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Hantavirus Cruise Ship Outbreak Evacuated, No Pandemic
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship prompted U.S. health officials to evacuate and repatriate exposed passengers and crew. Global health reporter Apoorva Mandavilli notes that experts see no sign o
Encoded Therapeutics sirolimus blunts gene therapy
A recent Encoded Therapeutics trial of a gene therapy for Dravet syndrome showed that while steroids are commonly used to curb immune reactions, adding sirolimus—an immunosuppressant used in transplan
Gene Therapy Virus Linked to Boy's Brain Tumor
After a failed stem‑cell transplant, 13‑month‑old Adam received an experimental gene‑therapy that enabled remarkable developmental gains, but a routine scan later uncovered a brain tumor. Scientists n
Google DeepMind Unveils Gemini AI Mouse Pointer
Google DeepMind unveiled a Gemini-powered 'Magic Pointer' that understands what users are pointing at, enabling tasks via gestures and natural speech instead of text prompts, alongside a new Googleboo
Womb Veggie Exposure Shapes Kids' Food Preferences
A Durham University-led study found that children whose mothers consumed vegetable powder capsules during pregnancy showed lasting positive reactions to those same vegetables, from the womb through ag
UBC Okanagan Finds Enzymes to Make Cancer Mitraphylline
Scientists at UBC Okanagan have decoded the enzymatic steps plants use to assemble mitraphylline, a rare spirooxindole alkaloid with anti‑cancer promise. By identifying two key enzymes, they solve a l
UMBC team maps enterovirus 'on-off switch' for replication
UMBC researchers have captured, for the first time, the structure of viral RNA bound to the protein machinery enteroviruses use to replicate — revealing a conserved 'on-off switch' shared across polio
New drugs could wipe out the “zombie cells” linked to cancer and aging
Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences and Imperial College London have discovered how to eliminate harmful 'zombie' senescent cells that persist after chemotherapy and drive cancer aggr
Mount Sinai Reverses Aging in Mouse Blood Stem Cells
Mount Sinai researchers have shown that fixing overactive lysosomes can restore youthful function to aged blood‑forming stem cells in mice, reviving balanced blood and immune cell production. Led by D
Orforglipron Pill Keeps Weight Off After Wegovy, Mounjaro
A landmark trial found that patients who switched from injectable weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro to a daily orforglipron pill kept most of their weight off over a year, while also maintaining i
EU adopts Critical Medicines Act to boost drug output
EU officials have reached a provisional agreement on the Critical Medicines Act, a plan to boost European production of more than 200 essential medicines—including antibiotics, insulin, vaccines and p
STAT+: Makary departs FDA amid turmoil as Diamantas, agency’s top food official, steps in
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced his resignation amid mounting criticism, prompting President Trump to publicly praise him before his China trip. Kyle Diamantas, the agency’s senior food safety
Hantavirus Hits Cruise Ship With No Vaccine Available
A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship carrying 150 passengers from 23 countries is testing a global response hampered by the absence of any approved vaccine, treatment, or rapid test for the Andes st
Advocates seek Medicaid work requirement exemptions
Patient advocacy groups are urging the federal government to carve out exemptions from a new Medicaid rule that forces able‑bodied adults to work at least 20 hours a week, attend school, or volunteer.
Scientists reversed biological age in older adults with a 4-week diet change
A four‑week dietary shift can make seniors biologically younger, according to a University of Sydney study published in Aging Cell. Cutting fat and boosting plant‑based protein, especially on a low‑fa
STAT+: Capsida says it still doesn’t know what caused gene therapy death
Capsida Biotherapeutics still cannot explain the September death of a child in its CAP‑002 brain‑gene‑therapy trial, as the hospital has refused to provide autopsy tissue. The setback highlights the c
McGill Finds Glycerol‑TNAP Switch Activates Brown Fat
A McGill team led by Lawrence Kazak discovered that glycerol activates a dormant heat‑producing pathway in brown fat by binding to TNAP, a finding that could pave the way for bone‑disease therapies.
US government studies into vaccine safety are being suppressed | Robert B Shpiner
The FDA has quietly ordered the withdrawal of two massive COVID‑19 vaccine safety studies that had already cleared peer review, even as it publicized a memo tying ten child deaths to the vaccine. Repo
Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?
The article traces the evolution of the “field” concept—from Michael Faraday’s 19th‑century magnetic studies to today’s quantum field theory that underpins particle creation and even dark‑matter specu
Opinion: STAT+: Pharma and biotech leaders are destroying their own industry
China’s biopharma sector has vaulted from obscurity to a $137 billion licensing powerhouse in just three years, dwarfing U.S. pharma’s own output and feeding a reliance on Chinese‑origin active ingred
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