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Study Backs Merck's Ervebo for Bundibugyo Ebola
A new study and mounting observational data are fueling calls to test Merck's licensed Ervebo Ebola vaccine against the Bundibugyo species driving the DRC's fastest-growing outbreak on record, though
Sun Avoiders Twice as Likely to Die as Sun Lovers
Journalist Rowan Jacobsen's new book "In Defense of Sunlight" argues that decades of sun avoidance have obscured the cardiovascular, immune, and metabolic benefits of moderate UV exposure, citing mech
Hospitals Should Learn From Argentina's World Cup Loss
A physician's opinion essay argues that Argentina's 1-0 World Cup final loss to Spain exposes how American hospitals stagnate when they preserve yesterday's winning formula and rely on star individual
CDC cuts leave US less prepared for disease outbreaks, former officials warn
Former CDC officials warn the US is less prepared for disease outbreaks than before COVID, as staffing cuts coincide with intensifying threats from hantavirus, Ebola, measles, cyclospora, and bird flu
Trump Plans 100% Tariff on Generic Drugs by 2028
President Trump announced plans to impose a 100% tariff on imported generic medicines starting August 2028, rising to 200% in August 2029 — a threat that puts Indian drugmakers, the dominant supplier
Sperm whales change click patterns near boats
Sperm whales off Dominica change their distinctive clicking patterns when boats approach, so predictably that Project Ceti researchers can detect ship presence from vocalizations alone.
ACS Releases Checklist as Colorectal Cancer Becomes Top Killer
The American College of Surgeons has released free educational resources and a checklist to help younger adults recognize colorectal cancer warning signs, as the disease becomes the leading cancer kil
Johns Hopkins Mini-Brains Reveal Variable Alzheimer's Drug Responses
Johns Hopkins researchers grew hundreds of mini-brain organoids from Alzheimer's patients' cells and found that some responded to a common antidepressant while others did not — patterns and vesicle-ba
NASA Psyche Probe Captures Mars Flyby Timelapse
NASA released a new timelapse video from its Psyche spacecraft showing the probe's recent flyby of Mars on its journey to a target asteroid, with the footage capturing Martian craters, polar ice caps,
STAT+: ‘Cochlear implant for blindness’ debuts in Europe, could launch in U.S. in 2027
Science Corporation's retinal implant, designed to partially restore central vision in patients with age-related macular degeneration, has won European commercial approval and could reach U.S. patient
FDA Approves First Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Enlicitide
The FDA last week approved Merck's enlicitide (branded Lipfendra) as the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor for lowering blood cholesterol, a milestone that arrives alongside newly aggressive cholesterol guid
MauiWES Becomes Rural Health Hub as Funding Runs Out
The Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, tracking roughly 2,000 Lāhainā fire survivors, has unexpectedly become a de facto rural health hub — and its researchers are racing to spin it out as a nonprofit befo
STAT+: Federal health quality research grants worth $109 million ended early
The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sent termination notices to dozens of researchers, abruptly ending ongoing health services research grants that had $109.2 million in remaining f
Scientists revive a powerful antibiotic that superbugs had defeated
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Scripps Research have restored vancomycin's ability to kill drug-resistant E. faecium by combining it with a small molecule called pghi-4 that blocks a
Mars Once Hid Vast Magma Rivers, Oxford Study Finds
Researchers at Oxford analyzing NASA InSight Lander seismic data have found evidence that Mars once had rivers of molten rock pooling 15 miles beneath its surface and stretching hundreds to thousands
Single psilocybin dose leaves brain changes for a month
UCSF and Imperial College London researchers found that a single high dose of psilocybin produced measurable brain activity and structural changes lasting up to a month, linking the psychedelic experi
STAT+: More workers hate their jobs, but keep them for the health insurance
Nearly a quarter of U.S. workers say they want to leave their current job but stay because they can't afford to lose employer-provided health insurance — up sharply from 16% in 2021.
GunaiKurnai cave rituals traced back 25,000 years
Archaeologists at Cloggs Cave in southeastern Australia have uncovered phytolith evidence that GunaiKurnai people conducted grass-burning rituals there for 25,000 years, linking the practice to ceremo
UK Evacuates Ebola-Exposed Aid Worker to London Hospital
A UK-resident humanitarian worker with potential healthcare-related Ebola exposure was medically evacuated from DR Congo to a London hospital for precautionary monitoring, with UKHSA confirming the in
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Novo suing Lilly over ‘deceptive’ ads, a fugitive’s secret life in biotech, and more
Novo Nordisk has sued Eli Lilly in federal court, accusing its rival of running a 'deceptive' national ad campaign that unfairly compares competing GLP-1 obesity and diabetes drugs to gain a market ed
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