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A new study from Johns Hopkins University found that people who follow “new right” media are more than twice as likely to be hesitant about getting vaccinated than those who don’t engage with those media at all. In 2025, when measles cases hit an all-time high in the United States, researchers surveyed nearly 3,000 adults and asked participants about their sources of news and health information and how they felt about the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. The findings revealed how certain media habits are strongly associated with attitudes toward vaccines. The research found the following: People who regularly engaged with…

Background and purpose Insulin resistance is a common extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection (HCVi), but its mechanisms are poorly understood. Although systemic insulin resistance has been documented, portal venous insulin dynamics, a key regulator of hepatic metabolism, remain unexplored. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between insulin, the gut-liver axis, and immunometabolic changes in HCV patients. method HCV patients were evaluated before (HCVi; n = 29) and after (SVR, n = 23) sustained viral response (SVR) achieved with sofosbuvir/velpatasvir treatment (NCT02400216). Liver biopsy, portal blood, and peripheral blood were collected at both stages. To elucidate the…

Rocket Pharmaceuticals sold its FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) in a $180 million sale reflecting high market demand for expedited FDA review. Rocket received a voucher in late March for early approval of Cressradi, a hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy approved to treat certain children with severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-1 (LAD-1). The sale, which transfers PRV to an unknown buyer, extends the company’s financing runway through the second quarter of 2028, CEO Gaurav Shah, MD, said in a press release on Tuesday. Specifically, Rocket plans to use the proceeds to support advancements in its cardiovascular gene therapy…

The Associated Press Stylebook, the basic journalism guide for how news organizations report and write stories, made a splash last week by declaring that “healthcare” should be written as one word instead of two. The changes, announced at the annual conference ACES: The Society for Editing, were prompted by changes in usage and longstanding calls for change. STAT closely follows AP’s style and has used “healthcare” since its founding in 2015. We now have to decide whether to adopt this new guideline, but newsrooms are divided. We want to hear from our readers, especially those in the healthcare industry, about…

A recent study that mapped the personality traits of thousands of twins and their families suggests that narcissistic behavior patterns are passed down from parent to child entirely through genetic inheritance, rather than through parenting methods. The study, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, shows that an individual’s life experiences outside the home during childhood shape the remaining variations in this trait. These results have led to a major change in the way psychologists think about the origins of narcissism. Narcissism is a personality trait defined by a sense of grandiosity, feelings of entitlement, and a strong urge to…

Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS) Health has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TruBridge to expand access to medical technology to local and regional hospitals. IKS Health, a U.S. subsidiary of IKS Limited, plans to acquire TruBridge for approximately $557 million in a transaction that will initially be financed by approximately $600 million in loans over the next five years, according to an IKS SEBI disclosure presentation (PDF). Financing was secured through Citibank, JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank. The agreement integrates IKS Health’s care enablement capabilities with TruBridge’s revenue cycle management and electronic health record (EHR) solutions for rural and…

WASHINGTON — David Morens, a former top official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was indicted Tuesday on charges of concealing records from a Freedom of Information Act request. Trump administration officials said in court documents that Morens concealed and falsified records to undermine arguments about the origins of the virus that caused the coronavirus pandemic, in exchange for kickbacks such as wine and future meals at high-end restaurants. Morens was a senior adviser to former NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, who is not directly named in the indictment. “As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Morens and his…

One of the crucial breakthroughs that distinguished quantum physics from classical physics was the realization that matter behaves quite differently on very small scales. Among the most important discoveries was wave-particle duality, the idea that particles can also behave like waves. This concept became popular through double-slit experiments. When electrons were fired through two narrow apertures, they produced a pattern of alternating light and dark bands on the detector. This pattern revealed that each electron behaves like a wave, with its quantum wavefunction passing through both slits simultaneously and interfering with the electron itself. Scientists later confirmed this effect in…

MIT researchers have identified an unexpected effect in photophysics that could lead to a faster and more detailed way to image living tissue. Under certain conditions, a laser signal that normally appears scattered and chaotic can reorganize into a narrow, highly focused “pencil beam.” Using this self-forming beam, the research team generated 3D images of the human blood-brain barrier approximately 25 times faster than current gold standard methods while maintaining similar image quality. This method also allows for real-time observation of drug uptake by individual cells. This could help scientists assess whether treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease and…

New research published in journal psychological science The association between eating meat and experiencing depression was very weak, suggesting that there is likely no causal relationship. After analyzing data from tens of thousands of people over several years, scientists found that avoiding meat does not appear to be a significant risk factor for developing depression. This provides evidence that people who choose a vegetarian or vegan diet do not need to worry that their dietary choices will directly cause poor mental health. In recent years, there has been increased public interest in the potential impact of plant-based diets on mental…