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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump underwent a medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he sought to allay concerns about his age and fitness. The 79-year-old president visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House is calling an annual preventive medical and dental checkup. The medical exam, the fourth to be made public since Trump returned to office for a second term, comes as the president seeks to project strength ahead of midterm elections that will test his influence with voters. For decades, the government has released selected results from presidential…
Recent research published in Archives of sexual behavior This provides evidence that the content of a person’s sexual fantasies tends to change depending on whether they are alone or with a partner. Scientists have found that fantasies during sex with a partner often focus on an emotional connection, whereas fantasies during solo masturbation tend to focus on overt arousal or people outside the relationship. These findings suggest that sexual imagination is influenced not only by a person’s internal desires but also by their immediate environment. People often think of sexual fantasies as private, solitary experiences. However, many studies have shown…
More than three years after Gilead Sciences’ hepatitis D drug brevirtide was rejected by the FDA over manufacturing and delivery concerns, the treatment has been given the go-ahead in the United States. Just before Memorial Day weekend, the FDA approved Gilead’s Hepcrudex as the first treatment for chronic hepatitis D virus infection in the United States, granting early approval of the entry inhibitor for adults without cirrhosis or compensated cirrhosis, a complication of long-term hepatitis that causes progressive scarring of organs. The FDA approved the therapy based on data from Gilead’s late-stage MYR301 trial, the company explained in a release,…
Asia’s towering mountain ranges are some of the least explored places on earth when it comes to wildlife. Now, an international team of scientists has discovered that one of the region’s most mysterious venomous snakes is not a single species after all. Instead, the Himalayan pit viper group is made up of five different species, including three previously unknown to science. The findings were published in an open access journal Zookie. Researchers reexamined the snake using a combination of modern genetic analysis, skeletal studies, physical characteristics, and ecological observations. Their research revealed that the Himalayan viper, first described in 1864…
Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. good morning. Here’s the news you need to know after a long weekend. Ebola outbreak continues to worsen As of yesterday, there were 101 confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a post that the actual number of cases is likely much higher, with more than 900 suspected cases. Ten people have been confirmed dead and 220 more are suspected. “This outbreak will be difficult to contain,” STAT’s Helen…
World premieres and numerous exhibitions are scheduled to attract international industry audiences. Image credit: LB Bohle Machines and Processes GmbH • Machinery manufacturer LB Bohle is showcasing its extensive product portfolio with eight processing machines at the leading trade fair Interpack. Despite disruptions in some regions, global demand from the pharmaceutical industry remains stable. • Strong order backlog: Production capacity will be fully utilized until the end of 2026. 514 square meters of exhibition space, 8 machines, world premiere: Pharmaceutical machinery manufacturer LB Bohle Maschinen und Verfahren GmbH from Ennigerloh exhibited its products at Interpack, a major global trade fair,…
Recent population health trends reveal critical risks to global progress. The World Health Statistics 2026 report shows improvements like reduced HIV infections alongside setbacks such as rising malaria and stalled UHC coverage.
A largely overlooked space between cells in women’s brains may hold the key to understanding memory loss associated with postmenopausal estrogen decline, reports a new preclinical study from Northwestern Medicine. Nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are women, but it is still not fully understood why women are more vulnerable. Scientists have long theorized that the loss of estrogen after menopause may reduce the brain’s natural protections against memory loss and neurodegeneration. In the new study, scientists examined young and old male and female mice with and without loss of brain estrogen and were able to pinpoint effects…
This innovation could transform the way scientists monitor toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in homes, workplaces and public spaces, introducing a faster and safer way to identify airborne contamination within seconds rather than days or weeks. This breakthrough technology focuses on a technique known as superoxide chemical ionization mass spectrometry (O2-CIMS). Unlike traditional PFAS monitoring systems that rely on hazardous chemicals and lengthy laboratory analyses, the new approach allows researchers to sensitively measure PFAS in air while using safer reagents that are easier to deploy outside of laboratory environments. This discovery could significantly improve our understanding of how airborne PFAS spread into…
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously monitor a fetus for hours at a time. It allows for consistent monitoring even when the fetus and umbilical cord are constantly moving during pregnancy. This technology could help doctors detect complications in high-risk pregnancies early. In one case during clinical trials, researchers say the patch detected prolonged abnormal fetal signals, prompting medical intervention with an early Caesarean section, which may have saved the baby’s life. This technology also has the potential to expand access to prenatal care in low-resource settings, where…