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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Blood lead levels in young children in the United States declined in the last decade, but state data reveal that children of color and children from low-wealth families are still exposed to higher levels of lead,…

The kids are not all right, at least in the United States, according to a new report showing a nosedive in children’s well-being from 2019 to 2024. In 29 states, the overall U.S. score fell from 553 to 547 on…

Health experts warn that children’s mental health in England has reached crisis levels, as a new report reveals children in the North are more likely to experience mental health difficulties than those in the South, according to a report led…

Credit: Vitaly Gariev from Pexels Some subgroups of children with precocious puberty—such as older girls with slowly progressing puberty—may not need the same level of testing or treatment, according to a new Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline released today. “Children…

A cross-domain perspective on the varied roles of boundary-keepers in shaping work–nonwork boundaries. Credit: Human Resource Management (2026). DOI: 10.1002 New research from the University of St. Andrews is calling on employers to rethink flexible-working policies, warning that current approaches…

New research links childhood adversity to mitochondrial bioenergetic changes later in life, underscoring the impact of stress in early life on cellular health. The study also found that different types of childhood stressors leave unique biological signatures. The findings in…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Children who experience persistent sleep issues throughout their younger years may have a greater risk of developing depression in adolescence, a new study suggests. Led by Dr. Isabel Morales-Muñoz at the University of Birmingham, research published…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Childhood rejection, discrimination and bullying can affect your well-being as an adult. If your friends, family or community pushed you away because of your sexuality or gender, these childhood experiences of prejudice can also affect your…

Credit: Kampus Production/Pexels Sleep can be one of the trickiest things for families with little kids. It’s not just important for parental sanity or a child’s grumpiness the next day. Sleep is crucial for brain development, especially in the early…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is loosely defined as a narrow form of data-driven intelligence exhibited by machines. Generative AI (GenAI) creates new content based on learned patterns and supports online chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot. Given the low awareness…

In normal mice, neurons in the deep cerebellar nuclei are surrounded by PNNs and show robust neuronal activity during social interaction, allowing normal transmission of signals through cerebellum-linked neural circuits. In ASD-related mouse models and mice with experimentally disrupted PNNs,…

Image: Living tintinnid in its transparent shell during cell division. Credit: Maximilian Ganser Biomaterials with extraordinary properties, such as spider silk, have so far been known primarily from animals. Researchers at the University of Salzburg in Austria have now deciphered…

Credit: Redox Biology (2026). DOI: 10.1016 A team of LSU researchers has pinpointed a specific type of lung cell that acts as a master switch for the harmful inflammation caused by a dangerous class of air pollutants—a discovery that opens…

A functional assay to assess division momentum and fate programming in human naïve T cells. Credit: Immunology & Cell Biology (2026). DOI: 10.1111 New research from the Snow Center for Immune Health is challenging long-held assumptions about autoimmune disease, revealing that…

Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Pexels, The Conversation, CC BY-NC When high-profile figures publicly discuss their prostate cancer, the public health impact can be immediate. The media coverage raises awareness. More men may seek information or medical advice. We’ve seen a recent…

Federal health officials are mobilizing against the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite recently detected in animals in the southwest United States. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated an emergency operations center to coordinate its…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0% for adolescents, but…

Puerto Rican icon Bad Bunny, a superstar rapper, has recently risen to global prominence, as demonstrated by the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show. Bad Bunny’s success is not only down to his charismatic performances or engagement in social activism for…

Dr. Marek Stefan and Dr. Marcela Krutova. Credit: Adam H?íbal Antibiotic prophylaxis, the administration of antibiotics to prevent bacterial infections in individuals at risk, is a powerful medical tool. However, a new commentary warns that the growing tendency to prescribe…

Credit: Gustavo Fring from Pexels Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine found caregivers of children hospitalized for cancer and blood disorders may experience food insecurity during their child’s stay, even if they don’t face that issue at home,…

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is strongly recommended after heart events and procedures, yet remains underused, with only 20%–50% of eligible patients participating—despite well-established recovery benefits. To address long-standing barriers to access and continuity of care, Flinders University researchers established and evaluated…

