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AMA and Atalan launch collaboration to advance physician retention research

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:15:32 EDT

The American Medical Association (AMA) and Atalan announced a new research collaboration focused on advancing understanding of the factors that influence physician retention across U.S. health systems. - - The two organizations have agreed to combine resources and launch the PROGRESS Study (Physician Retention, Optimization, and Growth: Real-world Evidence and Sentiment Synthesis), a multi-site research initiative aimed at helping health systems better understand the conditions that sup...

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Kuehne+Nagel invests in a new healthcare logistics centre in Frankfurt

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:09:54 EDT

- - • Expands specialised infrastructure for temperature-sensitive healthcare products - • Further strengthens Kuehne+Nagel's global network of more than 270 HealthChain-certified locations - • Builds on recent healthcare logistics developments in Frankfurt, including the Frankfurt-Atlanta Cool Corridor - - - Kuehne+Nagel has opened a 3,505 sqm healthcare logistics centre at Frankfurt Airport, expanding specialised capacity for the handling of temperature-sensitive pharma and healthca...

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MIT startups inspire with impressive presentations at Demo Day 2026

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:06:20 EDT

The annual “Demo Day” event at MIT, which marks the end of the delta v startup accelerator, fell on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks this year, giving MIT entrepreneurs a chance to honor the memory of those lost that day while presenting their startup progress in the program. - - Each year, the event celebrates all that students achieved while working full-time on their ventures over the summer with support and guidance from the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. - - B...

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Intertek approved as HPD preparer by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:39:18 EDT

Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, has been approved to serve as a Health Product Declaration (HPD) preparer by the Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC). - - The HPDC Approved Preparer Program recognizes organizations that have demonstrated the knowledge and experience necessary to assist manufacturers with preparing accurate and complete HPDs according to the HPD Open Standard, the industry's leading specification for accurate and consi...

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Elsevier and LG AI Research unlock more chemistry hidden in scientific images

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:28:14 EDT

Elsevier and LG AI Research today announced that researchers can now identify chemistry that has often sat beyond the reach of search: the substances that appear only as images, drawings and reaction schemes in patents and scientific literature. - - Visual chemistry of this kind has long been difficult for both humans and machines to index at scale. Now, chemistry-specific AI vision technology developed by LG AI Research is being used within Elsevier's content extraction and curation proces...

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Clasp's Physical Therapy Employer Network Adds Four Major Employers as Employers Race to Staff Clinics

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:19:31 EDT

- - • Professional Physical Therapy, Therapy Partners Group, Brooks Rehabilitation and HealthPRO Heritage join Confluent Health and other partners using Loan-Linked Hiring programs to recruit and retain physical therapists. - - - - - • Clasp is now working with five of the largest outpatient and rehabilitation employers in the country, in a profession the BLS projects will grow 12% between 2025 and 2035 - - - Physical therapy employers are opening clinics faster than they can staff t...

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New Medicare and Medicaid GLP-1 Programs Spotlight Lifestyle Support as Menu-Order AI Launches Daily GLP-1 Habit Tracker, Helping Users Stay on Track

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:39:41 EDT

Menu-Order AI today announced Daily GLP-1 Habits, a new feature created in conjunction with Founding Medical Advisor Dr. Leigh-Anne Dale. The addition extends Menu-Order AI from restaurant decisions into daily tracking — helping users choose what to order, log meals and macros, monitor steps and document their daily habits. - - The launch comes as federal coverage of GLP-1 medications widens alongside a push for lifestyle support. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began its Med...

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£162 million boost for vital UK life sciences and materials research

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:38:01 EDT

The Rosalind Franklin Institute and Henry Royce Institute will share just over £160 million of public funding from the UK government through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the next five years. - - This funding will help them build on their record of improving lives and driving growth. - - To mark the announcement, Science Minister Chris McDonald unveiled a new one-of-a-kind microscope at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. - - It will allow researchers to see inside gut cells in far great...

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Tieto to modernize case management and records administration at 13 hospitals in South-Eastern Norway

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:35:55 EDT

South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse S�r-�st) has selected Tieto's Public 360� solution to establish a shared platform for case management and records administration across 13 hospitals in the region. The agreement aims to support more efficient work processes, increased standardization, and provide a foundation for further digitalization. Tieto has been awarded the contract to deliver the Public 360� case and records management solution to 13 hospitals within Helse S�r-�st...

