Trump team’s $500 million bet on old vaccine technology puzzles scientists
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Trump administration's unprecedented $500 million grant for a broadly protective flu shot has confounded vaccine...
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Nearly quarter of people on long-acting opioids develop addiction, study reveals
Credit: CC0 Public Domain More than one in five people prescribed extended-release painkillers such as OxyContin developed an addiction within...
Despite Historic Indictment, Doctors Will Keep Mailing Abortion Pills Across State Lines
When the news broke on Jan. 31 that a New York physician had been indicted for shipping abortion medications to...
Brazilian ritual root gets second life as potential anti-depressant
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Long used in Indigenous Brazilian rituals, the jurema preta plant, which contains a potent psychedelic, is...
Vaccine To Prevent Heart Attacks And Strokes? This One May Last 8 Years
When it comes to preventing heart attacks and strokes, most people focus on eating well, staying active, and avoiding smoking....
Taiwanese AI company obtains 510(k) for video-based respiratory rate gauge
FaceHeart from Taiwan has obtained regulatory approval in the United States for its AI-driven contactless technology for measuring respiratory rate. ...
Shingles vaccine lowers the risk of heart disease for up to eight years, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events,...
Health assessment tool gauges body’s biological age better than current methods
The Health Octo Tool is comprised of eight components designed to assess multidimensional health. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58819-x...
Neuralink brain implant allows ALS patient to communicate
Elon Musk's startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface into a man named Brad Smith, who has ALS and...
Study finds hospital-onset antimicrobial resistant infections increased during COVID-19 pandemic
Hospital-onset antimicrobial-resistant infections increased across U.S. hospitals during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April...
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