New research has found that every year almost 400,000 Australians fail to access cardiac rehabilitation programs following conditions like a heart attack, despite strong evidence that doing so significantly reduces the risk of dying from another cardiac event. The first…

Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000 children ages 1–19 in the U.S. each year—close to 20 deaths per day. Injuries are the leading cause of child death, and these injuries are often preventable. Prevention takes many forms. Government policy helps…

Formation of an immunological synapse (gray) between CAR-T cells, which are specially equipped to express the CCR7 receptor(cyan), and tumor cells (magenta). The CAR-T-CCR7 cells more effectively kill lymphoma cells. Credit: Maria Zschummel, Advanced Light Microscopy Technology Platform at the…

Credit: Vlada Karpovich from Pexels After a median follow-up of 10 years, more than one-third of patients with large B-cell lymphoma and nearly half of patients with follicular lymphoma who received a single infusion of tisagenlecleucel—the CAR T-cell therapy developed…

Credit: University College London Early results from a UCL- and UCLH-led clinical trial suggest that a type of CAR T-cell therapy—developed by Autolus Therapeutics, a UCL spinout—could offer a new treatment approach for people with severe, treatment-resistant lupus. The findings,…

Credit: Kampus Production from Pexels Led by Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, a professor at the School of Public Health at the Université de Montréal, the researchers drew on Quebec data from COMPASS, a pan-Canadian longitudinal study of the health behaviors of secondary…

For millions of people, cannabis has become the unofficial prescription for lost sleep. But what feels like a solution may be quietly making the problem worse. Consider these two cases: She is 15 and has been lying in bed for…

Young people who use cannabis daily are up to four times more likely to develop psychosis than those who don’t, according to an international study led by University of Queensland researchers. The review analyzed evidence from 17 previous studies to…

A new WSU study suggests some cannabis products may be attracting the attention of underage consumers. Credit: Ron Price/WSU Unlike cigarettes or alcohol, cannabis products often come packaged as colorful gummies, chocolates, candies and snacks that can look remarkably similar…

Credit: Waldemar Brandt from Pexels The burning pain associated with cystitis affects millions of people around the world, and it can take days or even years for some patients to find relief from bladder pain, infection-related symptoms and the constant…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cancer drugs can shrink fast-growing tumors. But sometimes a few tumor cells survive. These “persister” cells seed new tumors, forcing cancer patients into arduous cycles of testing and treatment. The problem is that persister cells are…

A comprehensive multi-cancer study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that can be traced back to a…

CAR-T cells must overcome cancer’s many defenses in order to mount an effective attack. Credit: Lulu Perez, CC BY-SA You might think of cancer as a mass of rogue cells that grow uncontrollably. But cancer is more organized and strategic…

Cancer doctors across the United States are running short of essential generic chemotherapy drugs, and some fear the squeeze could force widespread rationing, The New York Times reported. The shortages trace to manufacturing problems, shipping delays and decisions by some…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Nucleic Acids Research (2026). DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkag561 What if a new combination of cancer drugs could sound an alarm, alerting the body’s immune system to invoke a targeted response to cancer cells? Findings from a new study appear…

The researchers found that drug-tolerant persister cells (DTPs) survive KRAS inhibition by reshaping their metabolism and becoming dependent on glutamine metabolism and lysosome-associated functions. Targeting these survival mechanisms reduces DTP survival under KRAS inhibition. Credit: Dr. Shigeki Aoki, Chiba University,…

General workflow for liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Credit: Nature Reviews Cancer (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41568-026-00908-0 By their nature, cancer cells have different nutritional needs than healthy cells. “Cancer cells have a distinct metabolism,” said Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell…

Canadian women have to advocate for themselves when it comes to seeking treatment for high blood pressure, according to a new study from a team of researchers at the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa. The findings are…

A new Canadian study has found that social anxiety disorder (SAD) now affects nearly one in seven adults—a 71% increase since 2002—making it one of the most common mental health challenges in the country. The study is published in the…