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BHTY Announces Recipients of the 2025 Editors Best Article Awards

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 EDT

Blockchain in Healthcare Today Platform Approaches Journal (BHTY) has announced the recipients of its 2025 Editors Best Article Awards, recognizing two outstanding contributions to the scholarly record and the advancement of emerging technology across healthcare and life sciences. - - The annual awards recognize one original research article and one editorial article. Recipients are selected based on article views and downloads, contribution to the scholarly record, and the Editor-in-Chief'...

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Archy Raises $50M Series C to Bring Dental Practices into the AI Era

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:11:41 EDT

Archy, the AI platform for dental practice management, today announced $50 million in Series C funding led by JMI Equity, a leading growth equity software investor based in the greater DC area and San Diego, with participation from existing investors TCV, Entr�e Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, CRV, and Alven. The funding will accelerate development of AI agents that help dental teams automate work across their practices. - - Archy's System of Action for Dental Practices - - Archy is a...

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Can work-related stress cause erectile dysfunction in young men?

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:12:23 EDT

In the study of 826 full-time working men aged 22–40, investigators assessed 5 dimensions that could affect workplace psychological stress: working hours, decision-making autonomy, supervisor support, colleague relationships, and promotion pressure. Erectile function and levels of serum cortisol, testosterone, and other hormones were also assessed. - - A dose-response relationship was observed between workplace stress and erectile function. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction in the high...

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The Eyes Have It: New Research Reveals Underlying Mechanisms of Eye Inflammation (Uveitis)

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:27:50 EDT

As part of an effort to understand the molecules and mechanisms that regulate transendothelial migration in different vascular beds of the body, researchers focused on the blood vessels of the retina, part of the blood-brain barrier. Transendothelial migration is the process by which white blood cells migrate out of the blood into tissue to reach sites of inflammation. The researchers found that white blood cells pass through the blood-retinal barrier via the same mechanism as they do thro...

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WHO prequalifies multi-dose RSV vaccine vial, paving the way to protecting more infants globally

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:07:14 EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the multi-dose vial presentation of the maternal respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, RSVpreF (ABRYSVO®), marking a major step toward protecting more infants from severe respiratory illness and pneumonia globally. The new presentation is expected to make maternal RSV vaccination more affordable and easier to deliver, particularly in countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. - - The decision builds on WHO's prequalificati...

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Combined screening and online cognitive-behavior skill-building program reduces burnout, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts in nurses

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 10:17:46 EDT

Burnout, depression, anxiety, and suicide are increasing in the nursing and overall health care workforce, which adversely impacts health care quality and safety. A recent randomized clinical trial published in Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing shows that nurses experiencing mental distress benefited from combining mental health screening with a digital, self-delivered version of a cognitive behavioral skills–building program. - - In the trial, 501 U.S. nurses experiencing mental dis...

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Telehealth and Medicine Today Accepted for Inclusion in DOAJ

Wed, 9 Sep 2026 08:00:00 EDT

Partners in Digital Health today announced that Telehealth and Medicine Today (THMT) has been accepted for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a globally recognized directory of peer reviewed, open access scholarly journals. - - The milestone increases the visibility and discoverability of THMT among researchers, clinicians, healthcare leaders, librarians, institutions and discovery services worldwide. Inclusion follows an extensive review of the journal's open acce...

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Toyota Mobility Foundation-Supported My Easy Access Showcased at France's National Disability Conference

Tue, 8 Sep 2026 01:54:06 EDT

My Easy Access was selected to present at the 2026 Conf�rence nationale du handicap (CNH), France's key national forum dedicated to disability policy and accessibility. - - My Easy Access was initiated within Michelin Innovation Lab and is supported through a partnership between the Toyota Mobility Foundation, Michelin Corporate Foundation and Association Tourisme & Handicaps. Through this collaboration, the solution has already been deployed in Marseille and Vichy, demonstrating how techno...

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Study Reveals Distinct Patterns Across Single-, Multi-, and Mass Homicides

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 08:12:00 EDT

An updated analysis of US homicide data has found that intimate partner violence (IPV) often precipitates mass homicide and is also frequently associated with multi- and single-victim deaths. The study categorizes homicides into single-victim, multi-victim (2–3 victims), and mass (4 or more victims, excluding the perpetrator) fatalities, thereby revealing distinct demographics and circumstances. The findings of the study in Annals of Epidemiology, published by Elsevier, can help infor...

