Neurons burn sugar differently: Discovery offers new hope for fighting neurodegeneration

President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sprawling legislation to extend his tax cuts and enact much of his domestic agenda, would require 40 states and the District of Columbia, all of which expanded Medicaid, to add a work requirement to the program.

California lawmakers are poised to delay the state's much-ballyhooed new law mandating in vitro fertilization insurance coverage for millions, set to take effect July 1. Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked lawmakers to push the implementation date to January 2026, leaving patients, insurers, and employers in limbo.

Learning to swim isn't just a childhood milestone—it's a life-saving skill, a confidence booster, and a path to lifelong health and joy.

For years after his service in Afghanistan and Iraq, U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Joe Hudak fought a daily battle against a voice inside his head screaming anxious, dark and dangerous thoughts.

Four new cases of measles have been reported in Kentucky this week, including three in one household in Woodford County.

As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he'd fired earlier, met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future.

A total of 27.2 million people of all ages were uninsured in 2024, marking a nonsignificant increase from 25.0 million in 2023, according to early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2024, released by the National Center for Health Statistics.

New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in Nature Microbiology, reveals an opportunity for developing a therapy against cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading infectious cause of birth defects in the United States.

In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before delivering high-dose radiation to destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. But this process, called tumor segmentation, is still done manually, takes time, varies between doctors—and can lead to critical tumor areas being overlooked.

Studies show that the average attention span is now only eight seconds. That's about as much time as it takes to read a few sentences before being distracted.

A pioneering study has provided unprecedented insights into the immune response following pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation. The findings, presented today at the ESOT Congress 2025, mark a significant step forward in overcoming the biggest challenge in xenotransplantation: rejection by the human immune system.

In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early.

For years, researchers have seen a connection between exercise and the progression of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's—but ramping up movement isn't possible for many patients. A new study published in Nature Neuroscience looks at how to mimic those benefits without having to hit the gym.

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation's first new cancer screening program for almost 20 years.

Humans are innately capable of recognizing other people they have seen before. This capability ultimately allows them to build meaningful social connections, develop their sense of identity, better cooperate with others, and identify individuals who could pose a risk to their safety.

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress 2025, the new technology could pave the way for more effective and less invasive treatment options for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

The cure for diabetes is a life free from daily insulin injections. Based on that criterion, ten out of 12 people (83%) in a new clinical trial were cured of their diabetes one year after receiving an advanced stem cell therapy.

Only one in 10 U.S. adults correctly identified testicular cancer as most commonly affecting men under age 40, according to a survey released June16 by The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James).