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Mycetoma: Decade After WHO Listing, Still Neglected
Ten years after the WHO officially listed mycetoma as a neglected tropical disease, the slow, disabling infection remains drastically underfunded and ignored despite real progress in treatment researc
U.S. Drug Dependence on China Is a Security Risk
Council on Foreign Relations authors rebut an op-ed minimizing U.S. pharmaceutical dependence on China, arguing decades of state-driven Chinese industrial policy make essential medicines a genuine nat
Chronically ill people face confusion over new Medicaid work rules and ‘medically frail’ exemption
New Medicaid work requirements take effect in Nebraska next week and nationwide in January, with chronically ill patients now required to prove their condition prevents working 20+ hours weekly under
Red Bull Funded Research That Blocked Energy Drink Regulations
A nine-outlet investigation found Red Bull paid university scientists to produce research concluding energy drinks mixed with alcohol pose no extra risk — a finding that has defeated age restrictions
Daily multivitamin may help older adults stay independent
An analysis of more than 16,000 older adults in the COSMOS trial found that three years of daily multivitamin use was associated with significantly better functional health scores than placebo, resear
NSF testing new Ph.D. model giving trainees academic and industry experience
The National Science Foundation is launching a $47 million, five-year pilot program to fund 250-plus Ph.D. students who will spend at least a year working at company sites as part of their doctoral tr
STAT+: Latigo reports mid-stage success for would-be rival to Vertex’s pain drug Journavx
Latigo Biotherapeutics reported that its oral non-opioid pain pill LTG-001 produced statistically significant pain relief and reduced supplemental opioid use versus placebo in a 343-patient Phase 2 ab
Fauci Pleads Fifth at Senate Lab Leak Hearing
Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer questions at a Senate hearing Wednesday, prompting Senator Rand Paul to announce plans for a contempt of Congress vote next week.
FTC Sues Hims & Hers Over Privacy, Subscriptions
The FTC sued telehealth company Hims & Hers on Wednesday, alleging it deceived consumers about sharing sensitive health data with third parties and obscured recurring subscription charges — a move Him
Study: Temptation, Not Stress, Drives Problematic Internet Use
A study by University of Duisburg-Essen researchers tracking 900 German adults over two weeks finds that temptation — not stress or mood — is the main driver of problematic internet use, which correla
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A 60-centimetre marine reptile fossil unearthed in Yunnan, China, is the oldest reptile ever found with a preserved digestive system — its stomach, liver, and intestines visible 245 million years afte
Adult Diets Need Attention Too as Metabolism Changes
An opinion piece argues that adults must adjust their diets as they age, since slowing metabolism reduces tolerance for poor eating and creates a nutrient gap after 60 that childhood obesity policies
Book Argues NASA Overlooked Viking's Mars Life Evidence
A new book by astrobiologist Steven Benner argues that NASA's 1976 Viking landers did detect life on Mars, but the scientific community wrongly dismissed the results because the landers' spectrometer
Asteroid (44) Nysa: rare three-lobed rock with its own moon
Astronomers using two of the world's largest telescopes have built a 3D model of asteroid (44) Nysa, revealing an extraordinarily rare three-lobed contact-trinary shape and a tiny moon roughly a kilom
Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people
Lidar scans of the Amazon rainforest reveal hundreds of ancient earthworks, suggesting a lost civilization of up to 3 million people once shaped the region’s landscape and ecology.
Juno star tracker reveals Jupiter's hidden shadow side
NASA's Juno scientist Heidi Becker repurposed the spacecraft's star tracker — a navigation instrument never designed for imaging — to photograph Jupiter's shadowy regions, capturing the planet's faint
Trump Admin Ends Medicare Drug Plan Subsidies
The Trump administration will end subsidies for private Medicare drug plans, likely driving up premiums for older Americans and handing Democrats a fresh affordability attack line weeks before the mid
'Hypoxia in a Pill' Eases Brain Disorders in Mice
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital combined two experimental drugs into a 'hypoxia in a pill' that mimics the oxygen-lowering effects of high altitude, easing symptoms in mice with three ne
Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur
A rare Queensland fossil reveals a 7-metre ichthyosaur's last meal was a pterosaur — the first evidence the marine reptiles ate flying vertebrates — before the ichthyosaur was itself dismembered by a
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel
Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right and refused to answer every question at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, prompting Chairman Rand Paul to schedule an August 5
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