May 14, 2026
(WSJ) – Restaurants are pushing protein and smaller portions to keep attracting those eating less Taking weight-loss drugs means eating less—and for many Americans, dining out less, too. A growing body of research shows that people on GLP-1s are denting … Read More
May 14, 2026
(The Guardian) – Polycystic ovary syndrome is being relabelled polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome to correct the misconception that it is solely a gynaecological disease that creates ovarian cysts. Here’s what you need to know about the condition It’s a multifaceted … Read More
May 14, 2026
(AP) – The steps come as people across the United States have raised concerns about rising health costs and barriers to access, sometimes from the federal government’s own actions. New work requirements in Medicaid, for example, are expected to strain … Read More
May 14, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Modern medicine is excellent at delivering treatments that precisely target the biological cause of a disease and produce clear, measurable improvement. The promise of such magic bullets shapes both doctors’ training and patients’ expectations. But for some … Read More
May 14, 2026
(Nature) – Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in people exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus at home, according to … Read More
May 14, 2026
(NYT) – The virus is clearly far less contagious than the coronavirus, scientists agree, but they have found cases where it spread among people without direct contact. “It’s important to be honest scientifically and communicate that, because otherwise you lose … Read More
May 14, 2026
(Wired) – Are you married to a man who’s obsessed with AI? I’m so, so sorry. There’s a strange and under-discussed side effect of the AI boom: what it’s doing to family dynamics. By which I mean: how it’s potentially … Read More
May 14, 2026
(Wired) – In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights. They found that when agents were subjected to relentless tasks and warned that errors could lead to punishments, including being “shut … Read More
May 14, 2026
(NYT) – The agency’s top food official will step in to the role after Dr. Makary privately said he opposed the administration decision to approve flavored vapes. Dr. Makary ultimately left over concerns about the administration’s decision to authorize fruit-flavored … Read More
May 13, 2026
(CNET) – Three advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on behalf of the family of a 19-year-old who died of a drug overdose in May 2025. The suit alleges that the company’s ChatGPT chatbot advised Samuel Nelson about … Read More
May 13, 2026
(The Guardian) – Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or more a week leads to “accelerated cognitive decline” … Read More
May 13, 2026
(TechCrunch) – Neil Batlivala has spent seven years building a healthcare company that most of the tech industry has never heard of and that serves a patient population most of Silicon Valley ignores. But last month, that work put him … Read More
May 13, 2026
(AP) – Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in … Read More
May 13, 2026
(WSJ) – Some promising candidates are sitting on the shelf, awaiting funds before human tests Drug hunters have searched for years for a treatment for the rare infectious disease hantavirus, which caused an outbreak on a cruise ship that global … Read More
May 13, 2026
(NYT) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority. Working behind the scenes, Mr. Kennedy … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Science) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has already suspended Ralph Baric, a tenured professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, from receiving further … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Axios) – Nurses are using AI less frequently than physicians, and many feel like they’re being excluded from decision-making, according to survey data from scientific publisher Elsevier shown first to Axios. Why it matters: Nurses are often where the rubber … Read More
May 12, 2026
(AP) – “It’s too morally problematic,” Gordon thought. “I don’t know where you draw the line.” In 2018, his wife pushed him to change how he practiced. They both believed in the sanctity of embryos as part of their Christian … Read More
May 12, 2026
(NYT) – There’s no question that another pandemic will strike, but no one knows when or which virus will be the cause. What we can determine with pretty good clarity is how ready we’ll be, how well we’re constructing obstacles … Read More
May 12, 2026
(Gizmodo) – Here’s a long excerpt from the government’s announcement, dated May 5, 2026: “Today, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) at the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology announced new agreements with Google DeepMind, … Read More
May 12, 2026
(NYT) – The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents “a taste of what’s to come,” one expert said. A criminal hacking group recently … Read More
May 12, 2026
(News-Medical) – A new study presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) in Istanbul, Turkey (12-15 May) shows that a 1% reduction in annual working hours is associated with a 0.16% decrease in obesity rates across OECD … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NBC News) – The deadly cruise ship outbreak of hantavirus, a rare, rodent-borne illness, may have evoked some memories of the early days of COVID-19 — but infectious disease specialists and public health officials say there are clear differences in this case … Read More
May 11, 2026
(Daily Mail) – There’s nothing quite as contagious as a yawn – and it turns out even babies in the womb aren’t immune. Experts have discovered foetuses ‘catch’ yawns from their mothers and have been seen slowly opening and closing … Read More
May 11, 2026
(NYT) – That interstitial spaces exist in and under the skin and between and around the body’s organs had been observed going back more than a century, but they were assumed to exist in isolation from one another, like a … Read More
