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Bristol Myers Builds Pharma's Largest NVIDIA AI Supercomputer
Bristol Myers Squibb is assembling what it calls the largest AI supercomputer in the life sciences industry, its third major NVIDIA-powered expansion in three years as the drugmaker doubles down on fo
TD Cowen: AI Cuts Drug Dev Timelines Up to 70%
A new TD Cowen survey of 80 biopharma leaders shows AI is reshaping preclinical drug development — and the implications stretch from lab animals and software markets to U.S.-China biotech competition.
ER Doctor Blames Insurer Denial in Husband's Suicide
In a first-person essay, emergency physician Dr. Joy Evers describes how her husband Randy died by suicide after their commercial health insurer denied continued coverage of his inpatient psychiatric
STAT+: Telemedicine company touted by Novo Nordisk stressed profits over patient safety, ex-workers say
Former employees and two lawsuits by former top leaders allege that LifeMD, a telehealth company promoted by Novo Nordisk on its website, pressured clinicians to churn through prescriptions at the exp
Starwatch: Identifying the Scorpion, mythical adversary of Orion
Stargazers this week can spot Scorpius, the zodiacal Scorpion mythologically destined to oppose Orion across the sky, with a bright gibbous moon sitting close to its red heart star Antares on 24 July.
AI-Altered Bird Photos Threaten Citizen Science Data
Researchers are warning that AI-edited wildlife photographs posted to citizen science platforms are creating false species records, potentially contaminating data used to track biodiversity and climat
Oura Ring Spots Pregnancies Early, Doctors Flag Anxiety
Hundreds of UK women are discovering pregnancies — and some, miscarriages — through fitness trackers before tests can confirm them. Oura and reproductive medicine experts are now warning that the biom
Hunter-gatherers introduced fish to a mountain lake 7000 years ago
Hunter-gatherers transported brown trout to isolated Norwegian mountain Lake Tesse at least 7,000 years ago, making it the oldest documented case of humans moving fish, researchers at the University o
FDA Finds Cyclospora in Taylor Farms Lettuce
The FDA confirmed a sample of shredded iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms subsidiary in Mexico tested positive for cyclospora, the parasite behind a multi-state diarrheal illness outbreak that has al
Study: 'The Hum' likely caused by inner-ear tinnitus
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology tested 28 German participants who report hearing "The Hum" — a mysterious low-frequency sound documented worldwide since the 1970s — a
£1m grant funds endangered English shark study
Shark scientists have been awarded nearly £1m by Natural England's Species Recovery Programme to study the migration, habitat, and breeding grounds of three endangered species — blue shark, porbeagle,
Britain set for butterfly boom after hot spring
Butterfly Conservation's Prof Richard Fox says Britain's unusually warm, dry spring could produce a "bumper summer of butterflies," with species like Holly Blue and Red Admiral already thriving — thou
Coffee’s Anti-Aging Effect Tied to NR4A1 Activation
Scientists at Texas A&M have identified a cellular mechanism by which coffee compounds activate the NR4A1 receptor, potentially explaining the beverage’s protective effects against stress, aging, and
Perseid meteors to light up night sky in one of the year's most active showers
The Perseid meteor shower — one of the year's brightest and most active displays — runs from 17 July to 24 August, peaking overnight on 12-13 August under a new Moon with up to 150 meteors per hour po
Entomologist argues parasites are central to biodiversity
Entomologist Dino J Martins has published 'Hidden Creatures,' a book arguing parasites are misunderstood architects of biodiversity whose eradication efforts may backfire through evolutionary pressure
Fluvoxamine Cuts Long COVID Fatigue in 399-Patient Trial
A global clinical trial of 399 Brazilian adults with long COVID found that the antidepressant fluvoxamine significantly reduced fatigue compared to placebo, marking one of the first medications to sho
Endometriosis: Three Women's Decade-Long Diagnosis Ordeal
Three women with endometriosis described how decade-long diagnostic delays and medical dismissal upended their careers and fertility, giving evidence to a UK inquiry into how the condition affects wom
The hidden cost of the night shift and how to sleep it off
Researchers are documenting the mounting health toll of shift work — from dementia and heart disease to probable carcinogenicity — while testing whether splitting sleep into two blocks, rather than fo
DoD Testosterone Screening Conflicts With Medical Guidelines
A urologist warns the Pentagon's new mandatory testosterone screening for service members ages 30 and over is an unprecedented policy that conflicts with Endocrine Society guidelines and carries docum
Physician Groups, SEGM Push Back on STAT Essays
STAT published reader letters responding to two opinion essays, with the presidents of three major physician organizations jointly defending primary care's value and the Society for Evidence-Based Gen
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