A large study looked at ancient DNA from about 16,000 people who lived over the past 10,000 years in West Eurasia, and found that natural selection has influenced human genes much more than scientists once believed. By comparing DNA from ancient remains and over 6,000 people today, researchers found...
Health officials in San Francisco have confirmed the city's first case of a type of mpox called clade I, which is predicted to cause more serious illness than the type seen in the 2022 outbreak. The infected person is an unvaccinated adult who was hospitalized but is now getting better. Officials...
The modern workforce increasingly relies on night shift schedules, especially in sectors such as healthcare, information technology, and manufacturing. While these schedules support a 24-hour global economy, they often come at a high biological cost. Thyroid disorders are among the most prevalent...
Scientists at the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) have unveiled MitoCatch, a breakthrough technology designed to deliver healthy mitochondria directly into diseased cells.
Exercising at a time that matches your body clock may help lower the risk of heart disease, especially in people who are already at risk, according to a recent study published in the open-access journal Open Heart. Researchers studied 150 people aged 40 to 60. They identified whether each person was...
A large study in the United States found that the HPV vaccine can help prevent head and neck cancers within 10 years of getting the shot. During the study, researchers compared about 510,000 vaccinated males with the same number of unvaccinated males, aged 9 to 26, over up to 10 years. They found...
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (ALGS), Thursday announced an exclusive license agreement to develop and commercialize pevifoscorvir sodium with Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd. for chronic hepatitis B virus infection. As per the terms of the deal, Aligos will receive an upfront milestone of $25 million...
Researchers found that eating a lot of ultra-processed foods is linked to more fat building up inside the thigh muscles, which might eventually raise the risk of knee osteoarthritis, according to a study published in Radiology. "In recent years, several researchers have shown detrimental impacts of...
A 63-year-old man from Norway, known as the 'Oslo patient,' has become one of the few people in the world whose HIV is no longer active for a long time after treatment. He received a stem cell transplant from his brother to treat a rare blood cancer. Later, doctors discovered that his brother had...
Menstrual irregularities, which are often dismissed as purely hormonal disturbances, can be redefined in terms of the gut microbiome. Once considered confined to digestion, the gut microbiota can also be recognised as a dynamic endocrine organ capable of influencing distant systems, including the female...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects 1-3% of the global population, often beginning in childhood or adolescence. It traps people in cycles of intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviours that can consume hours each day, disrupting work, relationships, and quality of life.
The U.S. Department of State announced the expansion of its partnership with Gilead Sciences and The Global Fund to increase access to lenacapavir (LEN), a breakthrough HIV prevention medication. LEN is a twice-yearly injectable medication, which has shown 99.9 percent effectiveness at preventing...
A recent report shows that Shigella bacteria are becoming harder to treat because they are resisting most common antibiotics. Health officials from across the U.S., including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, say this is a growing public health concern. Since 2011, more cases of Shigella...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has reminded more than 2,200 medical product companies and researchers of the requirements to submit certain clinical trial results information to ClinicalTrials.gov. Companies and researchers often fail to disclose negative trial results, resulting in significant...
Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. (HOTH), Tuesday announced positive data from its HT-VA study, evaluating the effects of parenteral Glial Cell-Derived Neurotrophic Factor or GDNF in a diet-induced obesity and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease or MAFLD model. The findings revealed highlights statistically...
April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.