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Eli Lilly Expands Access to Unapproved Retatrutide
Eli Lilly confirmed it will allow additional patients to apply for special access to its unapproved obesity drug retatrutide, six weeks after STAT revealed the company had quietly granted access to a
Michigan Confirms First U.S. Cyclospora Deaths
Michigan health officials confirmed two deaths from cyclospora — the first U.S. fatalities from the microscopic parasite — as the nationwide case count surpasses 20,000 in the largest outbreak on reco
Medicare Ends Breakthrough Device Payment Pathways
Medicare finalized a rule eliminating alternative payment pathways that had let FDA-designated 'breakthrough' medical devices automatically qualify for supplemental hospital payments, requiring them i
Children using social media at younger age appear to do worse in school tests
A study of more than 5,000 Italian schoolchildren found that those who opened social media accounts at 11-12 scored lower in maths and reading tests by age 16, falling roughly six months behind peers
Parasols Cool You Only 1°C — Infrared Blamed
Research presented at the European Geosciences Union suggests that parasols cut effective temperature by only about 1°C — and can make it slightly hotter under low sun — because the shaded fabric heat
Arginine Restores Immune Signal Against Cancer, Viruses
Rockefeller University researchers found that low arginine levels stall production of MHC-1, the protein that flags abnormal cells for immune destruction, and that replenishing arginine in mice reduce
STAT+: Sandoz to pay $478.5 million to settle price-fixing allegations in long-running battle with states
Sandoz has agreed to pay $478.5 million to settle allegations from U.S. states and indirect resellers that it conspired to inflate generic drug prices, without admitting wrongdoing.
BioNTech Names Ex-Sobi CEO Oelkers to Replace Sahin
BioNTech on Monday named Guido Oelkers, the former head of Swedish biopharma Sobi, as its new CEO, tapping a 30-year industry veteran to steer the Covid-19 vaccine maker's pivot to oncology as founder
Scientists may have found aging’s hidden trigger for brain disease
University of Cologne researchers have identified the protein EPS8 as a molecular switch linking aging to toxic protein buildup in diseases like ALS and Huntington's, with the mechanism conserved from
Woodlouse stores heavy metals, boasts 300+ nicknames
The Guardian profiles the woodlouse as a candidate for its Invertebrate of the Year contest, highlighting the creature's 300-plus British nicknames, 500-million-year tenure on land, and surprising abi
Two new compounds could reveal hidden drivers of Alzheimer’s disease
Vanderbilt researchers developed two novel compounds that selectively inhibit and activate TAOK proteins, opening new pathways to study Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms.
Neurologist with ALS advocates for patient autonomy
A neurologist who once delivered ALS diagnoses now lives with the disease himself, using his experience to advocate for patient autonomy, dignity, and accelerated research after his 2025 diagnosis.
Medical Schools Grapple Over AI Scribes in Training
Medical schools are wrestling with whether to let students use AI scribe tools during clinical training, fearing the technology could short-circuit the cognitive struggle of crafting notes and reasoni
FSMB: Don't License AI as a Doctor, Use Physician Oversight
The leaders of the Federation of State Medical Boards argue that AI should be governed through existing physician accountability structures rather than licensed as an independent practitioner, citing
Inpatient Prehab Helps Frail Heart Transplant Candidates Qualify
A heart transplant cardiologist at Banner–University Medical Center Phoenix launched an inpatient prehab program in 2023 to keep frail hospitalized candidates from losing eligibility — and 62% of seco
Thermo Fisher Patches DNA File Forgery Flaw
Thermo Fisher has patched a high-severity flaw in Applied Biosystems DNA analysis software that let a researcher—using Anthropic's Claude—forge DNA data files in 45 minutes in ways that fooled standar
Beef-liver iron supplements lack direct trial evidence
Despite the trendy appeal of beef-liver supplements for boosting iron, no clinical trials have directly tested them against standard iron tablets, and the best available proxy — a Gambia trial of a be
Deadly plant chemistry recreated inside tobacco plants
Researchers from Michigan State University and the Czech Academy of Sciences have identified six enzymes that wolfsbane and larkspur use to build atisinium, a complex diterpenoid alkaloid, and success
Surgeons Repair Baby's Gastroschisis Inside the Womb
A London woman underwent pioneering in-womb keyhole surgery in Texas at 26 weeks pregnant to push her unborn son's protruding intestines back inside his abdomen — making baby Theo only the third in th
Orchardly builds agritech OS for Srinagar apple farmers
Orchardly, a bootstrapped Srinagar agritech startup, is combining farm intelligence, physical stores, soil testing and produce buyback into one integrated offering. Separately, Lena Lieberknecht is de
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