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Meet the Generation17 Young Leaders: The Story of Soumya Dabriwal

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 08:02:38 EDT

Soumya Dabriwal is a member of Generation17, a Samsung and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnership empowering young people who are contributing to the Global Goals. - - Since 2020, the initiative has supported Young Leaders worldwide with Samsung Galaxy technology, mentorship and networking opportunities to amplify their stories and solutions. - - Soumya Dabriwal was 21, volunteering as a math teacher in villages in India and Ghana, when she noticed a pattern she couldn't...

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WHO validates Bhutan for eliminating dog-transmitted human rabies

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 07:20:38 EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Bhutan's elimination of dog-transmitted rabies as a public health problem in the country. Bhutan is the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve this success. - - Rabies is a viral disease that is almost always fatal once clinical symptoms appear. However, rabies deaths are preventable. On one hand, vaccinating dogs curbs the disease at its source; on the other, prompt use of post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) stops the virus...

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Arup helps deliver country's first NHS National Rehabilitation Centre

Fri, 4 Sep 2026 07:10:39 EDT

Arup has helped deliver the country's first purpose-built National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) for NHS patients. Run and staffed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH), the new facility will provide specialist rehabilitation care for people recovering from life changing injuries and illnesses. - - Located near Loughborough, UK, the £105 million, 70 bed centre is part of the Government's New Hospital Programme which aims to renew the NHS estate while improving patient safety and...

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Fabrication platform could enable flexible, transparent next-generation photonic chips

Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:58:16 EDT

The field of silicon photonics, which uses light rather than electricity to transmit and process data on semiconductor chips, has enabled optical systems to evolve from bulky setups to compact and advanced systems. Typically, however, these silicon-photonics chips are rigid and opaque. - - MIT scientists have now figured out a scalable way to make silicon-photonics chips flexible and transparent, opening a route to advanced microchips that could be used in applications such as discreet heal...

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Johnson & Johnson to Participate in the Deutsche Bank 2026 Healthcare Summit

Thu, 3 Sep 2026 11:21:19 EDT

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will present at the Deutsche Bank 2026 Healthcare Summit on Thursday, September 17 th, 2026. Management will participate in a Fireside Chat at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time. - - A live audio webcast of the presentation will be accessible through Johnson & Johnson's Investor Relations website at www.investor.jnj.com. An archived edition of the session will be available later that day. - - The audio webcast replay will be available approximately 48 hours after the webc...

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AMA, Vaccine Integrity Project unveil independent vaccine evidence review

Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:53:19 EDT

The Vaccine Integrity Project, in collaboration with the American Medical Association (AMA), today announced the completion of an independent, vaccine evidence review that assessed the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against influenza, SARS CoV-2 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). - - The latest high-quality scientific evidence found that these immunizations continue to provide meaningful protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death. Led by the Vaccine Integr...

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William J. White's “The Voyage of A Wiseman” to be Displayed at a Book Festival at Printers Row, Chicago

Wed, 2 Sep 2026 15:49:23 EDT

The book marketing and self-publishing company ReadersMagnet will showcase “The Voyage of A Wiseman” by William J. White at a renowned outdoor book festival at Printers Row in Chicago. This event will occur along South Dearborn Street, stretching from Ida B. Wells Drive to Polk Street, on September 12-13, 2026. - - “The Voyage of A Wiseman” traces the harrowing journey of Joe Tate, a young Midwesterner whose life intersects with the sudden, explosive rise of the 1970s drug epidemic....

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Spin-out technology promises to cut costs of protein production

Tue, 1 Sep 2026 12:48:15 EDT

A recent collaboration between Kent scientists and the Science and Technology Facilities Council-supported Central Laser Facility (CLF), has affirmed the remarkable versatility of the technology in expanding the possibilities of protein production. - - The Vesicle Nucleating Peptide (VNp) technology, which underpins Kent spin-out company, Sirius Proteins, dramatically increases the yield, simplicity and scope of recombinant protein production in bacteria. - - This makes it easier and more af...

