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STAT+: Key GOP senators push back on Trump’s plan to cut NIH, reorganize HHS
In a Senate health appropriations hearing, bipartisan lawmakers questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his 2027 budget that would cut HHS by 12% and eliminate NIH, while four GOP doct
Curiosity Rover Finds New Organic Molecules on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified a suite of organic molecules, including five never‑seen before, in a dried lakebed on Mars, suggesting complex carbon chemistry can survive for 3.5 billion years.
STAT+: Tortugas Neuroscience launches with hopes to develop drugs for brain disorders, other conditions
Tortugas Neuroscience, a U.S. startup, has raised $106 million to fast‑track two Chinese‑origin drugs for schizophrenia and tinnitus, plus two Japanese‑origin candidates for epilepsy and encephalopath
US Health Care System Prioritizes Audits
While headlines have focused on the seven‑week war and oil shipment delays, this opinion reveals that the U.S. health care system spends much of its effort revisiting clinical decisions after they occ
Trump signs order to expand psychedelic therapy
President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday to broaden access to psychedelic medicines for mental‑health treatment, joining a growing GOP chorus that includes former Texas governor Rick Perr
Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt behaviour of salmon, study finds
Researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found that realistic levels of cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine cause juvenile Atlantic salmon to swim farther and disperse mor
UCL Study Links Gut Microbes to Early Parkinson’s Risk
Researchers at University College London have identified a gut‑microbe signature that distinguishes Parkinson’s patients and those with a genetic risk long before symptoms appear. The pattern, involvi
Julie Vašků Finds Resilience Training Cuts Cortisol
Researchers are treating stress like a vaccine, showing that controlled exposure to mild challenges—whether through military resilience drills, paramedic training, or everyday discomfort—can rewire th
Julie Vašků: Stress Can Be Health‑Boosting if Balanced
Stress isn’t a one‑size‑fits‑all villain; acute episodes trigger a rapid adrenaline‑cortisol cascade that can sharpen cognition and boost physical performance, while chronic exposure fuels heart disea
Revolution Medicines' KRAS drug shows promise
Revolution Medicines’ KRAS inhibitor daraxonrasib delivered encouraging results in pancreatic cancer, proving that the notorious KRAS target can finally be drugged. At the same time, Novo Nordisk’s or
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Trump boosting psychedelic treatment, the future for weight-loss drugs, and more
Trump’s new directive to fast‑track psychedelic therapies coincides with a looming $100 billion GLP‑1 weight‑loss market, where Eli Lilly predicts only half of eligible patients will ever get the drug
Three Amino Acids Boost mRNA Delivery 20‑Fold
Researchers at Biohub found that three everyday amino acids—methionine, arginine, and serine—when mixed with lipid nanoparticles, amplify mRNA delivery twenty‑fold and push CRISPR editing efficiency t
Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks April 22-23
The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight from Wednesday 22 April into Thursday 23 April, offering stargazers up to 18 bright, fast meteors per hour radiating from the constellation Lyra near the
Bennett, Maguire, High Win $3M Prize for Luxturna
Molecular biologist Jean Bennett, ophthalmologist Albert Maguire, and physician Katherine High have won the $3m Breakthrough Prize for life sciences for developing Luxturna, the first gene therapy for
Hospital-acquired pneumonia reduced by daily toothbrushing
A massive Australian trial found that giving hospitalized patients a toothbrush and toothpaste slashes their risk of acquiring pneumonia by 60%. Led by Brett Mitchell of Avondale University, the HAPPE
Revolution Medicines Delivers Strong KRAS Data at AACR
At AACR 2026, Revolution Medicines presented compelling Phase 2 results that bring its KRAS inhibitor closer to market, while the conference’s opening highlighted a political showdown over NIH funding
Brain Hates Uncertainty More Than Known Harm
A Guardian feature explores neuroscience-backed strategies for tolerating uncertainty, arguing that the brain's negativity bias can be retrained through curiosity, emotional regulation, and exposure t
Jeremy Hansen Greets Moon in French on Artemis II
During NASA’s Artemis II flight, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen broke new ground by speaking French from nearly 125,000 miles away, a first in human spaceflight. The gesture came amid a heated Frenc
ZSL vets treat lion ear infection, cobra spitting
A year behind the scenes at the Zoological Society of London shows a dedicated team of vets tackling life‑saving procedures on endangered species—from a lion’s narrow ear canal to a king cobra’s venom
Police use gas, rubber bullets at Wisconsin beagle farm
Law enforcement used rubber bullets and pepper spray to repel roughly 1,000 animal rights activists attempting to breach the Ridglan Farms beagle breeding facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, on Saturd
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