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Andrea Shaw Indicted for Twin Murders After Vaccine Lawsuit
Andrea Shaw, who sued claiming vaccines killed her twin children, has been indicted in Idaho on murder charges alleging she suffocated them.
Takeaway meals contain more salt than advertised, study finds
A University of Reading study found that 47% of takeaway meals tested in the UK contained more salt than their menu labels stated, with some pasta dishes delivering nearly twice the recommended daily
Shor's Algorithm Forces Global Encryption Overhaul
Peter Shor, whose 1994 factoring algorithm could one day decrypt the world's most secure data, says the fix exists but rolling out post-quantum cryptography across banks, hospitals, and government sys
Stephen Wolfram: Time Is the Universe Computing Itself
Physicist Stephen Wolfram argues that time is simply the universe computing each new state from the previous one, and because that computation is irreducible, no observer can ever shortcut to the end.
FDA Approves Vera's Trutakna Kidney Drug
The FDA approved Vera Therapeutics' kidney disease drug Trutakna, a dual-target IgAN treatment that Fierce Pharma says will compete with existing therapies from Novartis and Otsuka.
FDA Approves Vera's Trutakna for IgA Nephropathy
The FDA approved Vera Therapeutics' Trutakna to treat IgA nephropathy, a chronic autoimmune kidney disease caused by immune antibody buildup that can progress to organ failure and dialysis.
The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works
A long-standing physics puzzle over why "strange metals" show electrical resistance that rises linearly with temperature — rather than with the square of temperature as conventional theory predicts —
Men’s average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years, say scientists
A meta-analysis of six longitudinal studies covering 118,593 men across five countries found total testosterone levels dropped 54% between 1972 and 2019, with the decline accelerating after 2000.
Herman launches series on crumbling employer insurance
STAT News is cross-publishing Bob Herman's Health Care Inc. newsletter series on the crumbling employer-based health insurance system, which opens under the subheading 'U.S. workers and businesses are
Catnip Lotion Matches Deet in Uganda Trials
A catnip oil lotion proved as effective as 15% Deet in repelling mosquitoes during field trials in eastern Uganda, offering a low-cost alternative for rural communities battling malaria.
U.S. Employer Health Insurance Is At Its Worst, STAT Says
STAT is launching a new series called 'Out of Pocket, Out of Reach' examining how the U.S. employer-based health insurance system is crumbling, with the outlet describing conditions as 'arguably never
STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a $10 billion Vertex deal, the pace of FDA drug approvals, and more
Vertex Pharmaceuticals will spend $10 billion to acquire Crinetics Pharmaceuticals and its recently launched rare-disease drug Palsonify, marking the largest deal in Vertex's history as the Boston bio
Chris Packham: 'I'd throw myself in front of a T. Rex to be consumed'
Broadcaster Chris Packham spoke to New Scientist about his new five-part BBC series Evolution, which uses CGI to trace five iconic animals back to the last universal common ancestor of all life on Ear
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Mass Balance Sends Self-Running Lab to Orbit on SpaceX
British startup Mass Balance launched a grapefruit-sized autonomous laboratory on a SpaceX transporter to test whether microgravity can yield cleaner data on disease-causing disordered proteins linked
NHS GPs to Offer Two New Endometriosis Tests
Draft guidance for the NHS in England and Wales would let GPs offer two non-invasive tests — a saliva spit test and a gut electrical-signal test — alongside standard checks to help identify endometrio
5 takeaways from STAT’s series on the soaring cost of health insurance
STAT's investigation finds employer health premiums hit $1.4 trillion in 2024 — nearly four times the $365 billion they'd total if they'd tracked inflation since 1987 — as small businesses drop covera
Opinion: What if this Ebola outbreak can’t be stopped?
Two former Médecins Sans Frontières leaders warn that a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may never be contained, citing weakened WHO and CDC capacity, a regional proxy war ov
Ovaries become immune organs after menopause: mouse study
New research shows that ovaries in ageing mice become infiltrated with immune cells and shift away from their reproductive signature, suggesting they may actively contribute to chronic inflammation af
Mouse ovaries shift to immune-like function after reproduction
A Northwestern University study in mice found that ovaries transform into an "immune-like organ" after reproduction ends, with inflammation-linked genes activating and immune cells multiplying. The fi
Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows
New federal data shows roughly 2.6 million Americans lost Affordable Care Act coverage year-over-year after pandemic-era enhanced subsidies expired, with some states shedding more than a third of thei
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