While the risk to humans of exposure from cows or milk remains low, this new flu spillover from birds into cows raises the need for continued surveillance.
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Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging, researchers discover
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities,…
Is CBD use during pregnancy as safe as people think? New study uncovers potential risks to babies
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Cannabidiol (CBD), the component in cannabis often used for therapeutic treatments, is increasingly being used during pregnancy as a means of managing symptoms such as nausea,…
Clot-buster meds and mechanical retrieval found to equally reduce disability from some strokes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Removing a clot blocking a medium- or small-sized artery in the brain mechanically is a safe treatment for a common type of stroke; however, it did…
Gray matter study uncovers two neuroanatomically different OCD subtypes
A) Silhouette values for each number of subtypes. B) Gray matter morphological abnormalities of the identified subtypes. Credit: Translational Psychiatry (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03226-5 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental…
Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, large study suggests
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Generally, things really do seem better in the morning, with clear differences in self-reported mental health and well-being across the day, suggest the findings of a…
Experimental drug shows promise in reversing memory loss for early Alzheimer’s patients
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A paradigm-shifting study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function…
US health expert flying ‘absolutely blind’ as federal health data vanishes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain President Donald Trump’s end of diversity, equity and inclusion language in federal agencies has caused U.S. health data to be removed or not be updated. Medical…
Adverse childhood experiences in firstborns associated with poor mental health of siblings
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children are nearly three-quarters (71%) more likely to develop mental health problems between the ages of 5 and 18, if the firstborn child in their family…
Understanding the increase in stillbirth rates in Germany amid European declines
Stillbirth rates in Germany have risen steadily since 2010, from an initial 2.8 stillbirths per 1,000 births to 3.7 in 2021. Across Europe, only Belgium has seen a similar increase.…
