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An expedition cruise has become the epicenter of a rare Andean virus outbreak, prompting international contact tracing, isolation, testing and genomic analysis to contain the deadly pathogen, which is known to occasionally be transmitted from person to person. Rapid communication: Andean virus outbreak linked to expedition cruise ship travel, multilateral investigation and response, April-June 2026. Image credit: HD-Warrior80 / Shutterstock Recent reports published in magazines euro monitoring It highlights the outbreak of the Andean virus on board the Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship MV Hondius. As of June 18, the virus has infected 13 passengers and crew, three of whom have…
Minimally invasive surgery for chronic knee pain is allowing some patients to obtain significant relief without undergoing major surgery. For Cynthia Schlaff-Fletcher, 74, the outcome was “remarkably” successful. About a year after undergoing knee embolization (GAE) on her right knee, Schlaf-Fletcher says the improvement is comparable to the total knee replacement she had previously had on her left knee. “I couldn’t be happier,” said Schlaf Fletcher, MD, who underwent the surgery by Lee Casadavan, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine. Now, with the pain reduced, she says she enjoys daily activities…
If the draft report submitted to the state last week by the Coastal Resources Board’s science committee was a master class in explaining beach erosion processes along the state’s 320 miles of Atlantic coastline, some state lawmakers may have been hoping they could skip the lesson. Just days before lawmakers rushed to introduce a bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee that would lift a 40-year ban on hardened structures along beaches, Science Committee Chair Dr. Laura Moore, a professor in the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented the committee…
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”,3696.HK), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, and SK Biopharmaceuticals, a South Korean company leading biotechnology innovation in the research, development and commercialization of breakthrough medicines around the world, announced a research and development partnership to discover innovative AI-powered drug candidates in the neuroimmune field of the central nervous system at the BIO 2026 international conference. (CNS). Neuroimmune diseases, including neuroinflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and rare neurological diseases, remain among the most challenging therapeutic areas in modern medicine, with unmet patient needs and historically low clinical success rates. Under the agreement, Insilico will leverage its…
Cancer is often thought of as a disease of aging. Older people are at higher risk because cell damage that can lead to tumor formation has had more time to accumulate. But with cancer rates rising among young adults, and each generation facing a higher risk than the previous one, researchers wonder if cell damage is accumulating faster in recent generations, accelerating the body’s biological aging. A new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides evidence that younger generations are actually aging biologically faster than older generations. The cause is still being investigated…
New paper published in Frontiers of nutrition We argue that current public health recommendations regarding exercise and protein intake are primarily aimed at preventing deficiency diseases and do not help people achieve the best possible long-term health, independence, and quality of life. This paper addresses some fundamental questions: How much protein do people really need? What types of exercise have the greatest benefits? What does the latest research show? Author Dr Chris MacDonald, Lucy Cavendish Fellow at the University of Cambridge and director of the Better Protein Institute, says there is growing evidence to suggest that people may benefit from…
The president appears to have had a harder time cleaning the Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool than he did cleaning up the sewage-tainted Tijuana River, even though he hired the same contractor to do both. The New York Times revealed over the weekend that Green Water Services was awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract to install a water purification system at a pool on the National Mall earlier this spring. But now the research has come under scrutiny after algae blooms turned the pools a bright shade of green. Meanwhile, Green Water executives maintain that the Tijuana River treatment has been…
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that is banned in the EU for use in baby bottles and thermal paper receipts. In the future, it will also be banned from food packaging. From July 2026, food wrappers and containers made with BPA or other bisphenols will no longer be sold in the EU. Bisphenol A is a chemical used in the production of polycarbonate and epoxy resins, which are hard, transparent plastics. Such resins are found, for example, in the internal coatings of food or beverage cans. Designed to prevent metal from rusting and leaching into food. BPA is…
People who exhibit psychopathic traits have significant deficits in their ability to empathize, but these deficits vary widely depending on a person’s specific personality profile. A new study reveals that highly insensitive people have a hard time feeling the emotions of others, while highly antisocial people primarily have a hard time understanding other people’s points of view. The study was recently published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. To understand these nuances, it is helpful to first analyze the concept of psychopathy. In popular culture, psychopathy is often portrayed as a single extreme condition. In fact, psychology considers psychopathic…
Online portal messages sent to healthcare providers more than doubled between 2020 and 2025 as patients gained direct access to their doctors. But rather than replacing face-to-face care, digital medicine is increasing the burden on clinicians without a corresponding reduction in visits, a new study finds. At least 12% of Americans now communicate with their health care providers about appointments, test results, and ongoing treatment through secure online patient portals or health apps, according to a study led by researchers at New York University Langone Health and published online today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Online…