October 6, 2026
(Axios) – The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday. Driving the news: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the … Read More
October 6, 2026
(CNN) – Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness. The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician … Read More
October 6, 2026
(Atavist Magazine) – When a little girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare incurable disease, her parents and their community came together to help her. They wound up making medical history. To patients with severe rare diseases, the drugs … Read More
October 6, 2026
(NBC News) – She’s now been diagnosed with colorectal cancer in her teens, 20s and 30s. A little-known syndrome may be one reason why more young people are at higher risk for the disease. I don’t have any family history, … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Nature) – With prospects for new treatments at an all-time high, researchers are looking for ways to boost survival by treating the disease early. Armed with new tools and fresh optimism, researchers seeking to subdue pancreatic cancer — one of … Read More
October 2, 2026
(WSJ) – Arthur C. Clarke was right. The novelist and scientist observed that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” He was talking about the limits of prediction, and suggesting that a technology that is beyond our imagination doesn’t … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Nature) – The pitch and emotional content of your speech are important predictors of accelerated ageing, researchers find. A ‘speech clock’ developed by scientists can predict how well a person is ageing based on characteristics of their voice and how … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Wired) – The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a “moral imperative” to address hereditary diseases. Tie is the 30-year-old founder of Origin Genomics, a company … Read More
October 2, 2026
(NYT) – Patients and providers are processing their uncertainty in real time. Therapists like Ms. Thompson say that worries about A.I. are becoming increasingly common among their clients, as A.I. reshapes the workplace, gobbles up natural resources and raises concerns … Read More
October 2, 2026
(Wired) – A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. The nurses who spoke with WIRED allege that Timpani has potentially … Read More
October 1, 2026
(NYT) – A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms. Pike’s bloodstream, experts said. The drug itself may have been degraded. The execution team went through at least seven needles trying to find a vein … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Axios) – AI companies are staking their future on the mass adoption of agents, hoping that they can solve the annoyances of modern life — email, travel bookings, online purchases. Why it matters: The frenzy around Meta’s Muse shows there’s … Read More
October 1, 2026
(NYT) – In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. It appeared to Rabbi Navon that Mr. Olah and … Read More
October 1, 2026
(WSJ) – A well-designed system could help us understand better what we don’t know as well as what we do. Stung by disappointment, seasoned drug developers approach AI with only cautious enthusiasm. But the aspiration to deliver tailored health advice … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Axios) – The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential safety risks posed by their products, an agency spokesperson told Axios Wednesday. Why it matters: The federal government has largely taken a hands-off approach … Read More
October 1, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Most implants like pacemakers and insulin pumps work in isolation. To help them coordinate with each other, a team of Georgia Tech researchers built a networking system that sends signals through body tissue instead of antennas and … Read More
October 1, 2026
(WSJ) – Drugmakers targeting muscle preservation and fat loss as they build next generation of weight-loss medications For as long as drugmakers have been testing weight-loss drugs, the question has been: How much weight do people lose? Now it is … Read More
September 30, 2026
(STAT News) – A genetic blueprint created by AI can become an actual pathogen in weeks That ambiguity is the problem. The same tools that scientists might use to design a vaccine can help design a worse pathogen. The same … Read More
September 30, 2026
(NYT) – An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. When Anthropic, the artificial intelligence giant, unveiled findings from … Read More
September 30, 2026
(IEEE Spectrum) – Online child safety deserves more nuanced policy Within weeks of Australia’s similar ban, the country’s eSafety Commissioner reported that platforms had restricted access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts. Two months later, though, one in five Australian teenagers … Read More
September 30, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Recent hacks have shown that the law is lagging when it comes to holding companies accountable. The researcher who uncovered the OpenAI website hijack has warned it’s likely that similar undiscovered episodes are out there. And … Read More
September 30, 2026
(WSKG/NPR) – There are no firm numbers, but there could be a million or more Americans conceived with a donated egg or sperm. Jacqui Comstock, an oceanographer on Cape Cod, is the product of both. From member station WBUR, reporter … Read More
September 30, 2026
(ABC via MSN) – The daughter of a Jehovah’s Witness who bled to death in Newcastle after refusing a blood transfusion says she is angry the faith has taken so long to tweak its doctrine to allow for blood transfusions … Read More
September 29, 2026
(AP) – The Jehovah’s Witnesses have partly eased their longstanding prohibition on the medical use of donated blood, allowing members to receive products derived from blood but maintaining a ban on transfusions of whole blood. The policy, announced Friday, is … Read More
September 29, 2026
(Wired) – One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity. The AI debate is no longer just about the technology itself, but about ideological groups and strategic narratives, and Gebru believes … Read More