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Elementary School Teachers Report Increased Student Hunger and Anxiety After Universal Free School Meals Ended

Tue, 1 Sep 2026 10:29:24 EDT

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, explored elementary school teachers' experiences before and after the end of the federal universal free school meals (UFSM) policy. Researchers found that teachers perceived the policy had helped reduce student hunger and family stress, while its expiration was associated with increased hunger, anxiety about meal costs, and decreased participation in school meal programs. - - Researchers c...

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Professor Bonnie Bassler awarded world's oldest scientific prize for research on how bacteria talk to each other

Tue, 1 Sep 2026 09:25:47 EDT

Renowned microbiologist, Professor Bonnie Bassler, has been named this year's recipient of the Royal Society's Copley Medal – the world's oldest scientific prize. - - She is among 27 Royal Society medal and award winners announced for their outstanding contributions to scientific discovery, public engagement and research culture. - - The Copley Medal is the Royal Society's most prestigious prize, awarded for sustained, outstanding achievements in any field of science. It was first award...

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NSF launches three new Science and Technology Centers with $90M investment in transformative research

Tue, 1 Sep 2026 09:21:23 EDT

The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $90 million over five years to support three new NSF Science and Technology Centers (NSF STC). These centers will advance American leadership in science and technology, strengthen the nation's STEM workforce, and accelerate innovation in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and biotechnology to fusion energy and robotics. - - The three centers will bring together researchers from universities, national laboratories, industry, and oth...

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As U.S. Measles Cases Rise and Biological Threats Remain Under Surveillance, Ashish Jha to Headline ConV2X New York

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT

Against a backdrop of rising U.S. measles cases and continued surveillance of H5 bird flu, Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, former White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator and Co-Founder and CEO of BioRadar, will headline the ConV2X Smart Tech Transformation in Healthcare & Life Sciences Executive Summit, taking place October 29–30, 2026, at the Historic GE Building, ILR Conference Center, in New York City. - - Jha will deliver the opening keynote, “Misdiagnosed: The Real Drivers

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Astellas Becomes Host City Partner for One Young World 2027 Tokyo Summit

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:25:55 EDT

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that it has become the first Host City Partner for the One Young World 2027 Tokyo Summit (“the Summit”), the world's largest gatherings of young leaders. - - The Summit is scheduled to take place at the Tokyo International Forum from September 28 to October 1, 2027, with more than 2,000 young leaders from over 190 countries expected to attend. Delegates will discuss global social, environmental...

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Visit to Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA)to Exchange Views on Type Certificationand the Commercial Deployment of eVTOL

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:17:56 EDT

SkyDrive held a discussion with the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), joined by its Taiwanese business partner, 7A Drones, as well as the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a premier research organization in Taiwan. - - Together with ITRI and 7A Drones, SkyDrive is working to establish a public-private partnership framework and introduce an eVTOL emergency medical transport model in Taiwan's Penghu Islands (*1). - - In the course of this visit, discussions were hel...

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Assessment of Culinary Skills Among Adults with Visual Impairment Highlights Gaps Between Ability and Independence

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:47:17 EDT

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, examined culinary skills and related barriers among adults with visual impairment. Researchers found that although all participants were classified as having medium or high culinary skills, many continued to experience challenges that limited their independence in the kitchen. Accessible tools and training can help bridge this gap. - - The cross-sectional study included 121 adults with vis...

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Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Meeting report

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:19:04 EDT

The Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) ( IHR ) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the epidemic of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), held on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, from 12:00 to 17:00 CEST. - - The DG welcomes the Statement by the Committee, presented at the beginning of its report, and expresse...

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NEPAL FLASH FLOODS: Rescuers race to find survivors with areas still cut off

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:49:55 EDT

Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the flash flood-devastated areas of Northern Nepal, as Save the Children delivers emergency aid to families, with many places still only accessible by helicopter. - - The disaster in the Rasuwa region struck at a time when children were either on their way to school or starting lessons. Many children in the area travel long distances to school – areas that are now cut off by flood waters, potentially separating them from their families or caregive...

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Tezspire demonstrates positive Phase III results in eosinophilic esophagitis across both co-primary and all key secondary endpoints

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:46:39 EDT

Positive high-level results from the Phase III CROSSING trial in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) showed that AstraZeneca and Amgen's Tezspire (tezepelumab) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements across both co-primary and all key secondary endpoints at week 24, which were sustained through week 52 in both doses tested. The co-primary endpoints were histologic remission and the frequency and severity of dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) co...

