Rights expert urges banks to stop financing Myanmar junta weapons trade
Foreign banks are allegedly helping Myanmar’s military junta acquire weapons and military supplies, facilitating a…
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STAT+: Journal retracts study tied to Micronoma’s effort to create blood cancer test
Nature retracted a high-profile paper that served as part of the scientific groundwork for Micronoma,…
Solar technology: Innovative light-harvesting system works very efficiently
Researchers are reporting progress on the road to more efficient utilization of solar energy: They…
Almonds, pottery, wood help date famed Kyrenia shipwreck
Researchers have identified the likeliest timeline of the famous Hellenistic-era Kyrenia shipwreck, discovered and recovered…
How do our memories last a lifetime? New study offers a biological explanation
A new study by a team of international researchers has uncovered a biological explanation for…
Ocean’s loss of oxygen caused massive Jurassic extinction: Could it happen again?
Researchers have found a chemical clue in Italian limestone that explains a mass extinction of…
Shocked quartz reveals evidence of historical cosmic airburst
Researchers continue to expand the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. The idea proposes…
Iceland’s volcano eruptions may last decades
Scientists predict from geochemical data that Iceland is entering a new volcanic era that will…
Surprising phosphate finding in NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust…
CDC advisory panel opts for a go-slow approach on expanding usage of RSV vaccines
Makers of RSV vaccines for older adults saw their plans to try to expand usage…
FDA issues long-awaited draft guidance for enrolling more people of color in clinical trials
The Food and Drug Administration has drafted guidance aimed at getting drug companies and medical…
National Academies proposes reimagining health care to fix ‘fundamental flaws’ that underlie inequity
The nation’s longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities will not improve unless Congress steps in…
The Supreme Court appears set to reject Idaho’s near-total abortion ban
The Supreme Court appears ready to allow emergency abortions in Idaho, according to a document…
House panel proposes new strategy for Medicare to cover weight loss drugs Wegovy, Zepbound
WASHINGTON — As weight loss medications have exploded in popularity, a bill to allow Medicare…
How can we get malaria control back on track?
Malaria remains a significant global health burden. The World Health Organization’s 2023 malaria report estimates…
Doctors vote for BMA to oppose four year medical degrees and apprenticeships
BMA representatives have firmly rejected proposals for medical apprenticeships and four year undergraduate medical degrees.The…
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden’s use of bully pulpit to fight Covid misinformation
The Supreme Court on June 26 rebuffed states and anti-lockdown advocates who said the government…
Extreme heat kills 1300 Hajj pilgrims
bmj;385/jun26_9/q1404/FAF1faAmr Nabil/AP/AlamyAs water is sprayed on Muslim pilgrims on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia, officials…
Intellia says its CRISPR-based therapy can be redosed
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about rejection of an AbbVie Parkinson’s drug, PBM markups on mail order, and more
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, especially…
Third of adults are not getting enough physical activity, says WHO
Almost a third of the world’s adults, around 1.8 billion people, are at risk of…
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History shows that doctors’ professional identity shapes healthcare discourse—and we must not ignore it
At the heart of recent debates in the UK about medical associate professions and doctors’…
Johnson & Johnson pays $700m to 42 US states to settle Baby Powder asbestos claims
Johnson €654m) settlement with 42 US states and the District of Columbia to end their…
STAT+: Biotech accelerator Curie.Bio extends its reach with new $380 million fund
Industry veterans Alexis Borisy and Zach Weinberg had plenty of reasons to celebrate their new…
Mail on Sunday articles that accused three commentators of being “statin deniers” were misinformed, ȷudge rules
The Mail on Sunday’s “takedown” of three commentators whom the newspaper accused of being “statin…
David Oliver: Will a Labour government rescue adult social care?
Social care is in crisis. It’s failing the people who need it, and their families….
Colchicine in patients with acute ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (CHANCE-3): multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial
AbstractObjectivesTo assess the efficacy and safety of colchicine versus placebo on reducing the risk of…
Unpicking the general election manifestos on health and care
In 2016 the US political journalist Salena Zito wrote of the then presidential candidate Donald…
SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and DPP-4 inhibitors and risk of hyperkalemia among people with type 2 diabetes in clinical practice: population based cohort study
AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate the comparative effectiveness of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists,…
Opinion: AI and rural health care: A paradigm shift in America’s heartland
The use of artificial intelligence is happening in “unlikely places.” So says a recent working…
STAT+: Q&A: How Flagship’s Cellarity is using AI to understand cell disease biology before treating it
Flagship Pioneering launched Cellarity in December 2019. The startup says it’s using artificial intelligence and…
Three months into bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, experts see deep-rooted problems in response
Three months since an outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. dairy cattle was declared, the…
Opinion: FDA: Don’t rush publishing your diversity guidance plan. Take your time and do it right
When Congress passed the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) in December 2022, it…
Opinion: Listen: Rep. Diana DeGette on why reproductive freedom must be protected
It has been two years since the Supreme Court made the historic decision to overturn…
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking
The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report…
Group Prenatal Care Shows Promise in Reducing Maternal Health Disparities – Yale School of Medicine
Group Prenatal Care Shows Promise in Reducing Maternal Health Disparities Yale School of Medicine Read Original…
Indian-Origin Woman Wrongly Jailed In UK During Pregnancy Rejects Apology – NDTV
Indian-Origin Woman Wrongly Jailed In UK During Pregnancy Rejects Apology NDTV Read Original Article: Indian-Origin Woman…
Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped
In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of Painted Lady Butterflies on the…
Your future medications could be personalized for you on a 3D printer
Scientists are helping to develop standards and safety protocols that would allow pharmacies to print…
Next platform for brain-inspired computing
Computers have come so far in terms of their power and potential, rivaling and even…
Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites, compounding potential health risks
More than 100,000 oil and gas wells across the western U.S. are in areas burned…
News in Brief 25 June 2024
There’s a new famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food.Top court the…
Telltale greenhouse gases could signal alien activity
If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we’d be…
Minimizing Dementia Caregiver Burnout
In the 1960s, the Peace Corps created a public service campaign with the slogan: “It’s…
Exercise Is a Natural Sleep Aid
Do you struggle to fall asleep at night? Do you wake up and find it…
News Briefs July 2024
Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Heart Attack and Stroke Risk A study published in the…
Do Home Microbiome Tests Help Support Your Gut?
A growing number of home microbiome test kits come with big promises for what they…
Plant-Based Diet Not Linked to Hip Fracture
Long term consumption of a plant-based diet (lower or no intake of animal foods) was…
Ask the EN Experts July 2024
Got a sweet tooth? Use caution—too much sugar can wreak havoc on health, especially as…
Over three million preventable deaths per year due to alcohol and drug use
Over three million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption and drug use, a…