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By Lucas Thomae, Carolina Public Press July 8, 2026 The federal government and chemical manufacturer Chemours have struck a deal that promises the company to pay up to $450 million in damages for decades of PFAS contamination at its facilities in three states, including North Carolina. But the vague details and little restraint on the agreement have some wondering whether federal authorities fired Mr. Chemours too easily. Despite the headline numbers, North Carolina officials accused the dealmakers of not engaging the state in negotiations or securing additional funding for the state, which has already spent millions of dollars fighting pollution…

Mild coronavirus infections can cause severe and long-term eye problems, according to research from Linköping University in Sweden. The study also explains why patients have difficulty getting help. This is because abnormal eye movements cannot be detected using standard methods. Researchers have developed a diagnostic model to detect eye problems associated with the new coronavirus. “I think it’s very important that this problem is recognized and that we can show that it can be measured by objective tests, which are not available to patients today. We studied people in Sweden, but we believe that many people around the world experience…

Roon, a social network exclusively for doctors, is working with the American Heart Association to integrate its medical research into its platform, bridging published medical literature with real-time peer-to-peer discussions. Roon was officially launched in late April as an AI-native social platform for physicians to connect, discuss, and share clinical knowledge. The startup, founded by neurosurgeon Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna and Pinterest executives Vikram Bhaskaran and Arun Ranganathan, describes itself as a knowledge network specifically for doctors and a “digital doctor’s lounge” that creates a space for doctors to share collective knowledge. Founded in 1924, the American Heart Association has grown…

Research recently published in journals nature We provide evidence that individual brain cells in the human cortex function as specialized building blocks for constructing the complex structure of spoken language. By recording electrical activity directly from the brains of people engaged in natural conversation, researchers discovered that specific groups of neurons are dedicated to processing different parts of speech, sentence structure, and meaning. These findings suggest a detailed cellular map of how we produce speech, providing insights that may ultimately help develop advanced techniques to restore communication in individuals with language disorders. Language is a distinctly human ability that allows…

The National Basketball Players Association has named Teladoc Health as the organization’s preferred virtual primary care provider in a new multi-year agreement. Through this partnership, current and retired National Basketball Association (NBA) players and their families will have priority access to Teladoc’s virtual care services, including 24/7 urgent care, primary care, mental health, nutrition, dermatology, specialty medical services and physical exams. Dr. Ethan Burke, Teladoc Health’s chief medical officer and senior vice president of integrated care, told Fierce Healthcare in a statement that the partnership is “aimed at providing an integrated care experience that follows athletes and their families wherever…

Creatine is widely known as a supplement used by athletes and bodybuilders to improve strength and performance. Now, new UCLA research suggests it may have another surprising role: helping the immune system mount a powerful attack against cancer. This study isciencefound that creatine increases the activity of dendritic cells, specialized immune cells that detect tumors and activate killer T cells responsible for destroying cancer. The finding, based on experiments in mouse and human cells, builds on previous work from the same lab that showed creatine also strengthens the function of cancer-fighting T cells. Creatine may enhance cancer immunotherapy Many of…

Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning from shriveled Independence Day leftovers. On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in Philadelphia’s Independence Square. The article was subsequently published in newspapers throughout the colony, but it did not always make it to the front page (!). you Get CGM, you Get CGM For the first time in the United States, children ages 2 and older can receive continuous blood sugar monitoring without a doctor’s prescription. That’s a good…

Bio-Techne Corporation, a global provider of life science tools, reagents, and diagnostic products, today announced the launch of new additions to its R&D Systems™ AI Engineered Designer Protein portfolio designed to improve reproducibility and performance across advanced cell culture and cell therapy development workflows. The R&D Systems AI-Engineered Designer Protein platform enables the design and creation of new protein-based solutions, helping researchers overcome current variability and scalability challenges in advanced cell culture by improving the stability and activity of critical reagents. By improving protein performance properties such as thermal stability, activity, and solubility, Bio-Techne helps researchers achieve consistent results and…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has denied a legal petition to place limits on the toxic Pfas “permanent chemical” in food, another setback to public health advocacy groups’ efforts to limit exposure to the dangerous compound.Despite advances in science and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finding that food is the largest source of Pfas exposure, the agency refuses to set limits. Tests have shown that the levels of Pfas in one serving of some contaminated foods are equivalent to drinking multiple glasses of contaminated water.Although regulators are focused on controlling PFAS in water, the chemicals are widely used throughout…

Consuming two to three cups of coffee each day is associated with a lower risk of developing mood and stress disorders. As intake increases, the protective pattern disappears, and people who drink five or more drinks daily have higher rates of these mental health conditions. This large-scale study was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. These illnesses affect mental health, cognitive performance, and overall quality of life. Epidemiological analyzes show that mental disorders account for a significant amount of…