September 16, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
Public Health
September 15, 2025
Toxic Fumes Are Leaking Into Airplanes, Sickening Crews and Passengers
(Wall Street Journal) – Doctors compare brain effects to concussions in NFL players. A Wall Street Journal investigation shows the problem is getting worse and not much is being done about it After months of worsening symptoms, Chesson was diagnosed … Read More
September 15, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 12, 2025
F.D.A. Reviews Reports of Covid Vaccine Deaths
(New York Times) – The agency plans to highlight possible links between the shots and accounts of deaths involving children and birth defects to an influential C.D.C. panel meeting next week. The Food and Drug Administration is examining rare cases … Read More
September 12, 2025
AI Is Changing the Grid. Could It Help More Than It Harms?
(MIT Technology Review) – The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so significant it has the potential to reshape our grid. Energy consumption by data centers has gone up by 80% from 2020 to 2025 … Read More
September 12, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 8, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 10, 2025
Unapproved tests and alternative treatments for Lyme disease are proliferating
(AP) – Lyme disease can cause serious harm, but so can bogus tests and treatments. The complexity of diagnosing the tick-borne disease has given rise to an entire industry of unapproved tests and unproven alternative treatments that experts say should … Read More
September 8, 2025
A flesh-eating parasite is at our borders. What happens if it spreads?
(Vox) – The US eradicated screwworm. Its return could cost America billions. A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New World screwworm burrowing in their flesh. The patient … Read More
September 8, 2025
The Clue to Unlocking Parkinson’s May Be All Around Us
(New York Times) – Some 90,000 cases of Parkinson’s are now diagnosed each year in the United States, about one every six minutes on average. It is the world’s fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, causing tremors, stiffness and balance problems. It is … Read More
September 5, 2025
WHO adds GLP-1 weight loss drugs to list of the world’s essential medicines for the first time
(Quartz) – The World Health Organization announced on Friday that it added GLP-1 weight loss drugs to the Essential Medicines list, which should improve access to the treatments in poorer countries. The United Nations organization also added Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ Trikafta, … Read More
September 5, 2025
COVID wave washes over California. Some officials urge residents to mask up
(Los Angeles Times via Yahoo!) – A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions. The extent … Read More
September 3, 2025
An ancient disease makes yet another comeback
(NPR) – “Action is needed, not tomorrow, but really now,” said Yap Boum of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talking about a disease that has been around for centuries — cholera — and is rearing its … Read More
September 3, 2025
F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots
(New York Times) – Memos released in recent days by the Food and Drug Administration show that the agency’s vaccine chief overruled staff scientists who favored widespread access to Covid shots, setting off a firestorm of criticism from lawmakers, state … Read More
September 3, 2025
Hungry Worms Could Help Solve Plastic Pollution
(Wired) – Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. The larvae of wax moths, commonly known as wax worms, have the ability to break down polyethylene in … Read More
September 2, 2025
NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak linked to two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital
(AP) – A New York City hospital and another city-run building were sources for a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem that killed seven people and sickened dozens of others, health officials announced Friday. The New York City Health … Read More
September 1, 2025
N.Y.C. Covid Cases Appear to Be Rising. So Are Inquiries on Vaccines.
(New York Times) – Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated. Patients are inundating some New York City medical practices with messages that … Read More
September 1, 2025
Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 7
(ABC News) – New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the ailment. The latest death was announced Thursday. Officials … Read More
August 29, 2025
NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak linked to two city-run buildings, including Harlem Hospital
(AP) – New York City health officials said Friday that bacteria from two city-run buildings, including a hospital, matched samples from some patients in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem that has killed seven people and sickened dozens of … Read More
August 29, 2025
2 people dead after getting flesh-eating bacteria from eating raw oysters, Louisiana officials say
(CBS News) – There have been 22 cases of Vibrio vulnificus infection in Louisiana residents, the state department of health said. All of the victims were hospitalized. Four people have died, the health department said. Two of the deaths were … Read More
August 28, 2025
CDC Crisis Triggered by Upcoming Vaccine Meeting, Leading to Director’s Firing and Resignations
(NBC News) – An escalating conflict over an influential vaccine committee was one of the final straws that led to the firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez and the exodus of other highly regarded top … Read More
August 28, 2025
Flesh-eating Bacteria Cases Are Rising. Climate Change Is to Blame, Say Scientists
(CNN) – That small scratch on Lyons’ leg became the entryway for Vibrio vulnificus, also known as flesh-eating bacteria. Those black sores on his leg signified necrotizing fasciitis, which “affects the tissue under your skin,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. … Read More
August 27, 2025
The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits
(NPR) – The Food and Drug Administration approved the next round of COVID-19 vaccines Wednesday, but imposed new restrictions on who’s eligible to get receive them. The agency is limiting the updated shots to people who are at risk for … Read More
August 27, 2025
Type 2 diabetes prevented with adherence to Mediterranean diet and exercise, study finds
(CNN) – A combination of a lower-calorie Mediterranean diet, exercise and nutritional support kept overweight to severely obese people between the ages of 55 and 75 from progressing to type 2 diabetes, a new study found. “Our study shows that … Read More
August 27, 2025
A New Edition of Public Health Ethics is Now Available
Public Health Ethics (vol. 18, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles Include:
August 22, 2025
A New Edition of The New England Journal of Medicine Is Now Available
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 5, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
