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 16, 2025
(Science) – Result could be first success at stitching a curative gene into a chromosome’s “safe harbor,” reducing cancer and other risks A little-known gene editor, tested with help from a disgraced gene therapist seeking redemption, may have cured a … Read More
January 16, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – A 34-year-old Australian woman was charged with torture as police accused her of administering unauthorized medication to a 1-year-old girl and posting videos of the child in “immense distress and pain” so that she could … Read More
January 9, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 21, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 8, 2025
(BBC) – One in five children and young people between the ages of eight and 25 in England are now thought to have a mental health disorder, according to official figures. Unsurprisingly, the NHS is struggling to keep up. In … Read More
January 8, 2025
(MedPage Today) – With limited data, meta-analysis notes uncertainty at lower concentrations Higher fluoride exposure was linked to lower IQ among children, a large meta-analysis indicated, although with limited data quality. Inverse associations and a dose-response association were found between … Read More
January 6, 2025
(NBC News) – A former hospital worker was arrested in connection with a late 2024 incident that left three babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Virginia’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital with “unexplainable fractures,” according to officials. Henrico Police identified … Read More
January 2, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – When Annabelle Pleskoff was 15, she woke up before school one morning with severe pain radiating from her right side. After hours of persistent throbbing, she went to the emergency room, where doctors initially thought … Read More
December 30, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – Statewide, according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, at least 18 babies have been abandoned this year. The latest occurred just before Christmas at a Whataburger in San Antonio. A decade ago, … Read More
December 30, 2024
(New York Times) – The controversial medical diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome can send parents to jail. What if the symptoms are caused by something else? Even if parents who are accused challenge an abusive-head-trauma diagnosis with medical experts of … Read More
December 27, 2024
(ABC) – From a pig kidney transplant to restoring genetic deafness, 2024 was a year full of medical breakthroughs. The breakthroughs include the discovery of a cause of an autoimmune disease, the development of a “game-changing” drug and potential hope … Read More
December 25, 2024
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 32, no. 12, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 24, 2024
(Wall Street Journal) – A two-tier system that has long made workers leave offspring behind in villages is cutting into birthrates Even as China’s leaders have looked for ways to lift sagging birthrates, Beijing thought there was one group who … Read More
December 24, 2024
(WSET via MSN) – Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton and Senator Tim Kaine (both D-VA) celebrated the inclusion of their bipartisan “Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0” in the continuing resolution to fund the government. The bill reauthorizes federal funding for … Read More
December 23, 2024
(New York Times) – There is no one factor that causes autism — or explains its growing prevalence. Researchers are seeking explanations for the surge. Here are some possibilities. Autism spectrum disorder, as it is officially called, is inherently wide-ranging, … Read More
December 23, 2024
(MIT Technology Review) – No vaccine is perfect, but these medicines are still saving millions of lives. This year marks the 50-year anniversary of an ambitious global childhood vaccination program. The Expanded Programme on Immunization was launched by the World … Read More
December 23, 2024
Clinical Ethics (vol. 19, no. 4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
December 18, 2024
(NPR) – What happened to Gomez is common enough that some have coined a term for it: “cancer ghosting.” This social isolation and loss of support – even from close friends and family members – is a devastating and often … Read More
December 18, 2024
(New York Times) – Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus. There were more than 311,000 reported cases of measles in Congo last year. Some 6,000 of them ended … Read More
December 13, 2024
(ProPublica) – Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. ProPublica has obtained what is … Read More
December 13, 2024
(NPR) – “The for-profit sector is focusing on conditions, such as sickle cell disease, such as cancer, which are commercially viable because there are just enough people with them,” Urnov says. The problem is, “that leaves 99.5% of folks outside … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Medpage Today) – Independent experts found unacceptable safety risk The British government on Wednesday indefinitely banned puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria after independent experts found there was an unacceptable safety risk in prescribing the medication. The decision, which … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Stars and Stripes) – A proposal to ban health care coverage of certain medical treatments for the transgender children of service members has become a point of contention as the House readies this week for a vote on a defense … Read More
December 11, 2024
(Aftermath) – Embodied, maker of the AI robot called Moxie, is shuttering. With their closing, parents have to explain to their kids that Moxie is dead. AI company Embodied announced this week that they would be shutting down following financial … Read More
December 9, 2024
(New York Times) – New technology alerts schools when students type words related to suicide. But do the timely interventions balance out the false alarms? A law required that these devices be fitted with filters to ensure safe internet use, … Read More
