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Get the health information and medications you need every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. good morning. Yesterday was the hottest spring day here in Boston in over 100 years. I feel really good and normal about it. Across the country, our colleagues in San Francisco hosted summits that produced great news. Scroll down to catch up. USAID cuts leave Democratic Republic of Congo unprepared for Ebola outbreak The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the midst of the third largest Ebola outbreak on record. For years, the United States has sent hundreds of millions of…
World Health Organization officials on Wednesday defended their response to an alarming new Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agency was “a little slow” in determining the extent of the outbreak. WHO authorities emphasized that their role is to provide technical and operational support to national health authorities, which have the primary responsibility for detecting the spread of the disease under international rules. “We are not replacing national efforts,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. “We just support them.” Referring to the International Health…
Developing new drugs often depends on finding the right molecular building blocks. Some important drugs, including penicillin, rely on small ring-shaped molecules that store large amounts of internal tension. These distorted structures accelerate chemical reactions and help scientists create complex compounds more efficiently. A research team led by Professor Frank Glorias of the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Münster in Germany has introduced a new method to create one of these difficult molecular structures. The method transforms a simple, widely available starting material into a compact, highly tensed molecule known as “hauzan,” named for its shape, which…
Doximity plans to accelerate spending on artificial intelligence this year as it aims to become the leading AI platform for doctors. The health tech company plans to increase spending on research and development and computing, along with further investments in brand marketing and AI-powered peer review capabilities, executives said during a recent earnings call ahead of the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year fiscal 2026 results. The company’s 2027 fiscal year began on April 1. The company plans to expand its clinical AI suite, including ambient note-taking tool Scribe, clinical AI assistant, and medical search engine Ask (formerly DoxGPT). Jeff Tangney, co-founder…
Tarsus Pharmaceuticals has spent the past three years marketing its efforts to overcome the little-known and stigmatized condition of Demodex blepharitis, an eyelid disease caused by mites. Now, the company plans to hire actor and former wrestler John Cena to discuss his condition and use of the Tarsus blepharitis drug Exdenvy. “I have been suffering from redness, itching, and crusting on my eyelids for years, and I believe this is caused by being exposed to bright lights for long periods on set,” Cena said in a statement. “But it finally got to the point where I could no longer ignore…
B-One Medicines has tapped former professional soccer goalkeeper Tim Howard as the face of its first major corporate campaign to highlight how the company is gearing up to ‘save’ lives. Howard, 47, is considered one of the greatest American players of all time and was nicknamed “Secretary of Defense” for his exploits in front of goal. BeOne is currently partnering with Howard on the “One Save Changes Everything” project, which the company told Fierce Pharma Marketing “draws parallels between the savings in the field and the everyday savings in cancer research, clinical care, and surrounding communities.” “We were looking for…
New research published in journal music psychology This suggests that people often have negative opinions of individuals simply because they listen to rap music. The findings show that reading violent or sexually explicit rap lyrics causes observers to view hypothetical fans of that music as more sexually aggressive and more likely to commit murder. This provides evidence that the negative stereotypes associated with rap music extend beyond the artists who create it and influence the perceptions of everyday fans. Rap and hip-hop are among the most popular music genres in the world today, with millions of people streaming these songs…
The famous little arm tyrannosaurus rex A new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Cambridge says this may have been the result of a major change in the way giant carnivorous dinosaurs hunted. This study Proceedings of the Royal Society Bstudied 82 species of theropods, a group of primarily carnivorous two-legged dinosaurs. Scientists have found that reduced forelimbs evolved independently in at least five dinosaur lineages, including the tyrannosaurids. tyrannosaurus. The study suggests that arm reduction is closely related to the evolution of large, powerful skulls and jaws, rather than simply a side effect…
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats is proposing that Medicare cover home health care. This would create the first new benefit in the program since the Part D drug retail benefit more than 20 years ago. The long-term care plan is the final part of a three-part health plan that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and his colleagues are using to outline their vision and contrast with Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Earlier this year, they proposed a plan to lower drug costs and a framework for a review of private health insurance. The plan provides no details, provides…
The Trump administration has announced what it calls a “major step forward” in the fight against toxic chemicals. PFASor perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. PFAS are also called “permanent chemicals” because they can remain in the environment forever, and long-term exposure to PFAS has been linked to a variety of cancers, autoimmune diseases, and other harms. On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised President Trump as the first president “fully committed” to permanently eliminating the chemical, which is found at dangerous levels in the tap water of nearly 80 percent of Congressional districts and lurks in…