New York City is seeing an early, rapid spike of flu cases. This may not bode well for the season ahead.
Category: 5. Health
-
Start Spreading The News: The Flu Loves New York
-
New $ 1.9 Billion Pledge For Global Polio Eradication Initiative
A new $1.9 billion pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was just announced at the “Investing in Humanity: Uniting to End Polio” event in Abu Dhabi.
Continue Reading
-
Young adults are using cannabis to sleep at alarming rates
New data from the University of Michigan’s annual Monitoring the Future Panel Study shows that using substances to help with sleep is common among young adults. The study, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, found that 22% of…
Continue Reading
-
AI detects cancer but it’s also reading who you are
- A new study shows that artificial intelligence systems used to diagnose cancer from pathology slides do not perform equally for all patients, with accuracy varying across different demographic groups.
- Researchers pinpointed three key…
Continue Reading
-
This tiny protein helps control how hungry you feel
New research suggests that a protein the body relies on to manage appetite and energy levels cannot function on its own. Instead, it depends on a partner protein to work properly. This discovery could help scientists better understand how genetic…
Continue Reading
-
Certain Plant-Based Diets Raise Heart Disease Risk
New research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe suggests that certain types of plant-based diets, particularly plant-based diets that rely heavily on ultra-processed foods, may increase the risk…
Continue Reading
-
Why Maintaining A Healthy Weight Isn’t The Same For Everyone
Obesity is not a single disease. New research shows distinct biological phenotypes that explain why weight gain and treatment response vary so widely.
Concept of human genomics research.
getty
If weight regulation were simple and governed by a small…
Continue Reading
-
The Healthcare Industry Outlook For 2026
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the year ahead in healthcare, French healthtech Doctolib’s potential large secondary, Alice Schwartz’s legacy at Bio-Rad, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
The healthcare…
Continue Reading
-
Polar plunges aren’t just for the daring
On January 1, some hardy souls will greet the new year not by nursing a champagne hangover in bed, but by plunging into frigid water. In New York City, thousands of people participate in a seaside “polar plunge” held annually since…
Continue Reading
-
Unpaid caregiving work can feel small and personal, but that doesn’t take away its ethical value
As child care costs outpace wages, more families are facing difficult decisions about whether to scale back work in order to care for loved ones. Caregiving remains the top reason women ages 25-54 leave the workforce.
And it’s not just…
Continue Reading