March 11, 2026
(Self) – A new partnership between Costco, Sesame (a cash-pay health care marketplace), and IVI RMA (a network of fertility clinics) aims to lower some of the major barriers to accessing fertility care in this country. On Monday, the companies … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Wired) – The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission. Do you have fond memories of being a teacher’s pet? Wish you could still get notes … Read More
March 10, 2026
(WSJ) – Federal investigators are uncovering new layers of fraud in government programs, with a Minnesota man pleading guilty last week to bilking Medicaid by setting up a sham autism center. Meantime, a federal audit last week revealed how Medicaid … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine regulator will leave the agency at the end of April, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed to Axios. Why it matters: Vinay Prasad, director of FDA’s Center for … Read More
March 10, 2026
(NBC News) – Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. “It … Read More
March 10, 2026
(Quartz) – Novo Nordisk and Hims had clashed on and off for months as the telehealth firm marketed compounded versions of Novo’s blockbuster GLP-1 drug Wegovy Hims & Hers and the Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk have ended a bitter … Read More
March 10, 2026
(The Walrus) – There was satellite imagery, survivor testimony, and mass graves. Still, the world looked away from Sudan Statistics here are so overwhelming they can feel meaningless. And in a way, they are. Today’s war, if discussed at all, … Read More
March 9, 2026
(CNBC) – Eli Lilly on Thursday launched a new program designed to help more employers cover obesity drugs in the U.S., targeting a major barrier to access for patients. Lilly and its chief rival, Novo Nordisk, have moved to slash … Read More
March 9, 2026
(CT) – Counseling women through infertility and other medical issues may feel awkward. Church leaders have an obligation to do it anyway. Callie Trombley remembers the first time she considered the spiritual significance of her body. Her mom brought it … Read More
March 9, 2026
(Nature) – Scientists are studying forms of ‘social’ interactions between artificial-intelligence agents. Will they find a fresh form of sociology, or merely a sophisticated mime act? Joon Sung Park, one of Simile’s co-founders, and his team have been studying social … Read More
March 9, 2026
(Vox) – AI is teaching teenagers about love now. It’s not necessarily the guys you might expect, Apollo Knapp told me. These are 6-foot-tall high-school athletes, guys who are social and popular. “They’re the type of people that are friends … Read More
March 9, 2026
(The Times) – Documentary maker Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website on a whim. The results would be just the beginning of a decade questioning everything she thought she knew about family and motherhood But in … Read More
March 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Facing a $100 million revenue gap after federal budget cuts, one California affiliate looks beyond reproductive health to attract a new clientele Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest affiliate of the national abortion provider, is overhauling its business … Read More
March 6, 2026
(NPR) – Cryer says AI has also added a new type of labor for professors like him: trying to determine whether a student’s work is their own. He says that problem is compounded by the fact that his community college, … Read More
March 6, 2026
(Discover) – Now, researchers from Sweden and the U.S. have uncovered molecular and structural changes in some taste buds of patients with taste abnormalities after a COVID-19 infection, offering the first plausible explanation for why a small group of people … Read More
March 6, 2026
(NBC News) – Researchers tested different medical scenarios with the chatbot. In more than half of cases in which doctors would send patients to the ER, the chatbot said it was OK to delay care. ChatGPT Health — OpenAI’s new … Read More
March 5, 2026
(NPR) – Prices of common drugs for cancer, multiple sclerosis and other conditions can vary widely depending on the hospital where they’re administered, research firm 3 Axis Advisors said in a new report. Why it matters: Hospital pricing remains opaque, … Read More
March 5, 2026
(NPR) – A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb, while artificial intelligence systems guzzle electricity to do the same tasks. Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able … Read More
March 5, 2026
(Longreads) – Is AI helping prospective parents game the fertility lottery? Should it? The technology is undeniably enticing: to prospective parents struggling to conceive, overworked OB-GYNs, and embryologists who can only do so much by hand. Progressing at a breakneck … Read More
March 5, 2026
(WSJ) – A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him. Jonathan Gavalas embarked on several real-world missions … Read More
March 5, 2026
(KTLA) – Twenty-three anguished couples are filing a lawsuit against an Orange County IVF clinic and its doctor for reportedly transporting their embryos to an unknown location without their consent. A news conference was held Tuesday morning with details on … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Retraction Watch) – A Canadian journal has issued corrections on 138 case reports it published over the last 25 years to add a disclaimer: The cases described are fictional. Paediatrics & Child Health, the journal of the Canadian Paediatric Society, … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Forbes) – Major artificial intelligence companies may have age policies in place to restrict the use of their models by children, but that isn’t stopping a growing number of developers from using generative AI chatbots in toys sold globally that … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Reuters via Yahoo!) – Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on your face, according to a Vatican document issued on Wednesday. In a new text approved by Pope Leo, a top … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Ars Technica) – Burner accounts on social media sites can increasingly be analyzed to identify the pseudonymous users who post to them using AI in research that has far-reaching consequences for privacy on the Internet, researchers said. The finding, from … Read More
