Immunology
Rare lung immune cells act as peacekeepers against deadly COVID-19 inflammation
A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows.
Apr 25, 2025
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Medications
Americans' use of illicit opioids is higher than previously reported, survey finds
More Americans use illicit opioids such as fentanyl than previously estimated, highlighting the need for better methods to understand the depths of the opioid crisis, according to a new study.
May 9, 2025
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Medications
Could this molecule be 'checkmate' for coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?
A team at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes has developed new drug candidates that show great promise against the virus that causes COVID-19 and potentially other coronaviruses that could cause future pandemics.
Apr 25, 2025
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HIV & AIDS
Two HIV vaccine trials show proof of concept for pathway to broadly neutralizing antibodies
A decades-long scientific challenge in HIV vaccine development has been finding a way to train the immune system to produce antibodies that can target many variants of the virus. Traditional approaches haven't worked—largely ...
May 15, 2025
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Biomedical technology
No more sticky patches: 3D-printed wearable monitors health through skin gases
Wearable technologies are revolutionizing health care, but design limitations in adhesive-based personal monitors have kept them from meeting their full potential.
May 16, 2025
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Cardiology
Is your heart aging too fast? MRI technique reveals how unhealthy lifestyles can add decades
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a new way of uncovering the "true age" of a heart using MRI.
May 2, 2025
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Medical economics
Ambient AI technology can reduce documentation burden for health care providers
Researchers at Sutter Health, led by Cheryl Stults, Ph.D., found that an innovative ambient artificial intelligence platform showed promising results in easing the burden of clinical documentation for health care providers. ...
May 2, 2025
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Pediatrics
Antibiotic use in infancy linked to earlier puberty onset in girls
Girls given antibiotics during their first year of life, especially in the first three months, are more likely to enter puberty at an earlier age, according to research presented at the first Joint Congress between the European ...
May 10, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pulmonary fibrosis has no cure. Could a cancer drug hold the answer?
Researchers at Tulane University have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people worldwide.
Apr 22, 2025
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Addiction
Study offers new hope for babies born with opioid withdrawal syndrome
As the opioid crisis continues, the number of babies born with neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)—a condition that affects infants whose mothers used opioids during pregnancy—has risen 5-fold over the past 20 ...
Apr 26, 2025
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