The success of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic transformed vaccine science. Now, the same Nobel Prize winning technology is being adapted to fight cancer, with experimental mRNA vaccines already being tested against melanoma, small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer,…
Category: 5. Health
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Earthquakes in Venezuela expose a severely under-resourced and unprepared healthcare system
Twin earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, causing major damage in Caracas and a nearby coastal city, La Guaira. At the time of publication, 3,685 people have been declared dead, and more than 30,000 remain missing.
Dr. Hermes Florez and Dr. Zeina Hannoush are physicians who…
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WHO Warns Global Cancer Cases Could Reach 35 Million By 2050—Here’s What To Know
Cancer survivors, patients and activists take part in a protest in the Kenyan capital Nairobi against to demand that government declare cancer a national disaster and avail free cancer care nationally. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)
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Annual cancer cases globally…
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Support goes a long way to boost birth control effectiveness
New research shakes up the premise that implants and other long-acting contraception methods are far and away the most effective choice.
The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative first provided participants with contraceptive counseling that focused on their needs and values. Then,…
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The Third Voice: How AI Is Quietly Reshaping Therapy
77% of psychologists say their patients are using AI. Not instead of therapy, but alongside it, often before it.
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For as long as therapy has been around, the therapist has occupied a singular role: the one outside voice a patient lets into their inner life. One speaks, the other listens, and…
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IRS Opens Kwong Portal As July 10 Deadline Nears
The IRS has an online portal for eligible taxpayers seeking refunds under the Kwong decision. For some (but not all) taxpayers the deadline for putting in a claim is looming – July 10. Americans living abroad should pay particular attention, as their filing and payment dates may affect whether…
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Capping Annual Medicare Beneficiary Out-Of-Pocket Costs At $5,000
Senate Democrats are proposing a $5,000 cap on annual out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare beneficiaries with respect to Parts A (hospital) and B (physician-administered services and technologies). Medicare recipients already have an annual $2,100 cap on prescription drug out-of-pocket costs…
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A vitamin A discovery is changing what scientists know about vision
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have uncovered how humans develop sharp central vision before birth, identifying a carefully timed interaction between a vitamin A derived molecule and thyroid hormones in the retina. The discovery challenges a decades old explanation for how key light…
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The Ozempic and Wegovy mistake sending thousands to poison control
The explosive growth in semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy) We use after its FDA approval for chronic weight management in 2021 was accompanied by another trend that drew researchers’ attention: a dramatic increase in calls to poison control centers across the United States.
Jordan Miller, then an…
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Harvard scientists turn a silicon chip into a DNA writing machine
Silicon chips have been the foundation of modern computing for decades. Now, researchers are giving them an entirely new role in biotechnology. In addition to processing information, these chips are increasingly being used to study living systems by recording activity from neurons, reading DNA,…
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