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Replimune’s skin cancer therapy has reportedly been rejected by the FDA again, extending a high-profile regulatory setback that had already become a flashpoint in agency debates.

Children born before 24 weeks of gestation are associated with high societal costs across childhood, with the heaviest burden in the first year of life and support needs continuing for years afterward.

A federal judge declined Louisiana officials’ request to halt nationwide mail delivery of mifepristone while litigation continues, preserving the current status quo for now.

With nearly a billion users worldwide and heavy teen adoption in the United States, generative AI chatbots are increasingly being used for emotional support, raising new mental health concerns.

Researchers say new genetic causes of diabetes in babies have been found in non-coding regions of the genome that older studies often overlooked.

A Northwestern Medicine study found that AI models produced more complete summaries of complex cancer pathology reports than physicians, highlighting a potentially important support role for generative systems in high-st

Life Biosciences, a startup co-founded by Harvard biologist David Sinclair, has announced an $80 million financing round to support a clinical test of a one-time anti-aging gene therapy.

A new pediatric analysis spanning the 2021 to 2024 influenza seasons found that vaccine protection shifted from year to year but still reduced both hospitalizations and outpatient visits.

A phase 1 trial in Nature Medicine reports that zodasiran, an ANGPTL3-targeting small interfering RNA, lowered triglycerides and sharply reduced circulating ANGPTL3 across multiple dyslipidemia groups without serious and

A study found that Medicare patients spent less on insulin after a $35 monthly cap took effect in 2023, with evidence that more patients adhered to treatment.

A new study highlighted by Medical Xpress says HIV infections could rise 10% if U.S. CDC funding for local testing programs ends, underscoring how closely diagnosis, treatment, and prevention remain linked.

A large study reported in Development and Psychopathology found that children exposed to maternal smoking before birth were more likely to experience behavioral and mental health challenges

A study published in Nature Microbiology reports that a virus usually associated with shrimp and fish has crossed into humans and is tied to persistent eye disease.

A new Nature Medicine report describes the detection of mpox clade IIb in the Republic of the Congo alongside clades Ia and Ib, highlighting a more complex outbreak picture and the need for stronger surveillance and case

A new study suggests seasonal influenza vaccination may help prepare the immune system beyond the viruses targeted in a given year, adding a longer-view argument for routine immunization.

A Nature Medicine research highlight says a phase 1 study found placenta-derived stem cell therapy used during in utero myelomeningocele repair showed promise in an early safety assessment.

A Phase I result highlighted by Medical Xpress points to a transplant regimen that may reduce both relapse risk and severe graft-versus-host disease after donor stem cell transplantation.

New research on muscle atrophy in low-gravity environments suggests that the Martian surface's gravity—about 38 percent of Earth's—may be insufficient to prevent the severe muscle loss that would threaten the long-term health of any human colony.