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LANCASTER, Pa. — They saved Petunia first. She was the second cow. Her brother Louie had died within hours of his birth. But over two harrowing, sleepless nights, the three researchers kept Petunia alive to wheel her from the barn to the veterinary…
At the annual European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, a new report brought forward yet another monumental moment in cancer science: A Phase 3 study showed that the “cancer vaccine” intismeran autogene reduced the risk of recurrence or death…
In the winter of 2022, two parents carried their sick, coughing baby boy into an emergency room deep in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The small rural hospital had no pediatric specialists, no pediatric nurses, and no children’s intensive…
Nature Medicine, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04728-5 In ALS, persistent T cell responses relate to disease outcome differently in blood than in cerebrospinal fluid, with both intrathecal antigen presentation and…
Nature Medicine, Published online: 27 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04718-7 This Review examines the cellular, organ-level and whole-body differences between metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obesity, as well as variations in…
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Bon Secours Mercy Health could soon become one of the country’s biggest ambulatory surgery center operators, a move that’s likely to boost the Catholic health system’s profitability and leverage over health insurers. The nonprofit system announced…
The Trump administration on Monday removed 14 security, privacy and transparency requirements for vendors of electronic health records, with the goal of streamlining government regulations and supporting the development of new technologies. A…
A House lawmaker is investigating whether the three largest pharmacy benefit managers targeted independent pharmacies with audits in retaliation for supporting a bill that would require the companies to adjust payments to the retailers. James Comer…
MADRID — In the past week, a GSK cancer drug picked up an approval for another tumor type, the company unveiled the first data from a global study of a promising next-generation chemotherapy, and a medicine that the firm has licensed got the…
MADRID — A type of targeted chemotherapy developed by Merck and China’s Kelun-Biotech cut by one-third the risk of death in patients with advanced endometrial cancer, a common gynecological cancer, according to randomized Phase 3 study results…
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MADRID — A targeted drug from Incyte, when used in combination with chemotherapy, induced lasting tumor responses in certain patients with pancreatic cancer — results, the biotech said, that support its prior decision to advance the treatment into…
Soundtrack at present: Iggy Pop, The Idiot. Moderna CEO sees vaccine possibility beyond melanoma Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel is looking well beyond melanoma after the company’s personalized cancer vaccine, intismeran, succeeded in a pivotal Phase 3…
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Regular exercise does more than strengthen the heart. New research reveals that it actually reshapes the nerves controlling how the heart functions, and the changes are surprisingly different on the left and right sides of the body.
A powerful new AI system could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer years before it becomes visible on conventional scans. The technology, called REDMOD, identified hidden warning signs an average of 475 days before diagnosis and was nearly twice…
Women’s hearts are different from men’s. Research from clinical trials that have required female participants only since 1993 have repeatedly drummed home that message, from varying chromosomes in heart muscle cells to different heart attack…
OpenAI recently announced that it is tracking signs of user distress across sessions, rather than only within them, and using that information to inform model responses. The announcement follows a wave of new safeguards for mental health and…
The 43-year-old woman sitting across from me in my exam room is exasperated. “I just don’t feel like I have the energy or stamina I used to,” she tells me. “I could run 5 miles a day no problem when I was 23.” Today we are reviewing her labs, all…
WASHINGTON — Earlier this month at a private event, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top federal health officials announced a new National Institutes of Health center that would focus on patients with vaccine injuries, drawing fresh scientific…
MADRID — Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel had every reason to be smiling and happy on a brilliantly sunny, Saturday afternoon here in Spain’s capital. In a couple of hours, a decade of the company’s research — boosted by a partnership with Merck — was…
A simple liquid painted onto teeth in seconds can stop cavities without drilling, injections, or anesthesia, according to a major clinical trial involving young children. The inexpensive treatment could spare thousands of children painful dental…
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