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FridayMay 29, 2026 10:00 am

US CDC Broadens Ebola Travel Ban to Include Green Card Holders

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the U.S. has extended the recently issued travel ban on individuals who have been to Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during the past 21 days to now include green card holders. The reason given for this broadened ban is to prevent the disease from being brought into the country by legal permanent residents. The previous travel ban had excluded U.S. citizens, green card holders and other nationals and was to be in effect for 30 days. However, the CDC issued a notice including green card holders in that travel ban. Only…

ThursdayMay 28, 2026 10:00 am

Climate Change Amplifies Infectious Disease Risks, Experts Warn

According to advice published in the Netherlands last week, climate change is increasing the risk of not just infectious diseases but also cancer and heat stress. This concern has implications not just in the U.S. but globally as well. In their advisory that was issued on Thursday, the Scientific Climate Council and the Dutch Health Council caution that health impacts connected to climate change are increasing at a rate that hadn’t been previously expected. The two councils urge for additional protection for all people. They say if these extra protective measures aren’t speedily implemented, heat-linked fatalities due to climate change could multiply six-fold by 2050 in the Netherlands. The Netherlands isn’t the only country facing climate change, so…

FridayMay 22, 2026 10:00 am

Study Finds That Errors in Brain Cell Division Could Trigger Cancer

Researchers at the University of Virginia have conducted a study that offers new insights into what happens when there are errors in the process of brain cells dividing to form new cells as the brain is growing. Their findings could open the door to treating cancer and many developmental disorders of the brain. For a while, scientists have known that abscission, the process through which the bridge between dividing cells is cut, is involved in neurodevelopmental disorders and cancer. The genes regulating abscission are particularly of concern since they control that division process. The University of Virginia team sought to understand what happens when abscission doesn’t happen…

ThursdayMay 21, 2026 10:00 am

Scientists Inch Closer to Developing a Lung Cancer Blood Test

Unlike prostate, colon and breast cancers, the screening for lung cancer hasn’t been very successful. This is largely because screening focuses on just one risk factor, smoking history, yet many people who develop the disease don’t have a history of smoking. Now, scientists have made progress in developing a blood test that could help in flagging individuals who are at a higher risk of developing lung cancer. A new study whose findings appeared in JAMA suggests that it could be possible to scan blood samples and identify signs of possible lung cancer. The test focused on 13 biomarkers and the researchers found that it could identify 85% of lung cancer cases among smokers. Current screening methods using CT…

TuesdayMay 12, 2026 10:00 am

NHS Starts Offering Immunotherapy Injection to Cancer Patients

The NHS in England is rolling out a treatment upgrade under which thousands of patients with cancer will now receive a one-minute injection of the immunotherapy pembrolizumab instead of having the drug administered via infusion as has been the case in the past. The jab slashes the administration time from hours to just a minute or two. Approximately 14,000 new cancer patients are enrolled on pembrolizumab immunotherapy infusions each year in England, and the majority of this patient population is expected to switch to the injectable form of the treatment. The drug is used in the treatment of 14 types of cancer, such as head and neck, lung, cervical and…

FridayMay 08, 2026 10:00 am

DOJ Announces Task Force to Combat Tech-Driven Fraud in Health Care

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a plan to tackle tech-driven fraud in the health care system on the West Coast. The initiative will focus on California, Arizona and Nevada. Their investigations will target fraudulent schemes, especially those executed by digital health firms. The effort will be led by the National Fraud Enforcement Division in collaboration with the offices of the attorneys general in California, Arizona and Nevada. Together, they will form a unit dubbed West Coast Health Care Strike Force. This particular initiative builds on the nationwide enforcement model through which technology firms, individuals and health care providers have been prosecuted and convicted on charges related to defrauding…

ThursdayMay 07, 2026 10:00 am

Hantavirus Fatalities on Cruise Ship Draw Attention to This Little-Known Infection

The media is awash with news that a cruise ship, called MV Hondius, has suffered an outbreak of hantavirus. Three fatalities have occurred, with one victim confirmed to have died from this infection. Many people are wondering what this infection is and what they can do to stay safe or what they can do in case they are infected. We provide an explainer of the basics you need to know about this virus. For starters, hantavirus is transmitted by rodents like mice and rats. Infections resulting from this virus are rare in humans, and when they happen, they fall into one of…

TuesdayMay 05, 2026 10:00 am

Immunologists Discover How Cancer Reprograms Immune Cells to Support Cancer Growth

Immunotherapy has emerged as a key weapon in the fight against cancer. However, nearly 80% of patients either don’t respond to these treatments or they become unresponsive after initially responding to the immunotherapy. The scientific community has been grappling with how to improve response rates, and a new study uncovering how cancer cells reprogram our immune cells to support cancer growth could provide a key. The study, whose findings were published in Science Immunology, was conducted by a team at the University of Texas at Dallas. The team found that cancer doesn’t just hide from immune cells. Rather, it actively reprograms the immune cells within the tumor microenvironment so that they become suppressed and cannot mount an attack against…

FridayMay 01, 2026 10:00 am

Study Uncovers Why the Risk of Breast Cancer Increases with Age

New research has mapped how breast tissues change as women age. The findings help to explain why breast cancer cases are higher in older women, and this could potentially help in finding new ways to fight this disease. The study, which appeared in Nature Aging, was conducted by a team from the UK-based University of Cambridge and the Canada-based University of British Columbia, and they created a map that covered at least 3 million breast tissue cells. This is the most extensive such map so far available. The map revealed how these breast tissues change as someone ages, and they found an especially notable shift coinciding with menopause. The study’s joint first…

ThursdayApr 30, 2026 10:00 am

House Hearing Puts Hospital CEOs on the Spot Over Exorbitant Charges

During a recent House hearing conducted by the Ways and Means Committee, hospital CEOs were put on the spot over the inexplicably high facility fees that they charge. GOP members of the committee accused the hospitals of taking advantage of the healthcare system and of overcharging patients. The hospital executives who attended the hearing included those from CommonSpirit Health, HCA Healthcare, ECU Health and New York Presbyterian. Approximately $1.6 trillion of the money spent on healthcare in 2024 went to hospitals, and this was approximately 33% of the total amount that went to healthcare in that year. The executives asserted that it was within their rights to levy higher fees when…