9+ hour, 5+ min ago  (264+ words) An experimental hookworm vaccine sharply reduced infection intensity in a Phase 2 trial, with vaccinated participants showing a median of zero detectable worm eggs in their feces after exposure. If approved, this would be the first vaccine for the parasitic disease,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (202+ words) In a small trial in China, a single-injection gene therapy improved hearing in all ten congenitally deaf participants. One even gained near-normal hearing within just four months," reports'The Doomslayer. A new gene therapy is giving people born deaf the chance…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (262+ words) The New York State Department of Health has determined that, thanks to a reduction in water pollution'namely, declining levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyl compounds (PCBs)'certain fish species in the lower Hudson River are now'safe to eat'in moderation," reports'The Doomslayer....

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (334+ words) U. S. health care spending in 2024 was $977 billion lower than the government projected it would be back in 2010. The authors attribute some of the gap between the projections and reality to technological innovations that have lowered the costs and improved the effectiveness…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (276+ words) Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made the drug weaker and less deadly and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (288+ words) WSSC Water announced Tuesday that it is temporarily reducing the level of fluoride added to the drinking water in two Maryland counties amid supply chain disruptions partly related to the Iran war. The water utility said that the water fluoridation…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (402+ words) Hans Bader practices law in Washington, D. C. After studying economics and history at the University of Virginia and law at Harvard, he practiced civil-rights, international-trade, and constitutional law. He also once worked in the Education Department. Hans writes for CNSNews. com…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (157+ words) The percentage of children classified as autistic has risen a lot in recent years. But is autism actually rising? Or are autism cases inflated by the fact that the definition of autism has expanded? The Doomslayer discusses this, saying: In…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (195+ words) The FDA has approved a new kind of insulin injection for type 2 diabetes that only needs to be used once a week, rather than the standard daily dose," reports'The Doomslayer. Novo Nordisk today announced that the US Food and Drug…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (307+ words) A pill for sleeping sickness that can cure the disease with a single dose has been approved by EU regulators and could be deployed in endemic countries as soon as next year. It's far easier to administer than the current…...