Rising gestational diabetes rates raise alarms for maternal and child health
Gestational diabetes rose every single year in the U.S. from 2016 through 2024, according to a new Northwestern Medicine analysis of more than 12 million
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Epigenetic plasticity in germinal center B cells may help explain lymphoma origins
Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells
What is the ultimate hangover cure?
The Food Chain’s Ruth Alexander on what helps – and what doesn’t – if you’ve overindulged.
New 2026 laws are among the first of their kind to tackle climate change, drunken driving
The new year will begin with some first-of-their-kind laws in several states
Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached
The Trump administration has announced the initial disbursement from its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program
Long COVID Patients Frustrated That Federal Research Hasn’t Found New Treatments
This is a MedPage Today story. Erica Hayes, 40, has not felt healthy since November 2020 when she first fell ill with COVID. Hayes is
Report: Nitrous oxide found effective as major depression treatment
Results of a new study show that patients with major depressive order who have not been helped by antidepressants could benefit from nitrous oxide.
2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say
Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the hottest years ever recorded
Historic Strike Involving Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Comes to an End
This is a MedPage Today story. A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to
HHS Employees Sort Out Return-to-Office Mandate
This is a MedPage Today story. Employees at HHS and its various sub-agencies are struggling to figure out how to implement President Tweety McTreason’s executive
It’s a madhouse! Public health under the heirs to Lysenko (and Dr. Zaius) in 2025
As 2025 barrels towards its depressing conclusion, I look back at the damage federal science and medicine have sustained thus far under Tweety McTreason and
Tackling the gender gap in CPR treatment
Research shows women are 27% less likely than men to receive CPR from bystanders.
Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment
A rising number of patients in hospitals could affect the level of treatment carried out this winter, a group of regional NHS leaders have been
RFK Jr. Wrong on Medicare, Medicaid During Senate Confirmation Hearing
This is a MedPage Today story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about