules that may allow energy giants to release treated mining waste into the river system. It was five days … Read More
March 11, 2026
(Self) – A new partnership between Costco, Sesame (a cash-pay health care marketplace), and IVI RMA (a network of fertility clinics) aims to lower some of the major barriers to accessing fertility care in this country. On Monday, the companies … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Wired) – The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission. Do you have fond memories of being a teacher’s pet? Wish you could still get notes … Read More
March 10, 2026
(WSJ) – Federal investigators are uncovering new layers of fraud in government programs, with a Minnesota man pleading guilty last week to bilking Medicaid by setting up a sham autism center. Meantime, a federal audit last week revealed how Medicaid … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator will leave the agency at the end of April, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: Vinay Prasad, director of FDA’s Center for … Read More
March 10, 2026
(NBC News) – Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. “It … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk and Hims had clashed on and off for months as the telehealth firm marketed compounded versions of Novo’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug Wegovy Hims & Hers and the Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk have ended a bitter … Read More
March 10, 2026
(The Walrus) – There was satellite imagery, survivor testimony, and mass graves. Still, the world looked away from Sudan Statistics here are so overwhelming they can feel meaningless. And in a way, they are. Today’s war, if discussed at all, … Read More
March 9, 2026
(CNBC) – Eli Lilly on Thursday launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients. Lilly and its chief rival, Novo Nordisk, have moved to slash … Read More
March 9, 2026
(CT) – Counseling women through infertility and other medical issues may feel awkward. Church leaders have an obligation to do it anyway. Callie Trombley remembers the first time she considered the spiritual significance of her body. Her mom brought it … Read More
March 9, 2026
(Nature) – Scientists are studying forms of ‘social’ interactions between artificial-intelligence agents. Will they find a fresh form of sociology, or merely a sophisticated mime act? Joon Sung Park, one of Simile’s co-founders, and his team have been studying social … Read More
March 9, 2026
(Vox) – AI is teaching teenagers about love now. It’s not necessarily the guys you might expect, Apollo Knapp told me. These are 6-foot-tall high-school athletes, guys who are social and popular. “They’re the type of people that are friends … Read More
March 9, 2026
(The Times) – Documentary maker Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website on a whim. The results would be just the beginning of a decade questioning everything she thought she knew about family and motherhood But in … Read More
March 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Facing a $100 million revenue gap after federal budget cuts, one California affiliate looks beyond reproductive health to attract a new clientele Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest affiliate of the national abortion provider, is overhauling its business … Read More
