February 12, 2025
(Ars Technica) – An outbreak of measles in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties continues to rapidly expand, with officials reporting 24 cases Tuesday, up from just nine confirmed on Friday. According to an update by the Texas Department of State Health Services … Read More
February 12, 2025
(Cincinnati Enquirer) – An Indiana family says Cincinnati Children’s won’t put their 12-year-old daughter on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status. Janeen Deal, who is related by marriage to Vice President JD Vance’s half-siblings, said the hospital requires her daughter … Read More
February 12, 2025
(Minnesota Star Tribune) – The trial involves a peptide developed by Minneapolis-based biotech startup OX2 Therapeutics. Children’s Minnesota is testing the safety of a new vaccine combination to combat one of the deadliest pediatric cancers, which could give new hope … Read More
February 12, 2025
(The Walrus) – Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted I was born missing an ear. What followed was years of well-intentioned violence from a medical system bent on solving the “problem” of my body. … Read More
February 11, 2025
(Wired) – Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED. As Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has ravaged its way … Read More
February 10, 2025
(Ars Technica) – Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has some of the state’s lowest vaccination rates and highest non-medical exemptions. On January 30, officials reported two measles cases in unvaccinated, school-age … Read More
February 5, 2025
(BBC) – Convicted serial killer Lucy Letby is back in the news after a panel of medical experts working with her defence team said they believe the 35-year-old did not commit the murders. The case against the former nurse has … Read More
February 3, 2025
(NPR) – Wildman also wrote about the expert medical care Orli received — and the unwillingness of some doctors and nurses to speak openly and realistically about what she was facing. Wildman believes the medical establishment tends to view the … Read More
February 3, 2025
(New York Times) – A fire started inside an oxygen-rich hyperbaric chamber at a Michigan medical facility on Friday, causing it to explode, killing a 5-year-old boy who was inside receiving treatment, officials said. Emergency personnel arrived at the Oxford … Read More
February 3, 2025
(The Advocate) – A West Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted a New York doctor Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online to a minor teenage girl in Port Allen and the girl’s mother for coercing her to take … Read More
January 31, 2025
(NPR) – Kids and teens should mostly stick to water and plain milk and avoid drinks with added sugar, artificial sweeteners and caffeine. That’s according to new recommendations from a coalition of health and nutrition organizations, which come as highly … Read More
January 31, 2025
European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. 33, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 30, 2025
(The Guardian) – Tiny plastic pollution more than 50% higher in placentas from preterm births than in those from full-term births A study has found microplastic and nanoplastic pollution to be significantly higher in placentas from premature births than in … Read More
January 30, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 24, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
January 29, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Measles and mumps are viral diseases so rare that fewer than one in 40,000 Americans catch either of them in a given year. Getting rubella is less likely than getting struck by lightning. But as recently … 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 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
