November 26, 2025
(WLWT) – Another infant has died of whooping cough in Kentucky, becoming the third child to die of the illness in the last 12 months across the state. The first two deaths in the state represented the first whooping cough … Read More
November 26, 2025
(NPR) – The federal government has announced the results of the latest round of Medicare drug price negotiations: 15 lower drug prices for Medicare to go into effect in 2027. Medicare will get a 71% discount on Ozempic, Wegovy and … Read More
November 26, 2025
(WSJ) – Some people taking weight-loss drugs are delaying doses to eat a lot, while others are adjusting menus Powerful GLP-1 weight-loss drugs are changing Thanksgiving for users—and their friends and families celebrating with them. While some patients are putting … Read More
November 26, 2025
(Rest of World) – Since its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT has been a global phenomenon. Here’s a look at its impact on work, life, and more across the world. Three years ago, on November 30, 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT. Hot … Read More
November 26, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – But supplementation—whether covered by a health-care provider or not—can be important. As those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere spend fewer of our waking hours in sunlight, let’s consider the importance of vitamin D. Yes, … Read More
November 26, 2025
(New York Times) – By mid-2024, the weight-loss drugs were prescribed for almost 2 percent of new mothers. Danish researchers were examining the use of medications during and after pregnancy when they noticed a clear trend: The number of women … Read More
November 26, 2025
(UPI) – Women who stop taking a GLP-1 weight loss/diabetes medication just prior to a pregnancy appear to be at higher odds for excess weight gain and complications while pregnant, new research shows. As the study authors pointed out, potential … Read More
November 26, 2025
(ProPublica) – Walker’s death is one of multiple cases ProPublica is investigating in which women with underlying health conditions died after they were unable to end their pregnancies. Walker had known that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she had … Read More
November 26, 2025
(The Hill) – Solomon Ray became the top artist on the iTunes Top 100 Christian and gospel albums chart last week. But there’s something that may bother you about the Christian artist: He is not human. According to Christianity Today, … Read More
November 26, 2025
(The Atlantic) – The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition. For years, the idea of geoengineering—artificially lowering global temperatures through technological means—has been met with skepticism. Only a handful of dedicated and … Read More
November 26, 2025
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November 25, 2025
(BBC) – The brain goes through five distinct phases in life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83, scientists have revealed. Around 4,000 people up to the age of 90 had scans to reveal the connections … Read More
November 25, 2025
(Techradar) – AI is becoming a source of comfort, meaning, and guidance – and religions are taking notice We know people treat ChatGPT as a therapist, friend, business partner and even lover. But some are now turning to it for … Read More
November 25, 2025
(WCBU) – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill that would allow terminally ill individuals to get a prescription to end their life. Harwood said the pending “medical aid in dying” law … Read More
November 25, 2025
(Politico) – The Department of Energy will open up its data sets and equipment to outside researchers looking to tinker with AI tools. The White House wants to turbocharge the nation’s scientific research capabilities by embracing artificial intelligence. President Donald … Read More
November 25, 2025
(The Atlantic) – Long-term involuntary treatment is back. Is it working? For the past 50 years, the city has tried to hide from this problem in much the same way Ashley hides from her own. The general consensus in America … Read More
November 25, 2025
(WSJ) – Chatbot maker Character[dot]AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns. Teens are distraught: ‘I cried over it for days.’ Character.AI’s first version, launched in 2022, offered some of the earliest chatbots available to consumers. It quickly gained traction … Read More
November 25, 2025
(The New Yorker) – When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family. On May 25, 2024, my daughter was born at 7:05 in the morning, ten minutes after … Read More
November 25, 2025
(Slate) – Egg, sperm, and embryo donation allow women like me to give birth in our late 40s—and beyond. Not everyone is so sure we should. While there are huge upsides to parenting when you’ve (mostly) found your financial footing … Read More
November 24, 2025
(NYTs) – The studies were a significant setback for the optimistic view that semaglutide and other GLP-1 drugs could help prevent a number of brain diseases. Hopes were high. In retrospect, perhaps too high. On Monday, Novo Nordisk announced that … Read More
November 24, 2025
(The Economist) – Its fast-moving, cut-price drugmakers stand to make more money abroad than at home AFTER AMERICA, China is the world’s largest developer of new medicines and its companies ran about a third of the planet’s clinical trials last … Read More
November 24, 2025
(Tampa Bay Times) – Daunted by costs, some hopeful parents are stepping into a fertility world with few guardrails. In 2021, the women broke up. As the couple filed for divorce, Brito and Rivera quietly filed to make the man … Read More
November 24, 2025
(WSJ) – Costly and emotionally taxing efforts to have children can be jeopardized when couples split Nelson was still married in 2020 when the fertility clinic called her at work with devastating news: Her husband had just requested the destruction … Read More
November 24, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Unlike much of Europe and East Asia, America hasn’t reached the point at which we have more people dying than we do being born. At least not in the long run. We briefly blew past … Read More
November 24, 2025
(BBC) – A three-year-old boy has astounded doctors with his progress after becoming the first person in the world with his devastating disease to receive a ground-breaking gene therapy. Oliver Chu has a rare, inherited condition called Hunter syndrome – … Read More
