Ultra-Processed Foods Link Brain Reward Responses to Child Weight Gain
Children who eat more ultra-processed foods show stronger brain reward responses to food images, which link directly to later body fat increases.
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Florida Records 425 Dengue Cases in Largest Outbreak in Decades
Florida has recorded 425 cases of locally acquired dengue fever in 2026, marking the state’s largest outbreak in decades.
Moderna Cancer Vaccine Cuts Melanoma Risk While Shares Fall
A personalized mRNA vaccine combined with Merck’s Keytruda cut the risk of melanoma recurrence or death by 42% over two years in a late-stage clinical trial.
Targeting Tumor Microenvironment Could Help Shrink Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have identified that inactivating the CD44 molecule in cancer-associated fibroblasts shrinks pancreatic tumors in mouse models…
Radical Numerics Injects First AI-Designed Virus Into Human Patient
San Francisco artificial intelligence lab Radical Numerics announced it administered a custom AI-designed bacteriophage to a human patient with a severe bacterial infection under…
US Adults Projected to Maintain 755 Million Ties to Deceased Relatives
Demographic models estimate that living Black and white Americans maintain 755 million ties to deceased close relatives, a population more than three times the size of the living…
“Northumberland Farmer Culls 32,000 Birds, Devastating Loss in First England Case"
Thirty-two thousand egg-laying birds dead, a £100,000-plus hole in a family business, and a carpet of sudden loss.
CDC Reports Three Measles Deaths While Pennsylvania Confirms Five Fatalities
As U.S. measles cases surpass 4,400 this year, a sharp transparency dispute has emerged over federal death counts.
France Reports First Human Case of Livestock Shamonda Virus
French health authorities confirmed the first documented human infection with the Shamonda virus in October 2026, involving a severely immunocompromised patient in Lyon who died…
UK Trial Tests Diabetes and ADHD Drugs to Slow Alzheimer’s Disease
More than 1,200 NHS patients will participate in a pioneering clinical trial launched across the United Kingdom to test whether existing diabetes and ADHD medications can slow…
Cold Exposure Extends Lifespan in Nematodes via Metabolic Network
Moderate cold exposure extends lifespan and preserves protein health in nematodes through an intertissue metabolic network.
Washington University Researchers Reveal Angelman Syndrome Stress Cause
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine revealed that even a moderate 25% reduction in UBE3A triggers a false cellular stress response by causing asparagine…