Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
NPR Health
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
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As more mental health crisis centers open across the state, here’s what you need to know
NC Health News
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
By Taylor Knopf Last month, the state health department announced $13 million in funding to open four new community mental health crisis facilities in Lenoir, New Hanover and Pitt counties by the end of the year. This is one of a flurry of new mental health initiative announcements from the state Department of Health and Human Services that have come as a result of a $835 million investment for behavioral health needs included in the 2023 state budget.
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Clashing with classmates: Off-putting traits spark enemy relationships
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Making enemies isn't random. Traits like emotional instability, aggression, and disruptive behavior early in life can lead to antagonistic relationships. Research on students aged 9-14 found that negative behaviors, such as lack of empathy, increase the likelihood of mutual antagonisms, a pattern seen across genders and school levels. Emotionally struggling students were 35% more likely to develop enemies, showing that how we manage emotions and interact with others early on can have lasting soc
12 harmful practices to avoid when covering gun violence
Association of Health Care Journalists
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
A recent study clearly defined 12 harmful elements used when reporting on gun violence; rating them as mild, moderate, or severe across individual, community and societal levels. News stories that include graphic content, use episodic framing of individual incidents with little or no context, leave out potential solutions, and rely only or mostly on law enforcement sources instead of impacted community members can cause harm on all three levels, the study determined.
Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn't really good after all
NPR Health
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.
Mimicking shark skin to create clean cutting boards
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Keeping work surfaces clean during meat processing is a challenge, and now researchers deliver key insights into a solution that could change the current practice altogether: Instead of working to prevent bacteria buildup, they created surfaces that stop bacteria from attaching in the first place. Using lasers to etch and alter the surface of the metal, the team was able to create micro- or nanoscale textures that make it difficult for microbial cells to attach to the surface.
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A bone marrow transplant process is safe and curative for adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a trial completed at about 20 cancer centers.
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Life expectancy gains in Europe slowed after 2011, with the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerating declineswhile some countries maintained progress through sustained public health policies.
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‘Harmful contents in cosmetics, herbicide lead to endocrine disruption, hormonal imbalance’
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The scientists told mediapersons in Kalaburagi that the chemical compounds Isobutyal Parabal found in some cosmetics and Phenyl Mercuric Acetate found in herbicides are one of the major reasons for endocrine disruptions and hormonal imbalances in the two generation studies on the sexual behaviour of rats and mice conducted in the Animal House of the Sharnbasva University.
'Smarts' count: Evolution of intelligence
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Beatles said it best: Love is all you need. And according to new research, the same may be true in the animal kingdom. Well, at least for mosquitofish -- a matchstick-sized fish endemic to Central America and now found globally. According to the scientists, male mosquitofish possess impressive problem-solving skills and can successfully navigate mazes and other tests.
Can AI predict the next pandemic? A new study says yes
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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Why is Mars red? Scientists may finally have the answer
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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To achieve India’s goal of lowering suicide mortality by 10% by 2030, better data is crucial, say experts
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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ESO observations help almost fully rule out 2024 YR4 asteroid impact
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the asteroid with our planet. The asteroid has been closely monitored in the past couple of months as its odds of impacting Earth in 2032 rose to around 3%, the highest impact probability ever reached for a sizable asteroid.
Discovery of new bat flu strain with potential to infect other species
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Scientists have identified a novel influenza A virus (H18N12) in fishing bats in the Colombian Caribbean, revealing genetic reassortment events that impact viral adaptability and host transmission.
Biological organ ages predict disease risk decades in advance
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Our organs age at different rates, and a blood test determining how much they've each aged could predict the risk of conditions like lung cancer and heart disease decades later, finds a new study.
Can coffee push back Parkinson’s? New study uncovers key genetic link
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Higher coffee consumption is causally linked to delayed onset of Parkinsons disease but does not affect disease risk or progression, according to a Mendelian randomization study.
New study reveals Neanderthals experienced population crash 110,000 years ago
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
A new study suggests that Neanderthals experienced a dramatic loss of genetic variation during the course of their evolution, foreshadowing their eventual extinction. Examination of semicircular canals of ear shows Neanderthals experienced 'bottleneck' event where physical and genetic variation was lost.
Pig kidney transplant patient completes recovery and returns home
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Three months after her breakthrough surgery at NYU Langone Health, Towana Looney, the longest-living recipient of a genetically engineered pig kidney, is headed back home to Alabama.
First female runner could soon break the 4-minute-mile barrier
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
With ideal conditions and strategic pacing and drafting, Kenyan Faith Kipyegon is on the brink of hitting the fabled track and field milestone, a new study suggests. The authors are now calling for a staged 'Breaking 4' event to help her do it.
New insights into mTOR pathway offer hope for diabetic nephropathy treatment
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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Emerging technologies in cardiac interventional care
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The field of cardiac interventional care is advancing rapidly, paving the way for more precise, less invasive treatments that are making it possible to treat heart disease more effectively with fewer complications
Do vitamin D supplements reduce acute respiratory infections?
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Vitamin D supplementation shows no significant effect on acute respiratory infections overall, but children and daily low doses may offer protective benefits.
Scientists design battery that runs on atomic waste
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Labor Occupational Health Program at Berkeley celebrates 50 years of advancing safe jobs, healthy lives, and worker justice
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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The galactic journey of our solar system
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Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey through a dense region of space could have compressed the heliosphere, the protective bubble surrounding our solar system, and increased the influx of interstellar dust, potentially influencing Earth's climate and leaving traces in geological records.
Early lung cancer diagnosis improved with ctDNA methylation biomarkers
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Early diagnosis of lung cancer is a critical priority in clinical practice. It may help reduce the rate of lung-cancer-related mortality, extend disease-free survival, and allow patients to live without ongoing medical interventions and complications.
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WHO’s new traditional medicine module includes Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani: Explained
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The inclusion of traditional medicine in WHOs internationally recognised health framework ensures that Indian health systems are officially documented and categorised
A completely new type of microscopy based on quantum sensors
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Researchers have invented an entirely new field of microscopy -- nuclear spin microscopy. The team can visualize magnetic signals of nuclear magnetic resonance with a microscope. Quantum sensors convert the signals into light, enabling extremely high-resolution optical imaging.
‘We’re listening': New project aims to study health effects of BioLab fire on metro Atlanta residents
HEALTHBEAT
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free Atlanta newsletter here. A community organizer and the Morehouse School of Medicine are launching a project to study the long-term physical and mental effects of a chemical plant fire outside Atlanta that polluted the air for over a month. About 17,000 Rockdale County residents were urged to evacuate their homes in September after the BioLab chemical plant caught fire , sending plumes of multicolored gas into the air , causing coughs,
From scraps to sips: Everyday biomass produces drinking water from thin air
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FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Discarded food scraps, stray branches, seashells and many other natural materials are key ingredients in a system that can pull drinkable water out of thin air developed by researchers.
New AI tool detects elevated heart disease risk in women using ECG
News Medical Health Sciences
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
A new AI model can flag female patients who are at higher risk of heart disease based on an electrocardiogram (ECG).
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