August 24, 2026
(WSJ) – Engineers and investors pile into world models, aka ‘large action models,’ to do for robotics what ChatGPT did for writing and coding Today’s AI large language models might excel at pushing a pencil around, but proponents say doing … Read More
August 24, 2026
(Nature) – Massive genomic newborn-screening studies are under way all over the globe. But questions about scalability, feasibility and net benefit remain. BabyScreen+ is just one of dozens of initiatives around the globe that is assessing the feasibility of expanded … Read More
August 24, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Patents can only name humans as inventors. For now. Insilico leads a pack of companies using AI to rapidly come up with drug ideas humans might never think of, potentially speeding the race to new cures. … Read More
August 24, 2026
(Nature) – The figure, which is much higher than previous estimates of Large Language Model use, is for papers published in December and archived in PubMed The use of artificial intelligence to write scientific papers could be much more prevalent … Read More
August 21, 2026
(RAND) – The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology offers great promise for medicine and public health, including the potential to yield transformative societal benefits. Yet this same convergence could introduce serious global health and national security risks. As … Read More
August 21, 2026
(Daily Nation) – Every year, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 Kenyan women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, about 16 deaths daily, according to the United Nations Population Fund. Nominated Senator Beatrice Ogolla wants to strengthen efforts to reduce these deaths … Read More
August 21, 2026
(Axios via MSN) – A Middle Tennessee woman’s family said a medical mixup last week at St. Thomas Midtown left her paralyzed following a routine knee replacement surgery. In a statement responding to reports about the matter, Ascension St. Thomas … Read More
August 21, 2026
(Nature) – It is 20 years since induced pluripotent stem cells shook biomedicine. Public trust must be retained now that clinical trials are well under way. Earlier this year, the first such therapies — one for Parkinson’s disease and the … Read More
August 21, 2026
(New York Post via MSN) – The biological parents of the child birthed by surrogate mother McKenna West are suing her more than $100,000 for keeping the baby rather than abort it at their request, according to a report. Nasheen … Read More
August 21, 2026
(BBC) – Some of the most prescribed medications, including those used to treat depression, ADHD and high blood pressure, can increase the risk of dehydration and other heat-related conditions. Many types of drugs used to treat mental health conditions, including … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Wired) – From granola to guacamole, a wide variety of foods have been recalled lately over salmonella risks. Experts say common-sense precautions go a long way. Just as the US’s explosive diarrhea situation is starting to improve, there seem to … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users. OpenAI announced on Tuesday “ChatGPT for Teens,” a new mode in which the chatbot automatically limits some conversations to … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Reuters) – A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the COVID-19 pandemic. David Morens, who had worked … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Reuters) – Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed by her brother that described the safari in … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Nature) – Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has proposed overhauling how it decides which research projects … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. I’m looking at the paragraphs above and I’m really itching to edit them. A lot of these sentences are bad. But … Read More
August 20, 2026
(NYT) – To meet the growing needs of his congregation, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it. Lester pulled up a video of the newest member of his congregation as a … Read More
August 20, 2026
(Science) – New study is among the first to quantify and explain slavery’s influence in contemporary U.S. health disparities Black people in the U.S. are already well-known to have a lower life expectancy at birth than white people, but the … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Moderna got a shot in the arm Wednesday after reporting that its personalized melanoma vaccine succeeded, in a large late-stage trial, at preventing cancer from coming back in high-risk patients. Investors cheered, as the company’s stock soared 177%. … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – Results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer treatment An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients, Moderna and … Read More
August 19, 2026
(WSJ) – In some markets, the retailer’s insurance products will integrate pharmacy, vision and hearing benefits The warehouse chain plans a limited rollout of Costco-branded Medicare plans, working with SCAN Group, a nonprofit insurer. Nationally, Medicare is a more than … Read More
August 19, 2026
(Independent) – AI has been used to uncover microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours by scientists A newly developed artificial intelligence platform is uncovering previously unseen microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours, allowing medical professionals to better forecast the progression … Read More
August 19, 2026
(Futurism) – “If writing is thinking, then any part of the struggle that is outsourced to technology amounts to relinquishing some freedom to perceive.” Students across the country are using AI models to complete assignments and write entire essays. Some … Read More
August 19, 2026
(KERA) – The child was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — a rare congenital heart defect where the left side of the heart doesn’t develop fully about 20 weeks into the pregnancy. After learning about the diagnosis, the couple … Read More
August 19, 2026
(NYT) – All of this was done outside high containment, two rungs short of the sort of precautions reserved for the deadliest pathogens. Leading virologists rang the alarm, saying that the level of safety was inadequate for a new virus … Read More
