Health
More than 3,500 people have been infected with the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it the world’s second-largest outbreak on record as officials warn the epidemic is spreading faster than ever before. Confirmed cases have reached 3,532, according to a statement released by the DRC Ministry of Communication and Media … Read more
According to researchers at UC Davis Health, microbial metabolite 10-hydroxystearic acid (10-HSA) rapidly repairs gut epithelial barrier structure and function in primate models, addressing persistent inflammation that survives standard antiretroviral therapy for HIV. Worldwide, an estimated 40.9 million people lived with HIV in 2025, alongside approximately 1.2 million new infections and 570,000 AIDS-related deaths, according … Read more
Natural language processing models that analyze the exact words children use when talking about stressful events prove better at predicting future mental health problems than a panel of human experts, according to a study published in Nature Mental Health. Researchers at Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences found that evaluating recorded interviews of more than … Read more
High Plains Mental Health Center has provided behavioral health care across northwest and north central Kansas since 1964, maintaining long-term stability through just four executive directors while recently resolving a legal matter without liability or wrongdoing, according to organizational records. Six Decades of Leadership Continuity in Kansas Behavioral Health Since its founding in 1964, High … Read more
NASA exploration geologists and Artemis science officers Trevor Graff and Angela Garcia recently completed a lunar training development run inside the 40-foot-deep (12-meter) pool at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, according to an agency statement. The session marked the first time two geologists suited up simultaneously in Artemis moonsuits at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory … Read more
Recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions across breast, lung, bladder, and blood cancers highlight an accelerated regulatory environment, featuring four approvals in a single two-week window and rapid reviews for pancreatic applications, according to federal regulatory records. Regulatory Velocity and Mid-Summer Approvals The dense schedule of regulatory reviews demonstrates how shifting submission types … Read more
Tracking specific shifts in anti-dsDNA antibodies and C3 complement levels significantly improves the prediction of lupus flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who maintain minimal symptoms, according to research published in Rheumatology by David Alan Isenberg, MBBS, of University College London and his colleagues. Understanding Serologically Active, Clinically Quiescent Lupus A substantial minority of … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Trump administration immigration crackdown that threatens to strip temporary protected status from hundreds of thousands of foreign-born workers, leaving eldercare facilities and vulnerable clients scrambling. According to the Associated Press, the high court sided with the administration regarding temporary protected status, a decision impacting 350,000 … Read more
Debug has applied to the US Environmental Protection Agency to release up to 64 million sterile, bacteria-carrying male mosquitoes across Florida and California over a two-year period, according to a notice published in the federal register. The initiative aims to suppress populations of invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which transmit dangerous viruses including yellow fever, Zika, … Read more
Researchers have developed Fullscope-seq, a spatial transcriptomics method combining Stereo-seq with long-read sequencing to map full-length RNA transcripts and alternative splicing patterns at single-cell resolution within intact macaque brain tissue, according to a study published in Nature Methods. How Fullscope-seq Works in Macaque Brain Tissue Traditional spatial transcriptomics approaches measure where genes are active, but … Read more