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AMA introduces Ethical AI Use in Medicine Series

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:44:09 EDT

The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the Ethical AI Use in Medicine Series, a new continuing medical education (CME) program that helps physicians safely, effectively and ethically utilize augmented/artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice. “As AI rapidly transforms medical practice, the AMA is committed to equipping physicians with clear, practical ethics guidance rooted in our Code of Medical Ethics,” said AMA President Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH. “By...

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How to Teach T Cells to Track Cancer Like a Hound Dog

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:50:33 EDT

The immune system is full of T cells that could hunt down and destroy tumors, if they were primed. Now, a UC San Francisco team has invented a way to do this by combining immune cells that are grown in the lab with samples from a patient's tumor. - - Like giving a scent to a hound dog, it provides direction to the immune system on how to track down the cancer. - - To catch the scent, the T cells need to be trained using rare dendritic immune cells that are hard to obtain from cancer patients...

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Elsevier launches Nora AI to make trusted, evidence-based learning support more accessible for healthcare students and educators

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:39:39 EDT

Elsevier announced the launch of Nora AI, an AI-powered assistant created by Elsevier and available within Elsevier eBooks through VitalSource's Bookshelf ® platform. Nora AI enables users to ask questions and receive personalized, evidence-based answers drawn directly from their trusted Elsevier content. - - Designed for healthcare education, Nora AI allows students and educators to interact with trusted Elsevier content in their own words and receive contextualized guidance within the le...

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ConV2X Expands Cambridge Executive Summit With New Healthcare, FDA, AI, and Cybersecurity Leaders

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT

ConV2X today announced a new group of in-person speakers joining its September 24–25 executive summit at The Foundry in Cambridge, Massachusetts, expanding the multidisciplinary dialogue around AI infrastructure, decentralized health, cybersecurity, regulation, clinical implementation and the technologies reshaping healthcare and life sciences. - - The newly announced in-person participants bring experience from healthcare delivery, FDA leadership and regulation, enterprise AI, cybersecurit...

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Tate & Lyle adds new purpose target to improve everyday consumer health through fibre fortification

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 07:28:24 EDT

Tate & Lyle PLC ('Tate & Lyle'), a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, has set an ambitious new target to fill consumer's daily 'fibre gap' by delivering an additional 15g of fibre per day to people's diets, 35 billion times by 2030. This fibre fortification goal has been added to Tate & Lyle's 2030 purpose targets. - - The recommended global intake of fibre is around 30g each day. However, the average global daily adult intake falls well short of this by...

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Mozambique strengthens regulation of medicines and imported vaccines, boosting health protection

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:57:59 EDT

Mozambique has reached a major milestone in strengthening the regulation of medicines and imported vaccines, with its national regulatory authority recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having a stable, well-functioning and integrated regulatory system. - - The Autoridade Nacional Reguladora de Medicamentos de Mo�ambique (ANARME) has achieved Maturity Level 3 (ML3) for the regulation of medicines and imported vaccines under WHO's global classification of national regulatory...

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Bangladesh: 35% of Rohingya Refugees Face 'Crisis 'or 'Emergency' Hunger as Conditions for Children Worsen

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:52:49 EDT

Conditions in the world's largest refugee settlement are worsening at an alarming rate after nine years, with 35% of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh expected to face 'crisis' or 'emergency' hunger levels this year, putting more children at risk of malnutrition.[1] - - Nine years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks and violence in Myanmar, an entire generation of Rohingya children has grown up in displacement, and many children know nothing but life inside the Cox's Bazar...

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CPKC Women's Open raises nearly $5 million for Alberta cardiac care

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:10:24 EDT

This weekend in Edmonton saw more than a golf tournament. - - While bringing world-class women's professional golf to the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, the 2026 CPKC Women's Open raised a record $4.95 million to support cardiac healthcare in Alberta. - - On the final day of the tournament, which ran from Aug. 20 to 23, CPKC representatives presented a $4.4 million cheque to the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation to support the advancement of their world-renowned pediatric cardi...

