September 26, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – A growing contingent of doctors and policymakers say they have grown wary of federal health guidance since longtime vaccine skeptic Kennedy became Health and Human Services Secretary—and they are forming a parallel public-health universe outside the … Read More
September 26, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 9, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 25, 2025
(USA Today via MSN) – A study is asking the Centers for Disease Control to declare Chagas disease, also known as “kissing bug” disease, an endemic after cases have been reported in eight different states. Since 2013, “kissing bugs” have … Read More
September 25, 2025
(MedPage Today) – Simple approach covers a key prevention gap in young children Toting around young children in baby wraps treated with insect repellent cut their malaria infection rate by two-thirds, according to findings of a randomized trial in Uganda. … Read More
September 25, 2025
(New York Times) – Low- and middle-income countries will be able to purchase an effective preventative at a reduced price. The arrangements may help stem the epidemic 40 years after it began. A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. … Read More
September 24, 2025
(Washington Post) – Patti’s team is watching them closely, tracking which fish develop tumors, to try to find clues to one of the most unsettling medical puzzles of our time: Why are so many young people getting cancer? The trend … Read More
September 24, 2025
(CBS News) – Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM … Read More
September 24, 2025
HEC Forum (vol. 37, no. 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 22, 2025
(CNN) – Doctors on the ground estimate that tuberculosis has infiltrated almost every second home of this eastern urban compound, killing residents and robbing many families of their livelihoods. The local crisis is a microcosm of a national health care … Read More
September 22, 2025
(New York Times) – Men seek weight loss treatment far less often than women. Doctors are concerned. Men have similar rates of obesity as women, but they are less likely to seek medical care, making up only about 20 percent … Read More
September 16, 2025
(UPI) – U.S. health officials have targeted youth vaping in a new campaign amid the high popularity of e-cigarettes used by young people. On Tuesday, the Surgeon General’s office in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled its … Read More
September 16, 2025
(USA Today) – About 1 in 6 parents have skipped or delayed vaccinating their children against diseases other than COVID-19 or the flu, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and health care policy nonprofit KFF. The … Read More
September 16, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 15, 2025
(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
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 12, 2025
(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
(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
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 393, no. 8, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 10, 2025
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
