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Sabiavirus causes acute hemorrhagic neurological syndrome. Four deaths have been recorded in São Paulo state since 1990. This virus has been circulating in Brazil for about 142 years. Genome analysis of two cases recorded in 2019 and 2020 shows that the virus undergoes genetic changes over time, explaining why existing tests were not able to identify the virus. These results are part of a study published in the journal Tropical diseases ignored by PLOS. The study was supported by FAPESP and carried out by researchers from the Brazil-UK Collaborative Center for Arbovirus Discovery, Diagnosis, Genomics and Epidemiology (CADDE), a research…

More than 1 in 10 children with complex medical conditions experience an incident reported by home health agency staff, according to a recently published multi-state study. JAMA network open. Half of the reported incidents involved safety and a quarter involved harm to children. Children with complex medical conditions often require complex home care plans, such as gastrostomy tubes or invasive mechanical ventilation, but we don’t really know how often medical safety issues occur in the home, making it difficult to track and improve this type of care. Our research is a first step in tracking the incidence of safety…

Although the majority of students sought and received therapy or counseling within the past 12 months, fewer than 40 percent received the recommended combination of treatment/counseling and antipsychotic medication, suggesting potential barriers to accessing this medication. Although the overall prevalence of mental illness in the United States is low, affecting 3% of the population, it is a serious public health concern because people often delay seeking treatment for an average of 74 weeks after symptoms appear. Because psychosis tends to occur in early adulthood, it is important to understand why youth who experience psychosis do or do not seek mental…

SAN FRANCISCO — When Tippi McKenzie was a postdoctoral researcher in the early 2000s, she and her lab colleagues conducted experiments using then-new gene replacement therapy techniques to treat genetic diseases before mice were born. It worked for me over and over again. They cured mice with hemophilia and mice with tyrosinemia. And people kept telling her that gene therapy for human fetuses was just around the corner, and would happen in just five years. Twenty-five years later, such a reality has yet to materialize. But after promising talks with the Food and Drug Administration, McKenzie is now closer than…

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the U.S. Surgeon General’s recommendations urging families, schools and health care providers to reduce screen time for children, according to a draft report reviewed by STAT. The report, filed by the Surgeon General’s Office despite no Senate-confirmed nominees, calls for parents, schools and all levels of government to work together to transition the use of devices with screens, saying some patterns of use “have the potential to cause real harm to children.” The report provides a long list of requests for action from policymakers, industry and parents, but stops short…

At first he thought it was smoke. Jackie Onschless was driving on a busy New Mexico highway between her home in Loving and nearby Carlsbad last Tuesday evening when she noticed something strange about the smoke. As he got closer, he discovered that the 70-foot plume was actually a roaring geyser of toxic oil field wastewater (commonly referred to as produced water) spewing out of pipes at a site operated by NGL Energy Partners. Onsrez, who was most recently running for lieutenant governor, said he called NGL, 911, the New Mexico Department of Environmental Protection and others. He was on…

Recent research published in journals sexual and relationship therapy Studies suggest that orgasms, especially those achieved through masturbation using sex toys, can help alleviate the physical and emotional symptoms of menopause. This study provides evidence that sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and psychological well-being all play interacting roles in how people experience this biological change. The findings suggest that people in non-monogamous relationships or dating younger partners tend to experience less menopause overall. The authors of the new study wanted to better understand how relationship style and sexual behavior influence the often difficult symptoms of menopause and menopause. Perimenopause is the…

The story of type 1 diabetes begins in the pancreas, long seen as a battleground between insulin-producing beta cells and misguided immune defenders. Scientists have been searching for ways to detect this internal conflict early to prevent a lifelong disease that depletes the body’s insulin supplies. Two new papers published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine provide new clues about what happens in these beta cells before type 1 diabetes develops. Experiments in human cells and mouse models used biosensors and genetic analysis to uncover this pathway and detect possible ways to halt beta cell destruction. In the first study, a…

In a groundbreaking study published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on May 19, 2026, researchers shed light on a topic of increasing public interest and controversy: the health effects of living near wind turbines. Contrary to the narratives circulating in some media and public discourse that wind turbines are the cause of serious health problems, a collaborative study involving the University of Pittsburgh, Columbia University, and Augsburg University provides rigorously analyzed empirical evidence that refutes these claims. Wind energy is emerging globally as a pivotal element in the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to support strong action to limit climate change, despite recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to reverse the measure. The 193-member world body has approved a non-binding resolution supporting: groundbreaking advisory opinion Last July, the United Nations Supreme Court ruled that countries’ failure to protect the planet from climate change was a violation of international law. “The world’s highest court has decided. Today, the General Assembly has responded,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement. “This is a powerful affirmation of international law, climate justice, science,…