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AGC and Neusignal Therapeutics Collaborate on the Development of Alzheimer's Disease Drug Candidate “NTX-083”

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:06:13 EDT

AGC Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Yoshinori Hirai; hereinafter “AGC”) highlights its end-to-end support capabilities as a small-molecule pharmaceutical CDMO as demonstrated by its collaboration with Neusignal Therapeutics, Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; CEO: Itaru Arimoto; hereinafter “NTX”). - - In this collaboration, AGC provided integrated support for the drug substance of “NTX-083,” an Alzheimer's disease drug candidate being developed by NTX, covering process development, GMP *1 ...

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Record $4.95 million raised for heart health in Alberta as Miyu Yamashita wins CPKC Women's Open

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:02:32 EDT

The 2026 CPKC Women's Open raised a record $4.95 million to support heart healthcare in Alberta, while on the golf course, Miyu Yamashita concluded a historic performance on Sunday to capture the 2026 CPKC Women's Open championship and her fourth LPGA Tour victory. - - Enthusiastic, record crowds filled the grounds at the Royal Mayfair Golf Club to watch Yamashita finish the week 23 under par, winning by nine strokes over the second place finisher. - - Earlier Sunday, CPKC representa...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces New Global Classification System for Surgical Outcomes

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:51:15 EDT

Johnson & Johnson today announced the publication of the DISH Classification System, a new global consensus framework developed and validated through a clinician-led initiative to standardize how surgical site outcomes are measured and reported and help bring greater visibility to underreported surgical site infections and other wound complications. Published in The British Journal of Surgery, the DISH framework provides a consistent method for identifying and grading four of the most com...

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WHO and Peking University strengthen collaboration to advance health emergency preparedness

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:49:20 EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Peking University have entered into a two-year project collaboration agreement to strengthen global health emergency preparedness through research, training and innovative analytical approaches. - - The collaboration, led by WHO's Department of Health Emergency Preparedness through its Risk Analytics and Action Reviews (RAR) Unit and Peking University's Institute for Global Health, will support efforts to strengthen prevention, preparedness, response...

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The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:23:48 EDT

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of infectious disease deaths, claiming over 1 million lives every year. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or exhales, and drug-resistant strains and asymptomatic spreading are growing concerns. Curbing TB transmission is an urgent public health challenge, yet scientists still don't understand how airflow and other environmental factors influence that spread. - - One problem is that studies of infectious disease transmiss...

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How can we reduce gynecologic cancer–related deaths in low- and middle-income countries?

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:17:39 EDT

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden of gynecologic malignancies—cancers of the cervix, endometrium, ovary, vagina, and vulva. A review published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reveals that survival disparities for these cancers are driven by late-stage diagnosis, limited screening coverage, inadequate radiotherapy infrastructure, workforce shortages, and restricted access to essential and novel the...

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Language skills stay strong in older adults, even while other cognitive abilities decline

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:54:29 EDT

As people age, many cognitive functions tend to decline. Brain scanning studies have revealed corresponding changes in the function of a brain network that is involved in many of these cognitive functions, including working memory and problem-solving. - - When it comes to language skills, however, the picture is different. Unless impaired by a stroke or dementia, most older people retain their language skills and may even improve them as they steadily gain vocabulary throughout their lives....

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Dr. Albert H. Yurvati Reflects on a Lifetime of Service and Resilience in “30 Degrees on Bypass”

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:36:06 EDT

Dr. Albert H. Yurvati, a distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon, medical educator, researcher, and Emeritus Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, reflects on a lifetime dedicated to medicine, education, service, and family in his memoir, “30 Degrees on Bypass.” - - For decades, Albert H. Yurvati, DO, PhD, DSc(hc), DFACOS, FACOS, FICS, FAHA, cared for patients facing critical medical conditions, trained future physicians,...

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EPA Releases New Guidance to Reduce Lead Exposure in Drinking Water, Protect American Children

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:30:43 EDT

Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released guidance to help drinking water systems that are working to keep their communities safe from lead. This guidance advances the agency's commitment to clear and plain language communication while sharing information, definitions, and useful examples to help water systems comply with lead pipe replacement requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule. Reducing exposure to lead—a powerful neurotoxin that is especially dangerous to children—...

