August 8, 2025
(AP) – Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the only countries where transmission of polio — which is highly infectious, affects mainly children under 5, and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours — has never been interrupted. The worldwide campaign has focused … Read More
August 8, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 6, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
August 5, 2025
(New York Times) – In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors. The Department of Agriculture has said that the virus spreads primarily from milking equipment or is carried … Read More
August 5, 2025
(CBS News) – As more people aged 45-49 are getting screened for colon cancer, more early stage diagnoses are being made, according to new research from the American Cancer Society. The research, published in two studies Monday in the Journal of … Read More
August 4, 2025
(BBC) – Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from Monday in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly gay … Read More
August 4, 2025
(CBS News) – Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing and under-recognized danger” to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The new review of existing … Read More
August 1, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 31, 2025
(NBC News) – The tiny scraps of plastic were found in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for processing smell. Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday … Read More
July 30, 2025
(NBC News) – Acute necrotizing encephalopathy is deadly in more than a quarter of kids diagnosed with the inflammatory brain disease. Severe flu seasons in recent years have brought to light a little-known danger of influenza infections in kids: a … Read More
July 30, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Ultrapotent nitazenes, mostly from China, are easy to smuggle and mix into heroin, recreational drugs and gray-market pharmaceuticals Fentanyl fueled the worst drug crisis the West has ever seen. Now, an even more dangerous drug is … Read More
July 28, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – If humanity’s existence were threatened by plague, nuclear war or environmental catastrophe, people would surely demand action. But what if the threat came from our own, passive acceptance of decline? This is not some theoretical curiosity: … Read More
July 25, 2025
(NBC News) – Heavy drinkers are likelier to get alcohol-related liver disease compared with decades ago, a study found. That’s most likely because certain groups, including women, are drinking more. The risk that alcohol poses to women’s health has mounted … Read More
July 25, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 24, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 24, 2025
(Wired) – Bad mood? Puffy face? Immune issues? Across TikTok and Instagram there are scores of influencers ready to sell you some products—without ever sending you to a doctor. Bad mood? Puffy face? Immune issues? Across TikTok and Instagram there … Read More
July 23, 2025
(NBC News) – As of July 15, Covid cases were growing or likely growing in 27 states including Texas, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia and Ohio, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of positive Covid tests have also … Read More
July 22, 2025
(NBC News) – Scientists looked at the genes of millions of people to determine which ones are linked to obesity — and developed a way to screen people before age 5. Certain genetic variants can affect how a person’s body … Read More
July 21, 2025
(Wired) – Millions of people suffer debilitating reactions in the presence of certain scents and chemicals. One scientist has been struggling for decades to understand why—as she battles the condition herself. In 1997, Miller proposed a career-defining theory of how … Read More
July 18, 2025
(UPI) – The United States officially won’t be involved in an enhanced pandemic global response enacted by the World Health Organization, the Trump administration said Friday. The International Health Regulations Amendments approved on June 1, 2024, would allow the WHO … Read More
July 18, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 23, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 17, 2025
(NBC News) – Some researchers suspect the trend has to do with obesity and diet. Others point to changes in the gut microbiome. Gastrointestinal cancers, which include colorectal, stomach and pancreatic cancer, are rising dramatically in younger adults, though doctors … Read More
July 17, 2025
(Wired) – The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40 states as of July 16. Cases were almost as high in 2019, putting the country’s measles elimination status … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Medical Xpress) – Data released this week by the World Health Organization and UNICEF indicate modest gains in childhood vaccination rates, but globally, more than 14 million children remain unvaccinated. Last year, 89% of infants globally (~115 million) received at … Read More
July 16, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – New study is among first to examine cancer risk among people exposed to lower levels of environmental radiation People who spent their childhood in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s living near Coldwater Creek, a tributary of … Read More
July 15, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, are relatively sedentary and burn far fewer daily calories than people in less-industrialized countries, greatly … Read More
