July 2, 2025
(BBC) – In January, Catherine announced she was in remission from cancer, which had been diagnosed last year. But her latest comments are a reminder how this is a gradual path to recovery. She said: “You put on a sort … Read More
July 2, 2025
(MedPage Today) – A new warning will be added to the label of certain attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications over the risk of “significant” weight-loss in young children, the FDA said. Labels of all extended-release stimulants indicated for ADHD — … Read More
July 2, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – Peter—who asked to have his last name omitted from this story for privacy reasons—is far from alone. A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober … Read More
July 2, 2025
(The Verge) – In a memo to Meta staff, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s new “Meta Superintelligence Labs” group that will head up its AI work, Bloomberg reports. Former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, who joined Meta as part … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Knowable Magazine) – Canine and human cancers bear many similarities — studies in dogs are helping to develop treatments for both species Studying dogs and their cancers turns out to be an excellent way to learn more about cancer in … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Wired) – Another NEW covid variant is currently rapidly gaining a foothold. Known officially as XFG—or informally as “Stratus”—it has been declared a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is expected to circulate alongside the now … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – One of the last places we might expect artificial intelligence to show up is the tattoo parlor, with its mix of artistry, personal expression and permanent ink. But a high-end ink shop in New York City … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Wired) – It was when we got back to the house that afternoon that things fell apart. I was sitting on the couch in the living room. Damien was sitting next to me, angled back in a reclining chair. He … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Axios) – UC San Diego scientists are testing a new potential cancer treatment in space. Why it matters: The NASA-funded mission will analyze whether the drug rebecsinib works on ovarian cancer, metastatic breast cancer, leukemia and glioblastoma multiforme (an aggressive … Read More
July 2, 2025
(Axios) – Moderna is preparing to test Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tougher vaccine policies with a combination flu-COVID shot. The question is whether it gets approved for both viruses. Why it matters: The company this week reported positive … Read More
July 2, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 1, 2025
(KFF Health News via MSN) – In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of … Read More
July 1, 2025
(Aeon) – Emerging research from the past few years has revealed that, within an individual, ADHD can be highly unstable across the lifespan. Many, if not most, individuals with ADHD, will meet formal diagnostic criteria for the disorder during some … Read More
July 1, 2025
(New York Times) – Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global standard. Thousands of lives have been saved. Lucian L. Leape, a surgeon whose insights into medical mistakes … Read More
July 1, 2025
(Rest of World) – Across China, tens of thousands of students like Xiaobing are navigating an academic crackdown that has ironically triggered a surge in the use of AI: Many students are turning to AI tools to outsmart the tests … Read More
July 1, 2025
(Harper’s Magazine) – What were we if not obsessive-compulsive, we who so often traced our origins to a people whose very name, the Puritans, epitomized the perfectionistic delusion underlying this illness? A people so committed to virtue that they’d risked … Read More
July 1, 2025
(The Hill) – In an era of heightened polarization, especially in the nation’s capital, it’s rare to find a value that unites Americans across political, generational and ideological divides. But one principle is quietly gaining ground: religious freedom, and not … Read More
July 1, 2025
(New York Times) – The defeat early Tuesday of a ban on state laws for artificial intelligence dealt a major blow to the tech industry on the verge of a policy victory. In a 99-1 vote, the Senate voted overwhelmingly … Read More
July 1, 2025
(The New Atlantis) – The new cold war means a race with China over AI, biotech, and more. This poses a hard dilemma: win by embracing technologies that make us more like our enemy — or protect ourselves from tech … Read More
July 1, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The automation of Amazon.com facilities is approaching a new milestone: There will soon be as many robots as humans. The e-commerce giant, which has spent years automating tasks previously done by humans in its facilities, has … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Ars Technica) – Former Cloudflare executive John Graham-Cumming recently announced that he launched a website, lowbackgroundsteel.ai, that treats pre-AI, human-created content like a precious commodity—a time capsule of organic creative expression from a time before machines joined the conversation. “The … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Wired) – Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding. A WIRED investigation into 911 calls from 10 of the nation’s largest immigration … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to a section of the Affordable Care Act that designates a federal task force to recommend which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. Why it matters: … Read More
June 30, 2025
(New York Times) – E.R. doctors want you to know that they are people, too. At an event called Airway, one confessed, “I do not like these big, high stakes, bloody, messy, risky procedures.” Nine doctors were gathered at a … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39 Hannah’s family has a history of a rare genetic mutation that, when inherited, virtually … Read More