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FDA Approves First Therapy for Patients aged 8 years and older with Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:28:48 EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an accelerated approval for Genglycos (pariglasgene brecaparvovec-opnr) to reduce daily cornstarch intake as an adjunct to nutritional management in adults and pediatric patients 8 years of age and older with glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSDIa), a rare, inherited genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase, which prevents the body from properly breaking down stored glycogen into glucose. Genglycos is th...

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Hundreds of health and nutrition facilities closed as Somalia's child crisis deepens

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:28:09 EDT

“In Somalia today, aid cuts are closing doors to healthcare, shutting down nutrition services, and pushing water, education and protection further out of reach. As ever, children are paying the price. - - “On the back of unprecedented cuts in humanitarian aid, 205 health and nutrition facilities have already closed. The impact on children has been immediate: in the first six months of this year, Somalia has seen a 32 per cent increase (from the same period last year) in children being admit...

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Ebola in DR Congo: 180 Children Have Lost Both Caregivers 100 Days Into Outbreak

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:53:19 EDT

At least 180 children have lost both parents or primary caregivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since the Ebola outbreak was declared 100 days ago.[1] - - Thousands more children have lost one parent or caregiver, exposing them to heightened risks of abuse, exploitation, trafficking and severe psychological distress as families and already fragile social services struggle to cope.[2] - - In what is now the DRC's deadliest outbreak – which has killed more than 330 children –...

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Children account for half of suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:09:01 EDT

Children under 15 account for half of all 46 suspected mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau. UNICEF is scaling up its support to the Ministry of Public Health in direct response to the country's first-ever mpox outbreak. - - “This is the first time mpox cases have been reported in Guinea-Bissau, making even a small outbreak a major public health event,” said Sandra Martins, UNICEF Deputy Representative in Guinea Bissau. “While the country's surveillance system remains extremely fragile, we face the...

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WHO and Africa CDC welcome the allocation of Ebola vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:51:47 EDT

Last week, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG). The request was for use of the vaccine in the current Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak. Ervebo vaccine is licensed and recommended for use in outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (previously called Zaire ebolavirus). On Monday, the ICG informed the DRC go...

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Johnson & Johnson Announces MONARCH™ QUEST 3, Advancing the Latest in Robotically-Assisted Bronchoscopy

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:05:04 EDT

Johnson & Johnson today announced U.S. 510(k) regulatory clearance for MONARCH ™ QUEST 3, the latest software update for the MONARCH Platform. The update reflects the company's continued commitment to advancing its first‑to-market robotically-assisted bronchoscopy platform guided by clinician experience and focused on improving confidence during complex procedures. The launch of MONARCH QUEST 3 follows three launches in the past eighteen months demonstrating our dedication to innov...

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GE HealthCare appoints William Grogan as Chief Financial Officer

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:46:04 EDT

GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC), a leading global precision care innovator, announced the appointment of William (Bill) Grogan as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 14, 2026. Grogan succeeds Jay Saccaro, who, as previously announced, stepped down for an expanded role outside of the medical technology industry. George Newcomb, who is serving as interim Chief Financial Officer, will continue in his role as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. - - Grogan joins GE HealthCare from Xyl...

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DP World and World Food Programme Deliver 5,000 Tonnes of Rice to Communities in Africa

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:19:08 EDT

DP World and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have delivered 5,000 metric tonnes of rice to support humanitarian response operations in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda, helping vulnerable communities facing acute food insecurity. - - The shipments demonstrate how the two organisations are working together to strengthen humanitarian supply chains and improve access to essential food supplies in high-need communities. - - The consignments were delivered thr...

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Can antioxidant foods help prevent cervical cancer?

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:59:24 EDT

In the study, investigators analyzed 2003–2018 data from 1,044 US women participating in the National Health and Examination Survey: 174 with and 870 without cervical cancer. With these data, the team looked for an association between cervical cancer and the Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index (CDAI)—a validated composite score that reflects an individual's intake level of dietary antioxidants, based on dietary recall interviews. - - After adjusting for other factors that might affect cance...

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Teens Say TikTok Food Content Shapes What They Want to Eat but Parents Can Help Them Navigate Its Influence

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:31:57 EDT

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, found that adolescents reported TikTok food content cued their desire to eat or try foods, while acknowledging that parents could play a protective role by helping them disengage from the platform and fostering critical conversations about food, bodies, influencers, and online health information. Participants frequently described TikTok food content as prompting hunger, cravings, and inte...

