Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis
Irisleydis Tristá, a cancer patient in Cuba, has been unable to get a crucial CT scan for seven months because the machine at Havana’s leading
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New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow
New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage
Eight-hour eating window sustains long-term weight loss
The study, in which the University of Granada (UGR) participated and which was recently published in the journal Clinical Nutrition, involved 99 adults—half of whom
Study reveals hidden brain circuit behind flexible visual thinking
Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account, our eyes collect raw information and relay it through
ACMG issues guidance for reporting uncertain genetic test variants
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has published a new statement, Points to Consider for the Reporting of Variants of Uncertain Significance
KFF poll finds vaccine myths reach many Americans but convince few
KFF’s 2026 tracking poll found that many U.S. adults have heard common vaccine myths, including false claims about MMR, COVID-19, mRNA vaccines, and measles vaccines.
Study potential new therapeutic strategy for patients with ATRX-mutant gliomas
A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered how one of the most common genetic alterations in
New Jersey is set to charge companies with workers on Medicaid. Other states may follow.
New Jersey is set to charge companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage
Venezuelan medics fear infections from quake injuries as search for untold dead continues
With far more dead than living people taken from the rubble a week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors say the biggest dangers now facing
UC San Diego study reveals genetic causes of rare neuromuscular disorders
Scientists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered how genetic mutations cause a rare group of inherited neuromuscular disorders and identified promising new
Fatty liver disease fuels aggressive metastatic colorectal cancer spread
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, with international partners, have uncovered how fatty liver disease can fuel the most aggressive form of metastatic colorectal cancer.
German study identifies therapeutic Achilles’ heel for advanced colorectal cancer
A team led by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the HI-STEM* Stem Cell Institute has discovered a promising new approach to
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