October 31, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Preventing the common cold is extremely tricky—but not impossible. We all got our flu jabs a month ago. Why couldn’t we get a vaccine to protect us against the common cold, too? Scientists have been working … Read More
October 30, 2025
(ABC News) – Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children, according to several studies. They are worried about bringing children into a world with increasing and more intense extreme weather events, … Read More
October 30, 2025
(UPI) – As medical concerns mount over chronic pain among young smartphone users dubbed “tech neck,” experts are calling for new measures to counteract the phenomenon, which they warn can potentially lead to early-onset spinal problems. The warnings come as … Read More
October 28, 2025
(NPR) – When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard practice, public health and infectious disease experts told NPR and … Read More
October 28, 2025
(MedPage Today) – linicians are raising concerns that trendy “Dubai-style chocolate” could be landing more food allergy patients in the emergency department, especially as Halloween approaches. Some may not realize that pistachio is a key ingredient, but that’s not the … Read More
October 28, 2025
(Reuters via Yahoo!) – Stillbirths in the U.S. are more common than previously reported, affecting roughly 1 in 150 pregnancies, and rates are even higher in lower-income areas, according to results from a large study published on Monday. The national … Read More
October 27, 2025
(Axios) – Migratory birds aredriving up avian flu cases across the country, reviving concerns about U.S. readiness to respond to outbreaks, especially during the government shutdown. Why it matters: The most immediate concern is how the spread of the disease … Read More
October 24, 2025
(NPR) – As a result, Beirut has terrible air quality and is often submerged under a blanket of exhaust. And it’s not just in the big cities — vehicles belch pollution across the country. It’s one reason that cancer is … Read More
October 22, 2025
(Wired) – One in six laboratory-confirmed bacteria tested in 2023 proved resistant to antibiotic treatment, according to the World Health Organization. All were related to various common diseases. For the first time, this edition of the report includes prevalence estimates … Read More
October 22, 2025
(Science) – Prophylactic use of azithromycin saves vulnerable children’s lives, but could trigger antibiotic resistance In some of the most remote and impoverished areas of the world, as many as one in 10 children die before their fifth birthday. The … Read More
October 22, 2025
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 21, 2025
(NPR) – For years, parents were told not to expose their babies to peanuts, to prevent a potentially dangerous allergy. But 10 years ago, a landmark study found the opposite to be true, stating that if babies consume peanut products … Read More
October 20, 2025
(Nature) – The United States and Europe have cut billions of dollars in health aid. Can anyone fill the gap? Who will pay for global health? Scientists and policy leaders explored this question when they met this week at the … Read More
October 20, 2025
(ABC News) – All prior cases of the more severe strain in the U.S. involved travel to Africa. Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of … Read More
October 17, 2025
(UPI) – New York health officials have confirmed the first case of locally acquired chikungunya virus in the state and the first in the country in more than five years. Laboratory testing detected the case in Nassau County on Long … Read More
October 17, 2025
(NBC News) – As measles keeps popping up in some pockets of the United States, the possibility of being exposed to the highly contagious virus continues. At least 1,596 measles cases have been confirmed in 2025, according to data from … Read More
October 17, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 11, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 15, 2025
(Undark) – A new anti-sunscreen movement is gaining momentum. It appears to be driven in part by a growing distrust in some circles of conventional expert health advice and federal regulators. Speaking as a private citizen last fall, Robert F. Kennedy … Read More
October 14, 2025
(The Guardian) – Experts describe findings as deeply concerning and predict 70% increase in related deaths by 2050 Hospitals across the world have recorded an alarming rise in common infections that are resistant to antibiotics, with doctors saying the number … Read More
October 14, 2025
(New York Times) – The U.N. health agency found that one in six infections worldwide was resistant to the most commonly available antibiotics. Across the world, the spread of dangerous infections that do not respond to antibiotics has been increasing … Read More
October 10, 2025
(NBC News) – At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. “Expect more,” one expert said. A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out … Read More
October 10, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 10, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
October 9, 2025
(Axios) – Federal authorities in Los Angeles arrested a man accused of igniting January’s destructive California wildfires. The big picture: The Palisades Fire ranks among the most destructive in Los Angeles history, killing a dozen people and destroying more than … Read More
September 30, 2025
(NBC News) – Of the eight fastest-rising cancers examined by researchers, only two showed increases in deaths. New cases of cancer have been rising among younger people, worrying patients and doctors about causes. A new study suggests increasing numbers of … Read More
September 29, 2025
(NPR) – “They were relatively young, thin and kind of undernourished looking,” says Boyne. Normally, that would point to Type 1 diabetes, where individuals are unable to make their own insulin and can become underweight. But these 13 patients never … Read More
