April 22, 2025
(Harper’s Magazine) – Over dozens of phone calls, in rants that often strayed some distance from the subject at hand, Frank told me his story. Following his discharge from the Air Force, he was homeless for nearly twenty years, all … Read More
April 22, 2025
(Pew Research Center) – Most teens credit social media with feeling more connected to friends. Still, roughly 1 in 5 say social media sites hurt their mental health, and growing shares think they harm people their age Rising rates of … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Associated Press) – Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. The Vatican … Read More
April 21, 2025
(NBC News) – More Americans are using psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in psychedelic mushrooms. A report published Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine found psilocybin use has been rising since 2019, after remaining relatively stable for years. … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Wired) – LG has licensed tech that claims to interpret TV users’ feelings and convictions. The company will use this data to more directly target the ads it’s showing to users of its smart TV platform. LG TVs will soon … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Axios) – Five years of legal battles over the Affordable Care Act’s preventative services mandate will come to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, in a case that will decide if millions of Americans will continue to have … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Axios) – At least half a dozen states are weighing new restrictions aimed at limiting pharmacy benefit managers’ ability to influence drug prices, including prohibitions on steering business to affiliated pharmacies. Why it matters: With Congress gridlocked on PBM legislation, … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Axios) – The professional association for OB-GYNs is recommending a shift in the way prenatal care is delivered, away from a dozen or more office visits to a more individualized approach built around social needs and patient choice. Why it … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Futurism) – Artificial intelligence keeps getting smarter — and soon, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it won’t take orders from us anymore. During a talk at a recent summit co-hosted by Schmidt’s think tank, the Special Competitive Studies Project, … Read More
April 21, 2025
(New York Times) – Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate. The White House has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent … Read More
April 21, 2025
(Wired) – Only six of the 21 robots in the race crossed the finish line, highlighting just how far humanoids are from keeping up with their real human counterparts. About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing … Read More
April 21, 2025
(BBC) – Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues. But while this can offer huge benefits … Read More
April 21, 2025
(The Guardian) – Men who have virtual “wives” and neurodiverse people using chatbots to help them navigate relationships are among a growing range of ways in which artificial intelligence is transforming human connection and intimacy. Dozens of readers shared their … Read More
April 21, 2025
(NBC News) – The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure. The Food and Drug Administration indicated in February that it had closed the … Read More
April 21, 2025
American Journal of Law & Medicine (vol. 50, no. 3-4, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 18, 2025
(KFF Health News) – Five years after the World Health Organization declared covid a global pandemic and the first Trump administration announced a national emergency, the United States faces a crucial shortage of medical providers, below the projected need for … Read More
April 18, 2025
(BBC) – Colombia has declared a nationwide health emergency after at least 34 people died of yellow fever, according to official figures. Yellow fever is caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. It can be prevented by … Read More
April 18, 2025
(NPR) – Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury in Manhattan federal court. The charges include two counts of stalking, one firearms offense and murder through use … Read More
April 18, 2025
(Nature) – Conventional tests that look only at a small subset of genetic code often miss variations hiding outside the protein-coding genome. About 80% of rare diseases are genetic. In their search for disease-causing genetic variants, clinicians regularly refer people … Read More
April 18, 2025
(MIT Technology Review) – The growing field of longevity medicine is apparently aiming for something in between these two ends of the wellness spectrum. By combining the established tools of clinical medicine (think blood tests and scans) with some more … Read More
April 18, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Constance Contursi, a personal trainer in suburban Chicago, says many of her clients mistake junk food as healthy because it contains added protein. “How about a chicken breast, people?” she said. “How about an egg?” America’s … Read More
April 18, 2025
(Wired) – Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects. The NIOSH researchers collected the tissue samples as part of … Read More
April 18, 2025
(Wired) – Activists affiliated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are selling a “measles treatment and prevention protocol” for hundreds of dollars, including supplements supposedly formulated by AI. Anti-vaccine activists with close ties to US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Read More
April 18, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
April 17, 2025
(Wired) – Amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the US is also facing a surge in pertussis, or whooping cough. As vaccine rates drop, other diseases could be next. As the United States grapples with rising measles cases and outbreaks in … Read More
