August 11, 2026
(WSJ) – It is unusual, if not unprecedented, for detailed vaccine policy to emerge from the White House President Trump signed a new executive order Monday calling for most children to receive fewer vaccines and made some of his most … Read More
August 7, 2026
(NYT) – The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better. The federal government is firing the nonprofit group that coordinates organ donations … Read More
August 7, 2026
(NYT) – Scientists trained artificial intelligence on libraries of DNA and then asked the model to create recipes for viral genomes. Sixteen of them were viable, yielding new viruses. Synthesizing viruses from scratch is hardly new. Researchers long ago learned … Read More
August 5, 2026
(The Guardian) – Campaigners say people who have had cancer face discrimination in areas including bank loans, adoption of children and insurance German politicians who have survived cancer have spearheaded proposals to protect people long in remission from what they … Read More
August 3, 2026
(Desert News via MSN) – A federal judge issued a consent order temporarily blocking New York officials from enforcing provisions of the state’s new medically assisted-suicide law against a group of religious healthcare providers. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed … Read More
July 31, 2026
(MIT Tech Review) – The state’s effort to expand the “right to try” is making headway, and the first drugs are about to be reviewed. As of this week in Montana, any biotech company with an experimental drug has a … Read More
July 30, 2026
(Wired) – In a new disclosure, OpenAI says its agent used exposed logins to gain access to at least four “publicly available services” in its unhinged quest to solve a test. OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that … Read More
July 29, 2026
(WSJ) – Meta CEO says discourse regarding artificial intelligence isn’t optimistic enough Mark Zuckerberg thinks artificial intelligence is working out great for humanity. His fear: that the people who think otherwise will influence who has access to the fast-evolving technology. … Read More
July 29, 2026
(Nature) – A staging system based on how big a role AI has in patient care can help to identify who is responsible in cases in which care fails. Artificial intelligence is fast becoming embedded in hospitals and healthcare clinics. … Read More
July 28, 2026
(WSJ) – President is focused on shots’ alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to issue ahead of midterms At a May lunch at the president’s golf course in northern Virginia, President Trump … Read More
July 28, 2026
(WSJ) – AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries After OpenAI enhanced the brain power of its chatbot last summer, hundreds of users worldwide began … Read More
July 28, 2026
(New York Times) – Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. “Many parents, teachers and stakeholders are understandably concerned about the presence of artificial intelligence technology … Read More
July 22, 2026
(NYT) – Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer. Millions of immigrants, eligible to work in the United States, fill positions across the elder care … Read More
July 21, 2026
(The Guardian) – Many say lack of regulation allows people to exploit women’s bodies, but others argue it offers financial freedom, and a child to those with no other option Instead, like an increasing number of Europeans from countries with … Read More
July 21, 2026
(NYT) – Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates. Mr. Lloyd, 33, relied on a report on his A.I. presence from CampSight, a … Read More
July 20, 2026
(NYT) – Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing that he had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany. It was a dizzying end to an overnight scandal that had … Read More
July 16, 2026
(AP) – France’s National Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a bill allowing adults with incurable illnesses to receive lethal medication, the culmination of years of debate over end-of-life care. But the 291-241 vote in the lower house of parliament … Read More
July 13, 2026
(The Hill) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to set up new monitoring rules for hospices to root out discrimination against vulnerable populations in the provision of medically … Read More
July 10, 2026
(BBC) – A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives in Jersey has been granted Royal Assent, meaning the island’s government can bring it into force. The government said this was a … Read More
July 10, 2026
(WSJ) – Some Latin American and Caribbean countries are cutting ties to Havana’s medical program under pressure from Washington The Trump administration’s pressure campaign against Cuba’s Communist government is zeroing in on the island’s most valuable export and one of … Read More
July 3, 2026
(Illinois Public Media) – Illinois aid-in-dying law is set to take effect in September. It’s meant to give terminally ill patients a medical way to end their lives. But opponents call it “assisted suicide,” and they’ve joined with disability advocates … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Axios) – Nursing homes and other providers of senior care are predicting upheaval and cutbacks in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court decision to terminate temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants. Why it matters: Individuals who in … Read More
June 29, 2026
(Wired) – After weeks of negotiations, the White House permitted Anthropic to grant access to its most advanced AI model to a select group of US companies and government agencies. The US government has eased the restrictions it imposed on … Read More
June 26, 2026
(Science) – After tumultuous Fable 5 takedown, scientists fear AI safety rules could reshape open research For many scientists, the lesson was hard to miss: They’re becoming increasingly dependent on AI research tools they do not control. That access instead … Read More
June 23, 2026
(Axios) – States are increasingly deploying artificial intelligence to help manage their social safety net programs and reduce worker caseloads, but advocates warn there’s little evidence of safeguards around the technology. Why it matters: AI systems can hallucinate and make … Read More
