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Smoke from wildfires burning much of the Northern Hemisphere as the planet warms attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people each year. medical research show.The virus immediately attacks the body, with ambulance calls increasing and asthma cases surging within hours, and emergency rooms filling up within a day or so with people suffering from heart attacks and other cardiovascular and pulmonary problems, as well as mental health issues, doctors and scientists told The Associated Press.Smoke also harms pregnant women, putting them at increased risk of premature birth, low birth weight babies and lifelong…

RICHMOND, Va. — Before the Virginia General Assembly opened in January, 53-year-old William Ward attended a Virginia Conservation League constituency meeting in Petersburg to learn how the state’s data center industry is straining the power grid, harming the environment and driving up electricity bills. He also learned about the $1.9 billion in sales and use taxes the state waived for data centers in 2025. “It’s impacting the public,” Ward said. “We have to pay, they don’t have to pay. We understand we need data centers, but why is it here? They have to pay their fair share.” What began in…

A direct comparison of two commonly prescribed ADHD stimulants showed similar symptom responses but differences in 12-month weight outcomes. Study: A randomized, open-label comparison of desamphetamine and methylphenidate in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Effects on symptom response, adherence, and weight over 12 months. Image credit: Jack_the_sparrow/Shutterstock.com The stimulants desamphetamine and methylphenidate have been found to be equally effective in improving symptoms in children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. Balancing symptom control and treatment side effects Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and…

A six-month clinical trial found that people with a high genetic risk of obesity benefited from dietary guidance just as much as those with a low genetic risk, challenging the idea that DNA determines weight loss success. Study: Dietary intervention and BMI reduction in individuals with extreme genetic predisposition to high BMI: A randomized controlled trial. Image credit: Lightspring/Shutterstock.com Randomized controlled trials published in journals nature communications They found that people with a high genetic predisposition to obesity lost just as much weight over a six-month dietary intervention as people with a low genetic risk. Does genetics affect weight loss?…

Last month, the Trump administration confirmed that professional counseling services for LGBTQ+ youth would return to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by the end of the year. But as federal health officials want to make sure services comply with President Trump’s executive order last year that essentially denies the existence of transgender and non-binary identities, young people looking to “press 3” to seek that assistance may find themselves in for an unusual experience. Shortly after the Trump administration shut down LGBTQ+ youth services last July, a Congressional spending bill earmarked $33.1 million to reopen them. This legislation states that…

Deer Park, Illinois – July 14, 2026 – Leica Biosystems, a Danaher Company (the “Company”) and a global leader in anatomic pathology solutions that advance precision cancer diagnosis, today announced that Leica Biosystems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held StatLab Medical Products (“StatLab”), a global developer and manufacturer of anatomic pathology products, from Linden Capital Partners and Audax. private equity. After closure, StatLab will become part of Leica Biosystems. For more than 50 years, StatLab has been a trusted partner for anatomic pathology laboratories, offering a broad portfolio of high-quality products across preanalytical and analytical histology…

Researchers at King’s College London have identified a promising new strategy to tackle Alzheimer’s disease by simultaneously targeting some of the disease’s early biological changes. Their study found that KCL-286, an experimental drug originally developed for spinal cord injuries and which has already passed Phase 1 safety testing, alleviates multiple features of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models. “KCL-286 is a first-in-class orally bioavailable small molecule that has already successfully passed Phase 1 safety and tolerability testing in humans. This will significantly shorten the traditional multi-year timelines required for new drug development,” commented Professor Jonathan Corcoran, Professor of Neuroscience at the…

Some breakthroughs in physics come from completely new inventions. Some people start with a new theory. But many advances occur when researchers combine familiar technologies in unexpected ways to create something more powerful than its individual parts. This strategy could be particularly valuable in the search for weakly interacting particles, including neutrinos and certain dark matter candidates. These particles are notoriously difficult to detect because they rarely interact with normal matter. Building larger detectors and increasing their spatial resolution increases the probability of observing the weak signals they produce, but doing so often makes the equipment more complex and expensive.…

DNA Script, a programmable biology company developing next-generation enzymatic DNA synthesis (EDS) technology, today announced a new distribution agreement with Imperial Life Sciences (ILS), expanding access to its SYNTAX platform across India. Under the agreement, ILS will distribute DNA Script’s SYNTAX platform nationwide, providing local sales, technical support, and applied expertise to researchers seeking faster and more flexible access to high-quality single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) oligonucleotides. The agreement with ILS builds on DNA Script’s recent expansion of its global distribution network across Latin America and East Asia and expands the availability of the SYNTAX platform into another important growth market of…

BYK-Gardner USA, a subsidiary of specialty chemicals group ALTANA, will acquire perisens GmbH. The company, based in Feldkirchen near Munich, develops and manufactures measurement and testing equipment for automotive radar sensors and radar covers, known as radomes. Radome measurement systems (RMS) are used worldwide by vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers in research and development, quality control, and final production testing. Image credit: BYK These measuring and testing systems are used for quality assurance of painted plastic auto parts for vehicles equipped with radar sensors for autonomous driving. This ensures that the paint system used does not unduly attenuate the radar…