As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were swift and widespread. A few days after, a U.S. judge ruled that the…
Category: 5. Health
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Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
The 2025 Los Angeles wildfires reduced more than 15,000 structures to ash in a matter of days. Among the devastation were 11 public and private schools and 30 child care facilities. In all, the fires disrupted the education and daily lives of over 700,000 students.
The fires first erupted…
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Cuts in Medicaid And SNAP Spending Could Impact Economy
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) departs the House chamber … More
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When Hospitals Slash Jobs, Towns Suffer Economic Pain.
Long Beach, N.Y.: The exterior of The Mt. Sinai South Nassau Hosptial’s emergency room in Long … More
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New insight into factors associated with a common disease among dogs and humans
The pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium are common causes of sometimes-fatal intestinal diseases in humans, other mammals and birds worldwide.
Now, findings from researchers at Texas A&M University provide new, evidence-based insight into minimizing the risk of these diseases at…
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Balance between two competing nerve proteins deters symptoms of autism in mice
In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a study published April 1 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Dongdong Zhao of Wenzhou Medical University, China, Yun-wu Zhang of Xiamen University, China, and colleagues.
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Use of antifungals in agriculture may increase resistance in an infectious yeast, study suggests
Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a study published on April 1 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology by Guanghua Huang at Fudan University, China, and colleagues. These genomic changes can be brought on by…
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Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Guardian AI Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft
Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp
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A messy legal battle is brewing in the market for AI that reviews health insurance claims.
Palantir Technologies has sued Y Combinator-backed startup Guardian AI and its founders—former employees of its healthcare division—for what it called…
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Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers
A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically improved the treatment’s effectiveness in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancers, according to results of a clinical trial led by researchers at the National Institutes…
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New 3D technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking
Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving assistance and industrial engineering. Tracking the movements of the…
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