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Oracle Health Expands Clinical AI Agent with Automated Coding, Dictation, and Chart Review

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:01:03 EDT

Oracle Health announced new capabilities for Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent, now available in the U.S., that expand AI across clinical documentation, coding, and chart review workflows. The new capabilities automate professional fee coding for ambulatory workflows, enable physicians to dictate directly into clinical documentation, and assist with chart review by surfacing clinically relevant context across the patient record. - - Oracle Health Clinical AI Agent's new coding, dictation, a...

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WHO/UNICEF report highlights gaps in health facility sanitation

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:49:32 EDT

A new WHO and UNICEF report reveals significant gaps in essential water, sanitation, hygiene and environmental health services in health-care facilities worldwide. Despite notable gains since 2015, only four in ten facilities meet basic sanitation standards and fewer than six in ten achieve basic environmental cleaning standards such patient rooms and wards, operating theatres, examination and treatment areas, toilets and sanitation facilities, leaving patients and health workers exposed t...

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RHS urges Britain to make autumn as important as spring for planting as drought and heatwaves put gardens under pressure

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:48:28 EDT

Trees, shrubs and climbers provide shade and are vital natural air conditioners, but spring-planted trees can be quickly exposed to heatwaves and dry spells before their roots are established. Planting in autumn gives them a head start: cooler weather reduces water loss, winter rain keeps soil moist, and by summer they are better rooted and more resilient to heat and drought. - - Hardy woody and non-woody perennials also benefit from the autumn advantage. Warm, moist soil fuels root growth,...

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Ardian acquires a majority stake in Pflegia, Germany's leading digital healthcare recruitment platform

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:35:04 EDT

Ardian, a global private investment firm, announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Pflegia, a high growth German digital platform connecting healthcare professionals and care providers. - - Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin, Pflegia addresses the structural healthcare staffing shortage through an AI-powered reverse-recruiting platform where candidates register their preferences and qualifications, and a proprietary algorithm matching them with the best-suited care provide...

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Johnson & Johnson Publishes New Future of Digital Surgery Report to Help Define the Emerging Field of Surgical Intelligence

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:46:59 EDT

Johnson & Johnson today announced the publication of its latest Future of Digital Surgery report, Surgery's Next Inflection Point: The Rise of Surgical Intelligence, making the case that healthcare is entering a new era where connected data, artificial intelligence and intelligent systems will fundamentally reshape surgery. As the field rapidly evolves, the report introduces a common framework designed to help the healthcare community define, operationalize and responsibly scale surgica...

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On prior auth, CMS responds to AMA concerns

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:45:19 EDT

The American Medical Association (AMA) welcomed updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that strengthens enforcement of federal prior authorization transparency requirements, addressing concerns the AMA raised about how health plans were making required information available to patients and physicians. - - The AMA alerted CMS to widespread problems with health plans' public disclosures of prior authorization requirements and outcomes. Rather than making in...

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Update on eVOLVE-Lung02 Phase III trial of volrustomig plus chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:35:35 EDT

AstraZeneca is discontinuing the eVOLVE-Lung02 Phase III trial evaluating volrustomig in combination with chemotherapy as a 1st-line therapy compared to pembrolizumab and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) whose tumours express PD-L1 less than 50%. - - This decision is based on the recommendation of the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) following a planned review of trial data. The IDMC concluded that the volrustomig combination was unlik...

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Research Points to New Therapies to Lessen the Severity of Delusions for Patients with Schizophrenia

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:19:21 EDT

New research has found that improvements to the severity of delusions in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder recovering from an acute psychotic episode were significantly associated with reductions in volatility priors—someone's expectations about the unpredictability of their environment. The findings from the new study, appearing in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, published by Elsevier, suggest that volatility priors are modifiable, pointing...

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Meet the life-saving doctor and his rapid-response Porsche Macan

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:19:01 EDT

At a glance - - - • Dr John delivers hospital-level care in extreme environments, from mountainsides to remote valleys. - - • His Porsche Macan GTS is adapted for rapid response, combining performance, practicality and all-weather capability. - - • At the same time, the Macan serves as the family's everyday car. - - - - In the vast, rugged landscape of England's Lake District, where narrow winding roads cut through mountains and remote valleys, there are occasions when time can mean t...

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