John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur during Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s speech at the BAFTA film awards in London on Feb. 22, 2026. The moment went viral,…
Category: 5. Health
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What Makary’s Plan For Expanding OTC Drug Access Could Mean For Safety
There are political and safety considerations as the FDA looks to make more drugs OTC. Also, antibiotic resistance is a huge problem where those meds are OTC.
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An African monkey ate a rope squirrel and came down with mpox
A monkey making a meal of a squirrel may have sparked an outbreak.
In early 2023, mpox broke out among a group of a few dozen sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) living in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park. Roughly one-third…
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Alzheimer’s may begin with a silent drop in brain blood flow
Small shifts in how blood moves through the brain and how brain cells receive oxygen may be closely connected to the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. That is the conclusion of new research from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics…
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Patients Are Using AI For Medical Advice. Here’s How To Do It Safely.
Five practical guardrails to get accurate, private and actionable health answers from AI chatbots — what to ask, what to avoid.
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Hope And Hurdles For Sickle Cell Gene Therapy
CRISPR gene therapy Casgevy can nearly eliminate sickle cell crises, but difficult stem‑cell collection is delaying access and exposing fragile gene‑therapy infrastructure.
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Medical AI Is Already In Hospitals. Who Is Watching Its Safety?
The FDA’s oversight was built for devices that rarely change. Clinical AI evolves over time, raising new questions about who is responsible for ensuring its safety.
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A lab on wheels is tracking HIV spread in war-torn Ukraine
The invasion of Ukraine has stymied healthcare services, allowing diseases such as HIV to spread unchecked. The rate of contagion has been difficult to gauge. But now, using a van equipped with portable research gear, virologist Ganna…
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Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health
More than 128,000 Floridians are living with HIV. The state has the second-highest rate of new HIV diagnoses after Georgia, with approximately 4,500 new diagnoses in 2023, the most recent year for which data is available.
But access to…
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Does Living Near A Nuclear Plant Increase Deaths From Cancer?
A new study from Harvard University finds that people who live closer to nuclear power plants have a higher risk of dying from cancer than those further away.
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