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Over the past several decades, Americans have become increasingly divided on political issues, but this trend does not appear to be occurring on a global scale. Recent papers published in Royal Society Open Science introduces a new way to measure these divisions using machine learning. The results reveal that polarization in the United States sharply spiked between 2008 and 2020, providing a new perspective on how political disagreements shape globally. Political polarization generally refers to the division of society into two distinct and opposing groups. Researchers often try to measure this by looking at disagreements among people who support major…

Germany’s Merck KGaA, which achieved solid sales growth in a difficult 2025, could find itself in an even tougher year. The company believes this is partly due to the anticipated onslaught of U.S. generic drugs to multiple sclerosis blockbuster Mavenclad. Mavenclad, which was approved by the FDA in 2019, achieved its third consecutive year of blockbuster sales in 2025, growing nearly 17% year over year to €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) worldwide, Merck KGaA reported Thursday. Particularly in North America, the drug generated sales of 635 million euros ($735 million) last year, Merck said in a detailed earnings report (PDF) published…

Galderma significantly raised its annual peak sales forecast for Nemulvio (nemolizumab) to more than $4 billion, double the previous estimate of more than $2 billion. The update follows what CEO Fleming Ornskov described as an “outstanding launch trajectory” for the inflammatory skin disease treatment in its first full year on the market. Nemulvio recorded sales of $452 million in 2025, driven by strong adoption in existing indications of atopic dermatitis and prurigo nodularis (PN). Growth accelerated sharply in the second half of the year, with the period contributing $321 million to the total. This is due to real-world experience with…

Leo Pharma has decided to launch the JAK inhibitor cream Anzupgo. The Danish pharmaceutical company, whose growth plans are based on recently approved medicines, is running a direct-to-consumer (DTC) campaign that includes advertising on streaming services. The FDA approved Anzupgo for moderate-to-severe chronic hand eczema (CHE) in July, making the drug the first product approved for a skin condition in adults in the United States. After winning approval, Leo increased its U.S. sales force by more than 50% and is on track to support a September launch. The company has identified Anzupgo as a driver for its targeted 8% to…

Recent research published in journals Mindfulness This research suggests that how people treat themselves during difficult times is related to their views on social equality. This study provides evidence that empathy acts as a bridge between self-compassion and a reduced desire to dominate other social groups. These findings raise the possibility that cultivating a kinder relationship with oneself may ultimately promote broader social harmony. Self-compassion involves treating yourself with kindness and understanding rather than harsh judgment. Previous research has shown that self-compassion is beneficial for an individual’s mental health, but its impact on broader social attitudes remains somewhat mysterious. Scientists…

Published October 3, 2026 – 8:00 GMT+1 Futuristic technology, including heavy-lift robots, is being deployed to help clean up Europe’s trash-filled seas as part of an EU-funded trial. advertisement advertisement The scientists and companies behind SeaClear2.0 and its predecessor, SeaClear, have developed a fleet of drones that can uniquely identify debris on the ocean floor. Powered by AI and supervised by humans, robots can also find everyday items such as bottles, tires, and other debris, and distinguish trash from rocks, plants, and marine life. The initiative is part of the bloc’s mission to ‘take back our oceans and waters’, which…

Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. good morning. There has been a lot of disconcerting news about AI in the journalism world lately. So this is a reminder that all of STAT’s journalism, including this newsletter, is reported and written by humans. (Contains my spelling mistakes, of course. Murakami, of course!) New mystery surrounding Epstein’s involvement in Harvard genetics research Sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019. That’s why it’s so strange that on January 31, 2026, someone appears to have altered the Personal Genome Project public…

People with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder die on average 10 to 20 years earlier than the general population. The main causes of this are cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, which are induced or exacerbated by lack of exercise. Now, an international team of scientists led by MedUni Vienna is calling for physical activity to be recognized as an integral part of psychiatric treatment, and also outlines concrete steps to successfully integrate it into practice. The review was published in a famous magazine JAMA Psychiatry. This scientific publication, led by Brendon Stubbs (Center for Clinical Neuroscience and…

CVS Health is partnering with Google Cloud to launch Health 100, a new health technology division tasked with building a unified health engagement platform for consumers. The platform relies on agent-based artificial intelligence to deliver an omnichannel experience, with technical support from Google’s enterprise software, Cloud APIs, and Gemini AI tool suite. In its announcement, CVS said its goal is to create an “always-on personal healthcare partner.” Health 100 provides users with critical data and support to eliminate the “homework” required to maintain health care, including price transparency and improved access to benefits data to make it easier to track…

Texas already leads the nation in electricity generation from natural gas, coal and wind, and has surpassed California for the top spot in utility-scale solar power generation. Texas generated 58,634 gigawatt hours of utility-scale solar power, enough to surpass California’s 53,713 gigawatt-hours, according to 2025 data released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. However, California can continue to assert its leading edge in small-scale solar power, which the EIA defines as projects with a capacity of less than 1 megawatt. And when you look at total business size and small-scale solar generation, California still leads the way. I…