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Trump administration warns more than 500 hospitals to provide more price information or face fines
The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals they are failing to disclose basic pricing information, threatening penalties of up to $2 million annually per hospital for non-compliance.
NIH appoints John Powers III as acting NIAID director
NIH named John Powers III, a senior adviser and former deputy, as acting director of NIAID, ending weeks of leadership uncertainty at the $6.5 billion‑funded institute while lawmakers voiced concerns
Life Biosciences Doses First Human in Sight-Loss Trial
Life Biosciences has dosed the first human patient with ER-100, a cellular rejuvenation drug designed to reverse vision loss from glaucoma and NAION, marking the first FDA-cleared human trial of this
Tea Health Benefits Hold — But Not in Bottled Form
A major review confirms that tea — particularly green tea — offers broad health benefits, from cardiovascular protection to reduced cognitive decline, but commercial forms like bottled and bubble tea
Chicxulub impact site took 8 million years to cool
Drilling into Mexico's Chicxulub crater reveals the asteroid impact that ended the dinosaurs created a hydrothermal system that stayed hot for at least 8 million years — four times longer than the pre
JWST bright early galaxies may be brown dwarfs
A new analysis of JWST data argues that two supposedly bright, early‑universe galaxies are actually brown dwarfs within the Milky Way, casting doubt on recent claims of unexpectedly luminous primordia
Animal testing phase-out could derail pig organ
A transplant surgeon warns that the Trump administration's push to end federally funded animal testing — already visible in CDC primate study phase-outs and NIH funding shifts — could derail xenotrans
STAT Keeps 'Health Care' as Two Words, Defying AP
STAT's editorial operations director announced the outlet will keep "health care" as two words, rejecting the Associated Press Stylebook's April switch to "healthcare" despite a reader poll in which a
Oura, Whoop Add Direct Doctor Access From Apps
Oura and Whoop will let users connect virtually with doctors directly from their apps, a move the article frames as a potential first step in integrating consumer wearable data into traditional clinic
Trump's affordability czar touts Medicaid cuts to
Casey Mulligan, the Trump administration's newly appointed health care affordability czar, used a hospital finance conference stage to champion Medicaid cuts that will trim state-directed payments to
GSK to Acquire Nuvalent for $10.6B
GlaxoSmithKline announced a $10.6 billion acquisition of Cambridge‑based cancer biotech Nuvalent, marking its biggest deal in years as it bolsters its oncology pipeline amid a wave of pharma acquisiti
Trump‑blocked Study Says One Drink Raises Death Risk
A Trump‑blocked, government‑funded alcohol study that found even one drink a day raises disease and death risk was finally published, exposing political interference and prompting calls for stricter p
Scientists found a new Alzheimer’s trigger and a drug that stops it
ETH Zurich researchers identified clumps of inactive GRK2 protein as a new Alzheimer's trigger and developed an experimental compound that blocked the process in mice, reducing nerve cell loss and amy
Health workers at the epicenter of Congo’s Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest
Health workers at Mongbwalu hospital in Congo's Ituri province are going unpaid while battling a Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak that has caused 488 confirmed cases and 86 deaths, prompting a $518 million W
Study: Out-of-Africa Migration Was Not One Event
A new study argues the canonical out-of-Africa migration was not a single dramatic event around 60,000 years ago but a prolonged process of small, scattered dispersals over tens of thousands of years
Neurologists: When Memory Loss Is Normal vs. Dementia
Neurologists distinguish normal age-related memory decline - typically emerging in the 60s and tied to brain-connection deterioration - from early dementia signs like frequent, unaware repetition and
Muscle growth drug ‘could reduce loss of lean tissue’ when using slimming jabs
A trial published in Nature Medicine found that apitegromab, a muscle-growth monoclonal antibody, reduced lean body mass loss by 55% relative to placebo when taken alongside tirzepatide, though expert
New drug to stop 'Ozempic butt' muscle loss side effect of obesity jabs
A small trial published in Nature Medicine found that the experimental drug apitegromab, given alongside the obesity jab Mounjaro, preserved roughly 55% more muscle mass over six months than a placebo
Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies
Researchers are mapping how anorexia nervosa reshapes the brain — finding cortical thinning up to four times greater than in depression or OCD — and translating those insights into brain-stimulation a
Light Pulses Trigger Deep-Sleep Activity in Awake Mice
Researchers used light pulses to trigger slow-wave brain activity in awake mice, replicating key deep-sleep effects like synaptic pruning and raising the prospect of gaining sleep's benefits without a
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