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HealthVeterans under 30 will have to sign forms before being given antidepressants. Medical groups fear the moves may stigmatize mental health treatment.
HealthThe use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
HealthDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry became a familiar face across the nation, appearing regularly at news conferences and in media clips. Then her face and voice started popping up somewhere else: in AI-generated videos on social media, where her likenes...
HealthThe health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
HealthSix employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, as per to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.
HealthPlenty of families are engaged in tense debates after a new study found a high percentage of N.F.L. players had developed degenerative brain disease.
HealthParticipants, often in vulnerable states, have little recourse if mistreated or injured.
Administration closely monitoring seasonal influenza trends across the nation News On AIR H1N1 in India: A seasonal surge, not a new strain, says ICMR The Hindu Should You Wear A Mask For H1N1? Doctors Explain Prevention Tips NDTV H1N1 cases cross 2,300 as Delhi hospitals ramp up sampling; hea...
Lab-Grown Human Brains Grow For 7 Years, Set Longevity Record NDTV Oldest human brain cells grown in lab 'recorded passage of time' Phys.org Human brain organoids record the passage of time over multiple years Nature New milestone for stem cell research: Lab-grown brain ‘organoids’ set longevi...
CRT Beats Short-Course RT for Rectum Preservation Medscape Rectal cancer trial offers non-surgical treatment hope BBC Bowel cancer patients spared surgery under new treatment The Times Radboudumc-led study finds radiation and chemo often cure rectal cancer without surgery NL Times Chemoradiot...
Fears for ‘gregarious’ local celebrity Sammy the elephant seal in Victorian bird flu hotspot The Guardian Australia confirms first H5N1 bird flu case in local mammal Reuters Australia has just 12,000 sea lions left – and ‘carnage’ may await them as bird flu takes hold, scientists warn The Guar...
