by LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Cesar Acevedo, left, holds his infant son, Adriel Acevedo, as as nurse Tracey McElroy, right, prepares to give him a vaccination…
Category: Health & Medicine
Accord reached ‘in principle’ over tackling future pandemics: negotiating body
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain World Health Organization members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told…
Parasitic infection and treatment linked to cancer-related gene activity in the cervix
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, can trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining, with changes…
How trustworthy is your fitness tracker score?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Millions of people now start their day with a number—a “readiness” score, a “body battery”” level or a measure of “strain”“—delivered by the wearable device on…
Acute and chronic stress have markedly different impacts on neural repair in a depression-linked brain region
Hypothesized model. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08807-4 Researchers at Zhejiang University found that acute stress increases natural repair mechanisms in the brain, while chronic stress suppresses them. Autophagy was most…
Study identifies promising biomarker for early sepsis detection in neonates, children and pregnant women
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study presented at ESCMID Global 2025 has uncovered the potential of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a powerful diagnostic biomarker for the early detection of sepsis in…
Pig kidney removed from US transplant patient, but she set record
Towana Looney (L) is seen in NYU Langone Hospital in New York on December 11, 2024, just weeks after receiving a transplanted pig kidney. Doctors have had to remove the…
Puberty triggers brain rewiring in genetic condition tied to autism, mouse study suggests
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Changes in brain connectivity before and after puberty may explain why some children with a rare genetic disorder have a higher risk of developing autism or…
Increase in alcohol deaths in England an ‘acute crisis,’ say researchers
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action from the government, according to…
RFK Jr says study will reveal cause of autism ‘epidemic’
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain US authorities are conducting a large-scale study that should in several months reveal the cause of the autism “epidemic,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said…
