Day September 30, 2025

Healthy movement behaviors support young children’s physical, mental and social development, and shape lifelong habits. These habits include engaging in physical activity, reducing sedentary screen time and obtaining sufficient sleep, including naps. National 24-hour movement guidelines for children exist in…

Global renal cancer incidence in 2022. The heatmap depicts age-standardized rates of renal cancer cases for each country. The tables outline total cases, crude rates, age-standardized rates and cumulative risk for each geographic area. Credit: European Urology (2025). DOI: 10.1016…

Ph.D. candidate Erika English is working on research that supports a theory that has been building at WSU for years—the idea that our sleep is regulated in part by the micro-organisms produced in the intestines. Credit: Cori Kogan/WSU Spokane What…

LRP8 boosts TBE virus E-mediated attachment to host cells. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09500-2 Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein on the surface of cells that is crucial to allowing the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE)…

A 3D tumor vessel-on-a-chip model, showing pancreatic cancer cells (green) invading an engineered blood vessel (red) by breaking down the vascular basement membrane (yellow). Credit: Lee Lab A Cornell-led study has revealed how a deadly form of pancreatic cancer enters…

A new study led by Mass General Brigham investigators compared the effects of repeated intravenous (IV) ketamine and intranasal (IN) esketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression. In a retrospective analysis of data from a cohort of 153 adult patients treated…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has had a busy few months. He fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, purged the agency’s vaccine advisory committee, and included among the group’s new members…

BMJ Group has retracted research suggesting that small daily quantities of apple cider vinegar might help people who are overweight or obese to lose weight. The small clinical trial was published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health in March 2024.…

Credit: Emma Filer from Pexels An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Shady Rahayel has made a major breakthrough in predicting neurodegenerative diseases. Thanks to two complementary UdeM studies, scientists are now able to determine, years…

Micrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers at Duke University have shown that blocking an enzyme involved in iron regulation not only kills multiple myeloma cancer cells, but also increases…

You’re in a bustling café with a friend. The din is making it hard to tune in to the conversation. The scenario might suggest you’d benefit from a hearing aid. On the other hand, new research suggests that speech-perception difficulty…

VEPs recorded by ivEEG in the ICV. Credit: Advanced Intelligent Systems (2025). DOI: 10.1002 Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a minimally invasive method for recording brain activity through blood vessels. Their article, “Microendovascular Neural Recording from Cortical…

A British-led study published in The BMJ provides detailed data on the pattern and severity of traumatic injuries and medical conditions seen by international health care workers deployed to Gaza during the ongoing military invasion. Health care workers describe “unusually…

Credit: Naomi Shi from Pexels In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a 2-in-1 inhaler as the sole reliever therapy for children aged 5 to 15, an international team found the combined treatment to be more…

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH A widely…

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia is one of the deadliest malformations in newborns. The main problem is the underdevelopment of the lungs. The condition also involves a hole in the diaphragm, which pediatric surgeons repair during the first week of life. However,…

New research from the Arnold School’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics has found disparities in mortality rates and life expectancy for Americans living with sickle cell disease or cystic fibrosis. The study, which was led by third-year doctoral student Hiluf…

Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels Proteins and genetic material from H5N1 influenza viruses have been found in pasteurized milk in the United States, but a study from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital shows those inactive viral pieces represent little to…

Top: Visium spatial tonsil data displaying a ranked score of pathogen-specific signatures onto GCs highlighted by the core TFH cell signature. Bottom: Xenium spatial human lymph node data displaying a ranked score of pathogen-specific signatures in TFH cells and GCs…

Three distinct snapshots obtained with cryo-electron microscopy illustrate the arrangement of two of the four symmetrical subunits that make a functional NMDA receptor. During activation, as the receptor transitions from Closed, to Primed, to Open, subtle rearrangements occur in the…

Illinois health leaders should part ways with the federal government when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines and recommend the shots for all adults and many children, an influential state committee voted Monday. The Illinois Department of Public Health Immunization Advisory…

by I. Edwards Illinois health officials are warning residents to be on alert after the state’s first case of Powassan virus was confirmed in a resident who became seriously ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) hasn’t determined whether…

CT scanners are usually left running 24/7 to be ready for patients who need emergency scans. Now researchers have conducted the first Australian study on the benefits of switching off radiology equipment when not in use. Simply switching off a…

Idaho State University appears to be getting more serious about buying the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine in Meridian—at least, serious enough to spend $100,000 on a study that could help make the case for a purchase. The state university…

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients’ tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute respiratory failure, according to a pilot study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. People who come to hospital with breathing problems…

Folashade Agusto employed computer modeling and large datasets to better understand how COVID-19 was transmitted in one community in South Africa during the worldwide pandemic. Credit: Wikimedia Commons University of Kansas researcher Folashade Agusto trained as an applied mathematician, though…

Scientists mapped deer tick, dog tick and lone star tick abundance in Illinois and reported on tick-borne diseases across the state from 2018–2022. Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon Scientists analyzed the distribution of three potentially harmful tick species in Illinois,…

World map demonstrating where studies analyzed were conducted. Credit: eClinicalMedicine (2025). DOI: 10.1016 With an estimated 1.14 million deaths worldwide annually caused by bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, a University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial resistance…

Researchers led by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute report that menopausal hormone therapy relieved vasomotor symptoms without raising cardiovascular risk in younger women, but increased risk was evident in women aged 70 years and older. Concerns about the…

Columbia University Medical Center-led research reports that home high-intensity aerobic training improved ataxia symptoms, fatigue, and aerobic fitness more than dose-matched home balance training in individuals with cerebellar ataxias. Cerebellar ataxias are a group of different disorders marked by progressive…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Nearly one-quarter of child and adolescent victims of firearm homicide were killed in their own homes from 2020-2021, including nearly two-thirds of child victims aged 12 and under, UCLA-led research finds. The findings, to be…

Microscopic image of an HIV-infected T cell. Credit: NIAID Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, Unitaid and the Gates Foundation said Wednesday. The two…

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the second most common infections, affecting millions of people each year. This major public health concern can often be prevented or cured if treated correctly. Credit: European Association of Urology A new international study has…

Health care workers in emergency departments (EDs) face frequent violence from agitated patients, according to a study published in Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM). The study, titled “Prevalence of violence against health care workers among agitated patients in an urban emergency…

A study published in Lancet highlights the safety and effectiveness of rabies treatment Rabishield. Credit: UMass Chan file photo Rabies is one of the deadliest infectious diseases, but it is also preventable when treated quickly after an animal bite. A…

People who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may suffer worse symptoms if they live in areas with higher levels of air pollution, according to a multi-national study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Patients…

Hospitals with the widest difference between the cost of their services and what they charge patients and their insurance carriers are mostly for-profit, investor-owned and located in large metropolitan areas. They also have significantly worse patient outcomes compared with lower-cost…

Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels A recent study examined whether higher educational debt among physicians is associated with more hours worked per week and whether both are independently associated with burnout symptoms among early-career family physicians. The findings are published…

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday—about half of them at birth. About 90% of that subset developed…

Heavy drinkers are more likely to buy alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks, a new report from the University of Sheffield has revealed. The sales value of so-called no/lo drinks soared to £362 million in 2023, more than doubling since 2020. However,…