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(RAND) – The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology offers great promise for medicine and public health, including the potential to yield transformative societal benefits. Yet this same convergence could introduce serious global health and national security risks. As … Read More

(Daily Nation) – Every year, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 Kenyan women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications, about 16 deaths daily, according to the United Nations Population Fund. Nominated Senator Beatrice Ogolla wants to strengthen efforts to reduce these deaths … Read More

(Axios via MSN) – A Middle Tennessee woman’s family said a medical mixup last week at St. Thomas Midtown left her paralyzed following a routine knee replacement surgery. In a statement responding to reports about the matter, Ascension St. Thomas … Read More

(Nature) – It is 20 years since induced pluripotent stem cells shook biomedicine. Public trust must be retained now that clinical trials are well under way. Earlier this year, the first such therapies — one for Parkinson’s disease and the … Read More

(New York Post via MSN) – The biological parents of the child birthed by surrogate mother McKenna West are suing her more than $100,000 for keeping the baby rather than abort it at their request, according to a report. Nasheen … Read More

(BBC) – Some of the most prescribed medications, including those used to treat depression, ADHD and high blood pressure, can increase the risk of dehydration and other heat-related conditions. Many types of drugs used to treat mental health conditions, including … Read More

(Wired) – From granola to guacamole, a wide variety of foods have been recalled lately over salmonella risks. Experts say common-sense precautions go a long way. Just as the US’s explosive diarrhea situation is starting to improve, there seem to … Read More

(NYT) – The artificial intelligence start-up announced a chatbot mode that will automatically limit some conversations to better protect young users. OpenAI announced on Tuesday “ChatGPT for Teens,” a new mode in which the chatbot automatically limits some conversations to … Read More

(Reuters) – A former adviser to infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci pleaded ‌guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to evade public records laws and conceal government documents related to grant research funding and the COVID-19 pandemic. David Morens, who had worked … Read More

(Reuters) – Karen Morad went blind five years ago, yet on holiday in Kenya in June, the 16-year-old Cairo schoolgirl felt like she could suddenly see again thanks to an app developed ​by her brother that described the safari in … Read More

(Nature) – Proponents argue that the current system creates a false sense of precision, but critics fear that the change could increase political interference. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has proposed overhauling how it decides which research projects … Read More

(NYT) – Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical. So I “wrote” this column with it. I’m looking at the paragraphs above and I’m really itching to edit them. A lot of these sentences are bad. But … Read More

(NYT) – To meet the growing needs of his congregation, Justin Lester created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it. Lester pulled up a video of the newest member of his congregation as a … Read More

(Science) – New study is among the first to quantify and explain slavery’s influence in contemporary U.S. health disparities Black people in the U.S. are already well-known to have a lower life expectancy at birth than white people, but the … Read More

(WSJ) – Moderna got a shot in the arm Wednesday after reporting that its personalized melanoma vaccine succeeded, in a large late-stage trial, at preventing cancer from coming back in high-risk patients. Investors cheered, as the company’s stock soared 177%. … Read More

(WSJ) – Results from a Merck-Moderna partnership validate years of research into a new approach to cancer treatment An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study of high-risk melanoma patients, Moderna and … Read More

(WSJ) – In some markets, the retailer’s insurance products will integrate pharmacy, vision and hearing benefits The warehouse chain plans a limited rollout of Costco-branded Medicare plans, working with SCAN Group, a nonprofit insurer. Nationally, Medicare is a more than … Read More

(Independent) – AI has been used to uncover microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours by scientists A newly developed artificial intelligence platform is uncovering previously unseen microscopic patterns within breast cancer tumours, allowing medical professionals to better forecast the progression … Read More

(Futurism) – “If writing is thinking, then any part of the struggle that is outsourced to technology amounts to relinquishing some freedom to perceive.” Students across the country are using AI models to complete assignments and write entire essays. Some … Read More

(KERA) – The child was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome — a rare congenital heart defect where the left side of the heart doesn’t develop fully about 20 weeks into the pregnancy. After learning about the diagnosis, the couple … Read More