November 24, 2025
(The Guardian) – UN body’s recommendations driven by AI advances and proliferation of consumer-oriented neurotech devices It is the latest move in a growing international effort to put guardrails around a burgeoning frontier – technologies that harness data from the … Read More
November 24, 2025
(The National News Desk) – In our special report, Tainted Trust: Inside the Global Medicine Pipeline, we’ve exposed widespread risk on the shelves of pharmacies rooted in the production of drugs in India. There is a vulnerable population in the … Read More
November 24, 2025
(WSJ) – A former Wall Street Journal retirement columnist shares the hard lessons he has had to learn about life after work I had heard the adage many times: Man plans, God laughs. I just never imagined it would apply … Read More
November 24, 2025
(Axios) – In vitro fertilization has exploded across America. The number of babies born through assisted reproductive technologies — most of them via IVF — jumped 45%from 2013 to 2022. A more recent part of the surge is elective IVF … Read More
November 21, 2025
(New York Times) – A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website that previously … Read More
November 21, 2025
(The Guardian) – Exclusive: Clinical guidelines should change to avoid exposing young people to potentially harmful side-effects, researchers say In the UK, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) guidance says under-18s with moderate to severe depression can be … Read More
November 21, 2025
(Ars Technica) – ByHeart announced on Thursday that its own testing identified the bacterium that causes botulism in its baby formula, which is linked to an ongoing infant botulism outbreak that has doubled since last week. As of November 19, … Read More
November 21, 2025
(Discover) – Learn how uncovering the biochemistry of a long-established blood pressure drug could make it eligible to treat brain tumors. A 70-year-old medical mystery around a critical blood-pressure medication, hydralazine, was finally solved. Not only do scientists now understand … Read More
November 21, 2025
(NBC News) – Researchers at Northwestern Medicine found that 65% of their lung cancer patients weren’t eligible for screening. They were more likely to be female, Asian American or nonsmokers. The current guidelines, from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, … Read More
November 21, 2025
(Allure) – There are almost as many med spas as McDonald’s in the US, ready to serve you a smoother forehead, glowier skin, and fuller lips. Are you safe placing an order? In recent years, the med spa industry has … Read More
November 20, 2025
(WSJ) – Ruthia He, whose company was the subject of a WSJ investigation, was accused of orchestrating a scheme to profit from Adderall prescriptions A jury found Ruthia He guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances after her startup Done … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Chicago Public Media) – Governor Pritzker’s signature would make Illinois the first Midwestern state to legalize prescriptions of life-ending medication for terminally ill patients. Terminally ill residents with a prognosis of six months to live could get physician prescribed drugs … Read More
November 20, 2025
(The Verge) – Researchers warn existing guardrails do little to protect people vulnerable to eating disorders. In the most extreme cases, chatbots can be active participants helping hide or sustain eating disorders. The researchers said Gemini offered makeup tips to … Read More
November 20, 2025
(WSJ) – Powerful psychotropic drugs are often the next step, even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been studied closely. ‘I was living in a body hijacked by the medication.’ Tens of thousands of kids who take prescription … Read More
November 20, 2025
(WSJ) – Babies delivered under contract rather than into kinship is an ethical nightmare. For too long, affluent nations like the U.S. and the U.K. have tolerated this trade in the name of “choice” and “family equality.” Yet surrogacy is … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Digital Detox) – Parents are spending serious money to fix their kids’ screen habits, turning to everything from one-on-one screen-time coaches to full-blown digital detox camps. These services are booming as many parents feel they’ve completely lost control over how … Read More
November 20, 2025
(CNN via MSN) – A Washington resident has been hospitalized with bird flu, according to the Washington State Health Department, and they’re infected with a strain of the virus that hasn’t been seen in humans before. It’s the first reported … Read More
November 20, 2025
(AP) – They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship — but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. These toys, … Read More
November 20, 2025
(Wired) – In a closed-door workshop led by Anthropic and Stanford, leading AI startups and researchers discussed guidelines for chatbot companions, especially for younger users. Some early takeaways from the meeting were the need for better targeted interventions inside bots … Read More
November 20, 2025
(The Verge) – President Donald Trump is considering signing an executive order as soon as Friday that would give the federal government unilateral power over regulating artificial intelligence, including the creation of an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the … Read More
November 19, 2025
(IEEE Spectrum) – The tech is proving its worth, but lower costs are elusive When I asked Jeff Erenstone, a prosthetist for over two decades and founder of prosthetic limb non-profit Operation Namaste, why 3D printed designs hadn’t lowered costs, … Read More
November 19, 2025
(The Guardian) – Machine learning model predicts whether donor is likely to die within the timeframe that liver remains viable Recently, in cases where people need a liver transplant, access has been expanded by using donors who die after cardiac … Read More
November 19, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Scientists in Switzerland have created a robot the size of a grain of sand that is controlled by magnets and can deliver drugs to a precise location in the human body, a breakthrough aimed at … Read More
November 19, 2025
(Bloomberg) – Your next doctor’s visit may include a prescription to join a book club or go to a party. Doctors have for years dolled out healthy lifestyle orders: exercise regularly and keep a nutritious diet. They might ask basic … Read More
November 19, 2025
(Wired) – Schools in the US are installing vape-detection tech in bathrooms to thwart student nicotine and cannabis use. A new investigation reveals the impact of using spying to solve a problem. Public records obtained by The 74 from a … Read More
