Health

Meningitis outbreak linked to English university kills 2 and infects 11 others cnn.com/2026/03/16/hea…

China is closing in on having 200 million one-person households. One of their most popular apps is Are You Dead? where people press a button each day to indicate they are alive. gizmodo.com/an-app-called-…

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Washington State resident died of H5N5. First known human case of the influenza strain. Patient owned a backyard flock of birds. reuters.com/business/healt…

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Report: An experimental CRISPR gene therapy reduced levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by half in the 4 people taking the highest dose reuters.com/business/healt…

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Walmart to be first US retailer to sell Abbott's continuous glucose monitor reut.rs/4hm2QLS reut.rs/4hm2QLS

Scientists create human eggs from skin cells. Prof Shoukhrat Mitalipov says, "The largest group of patients who might benefit would be women of advanced maternal age." theguardian.com/science/2025/s…

CDC warns off dramatic increase in a dangerous type of drug-resistant bacteria called NDM-producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales cdc.gov/media/releases…

American Medical Association’s CEO John Whyte urges U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to dismiss the entire Preventive Services Task Force reuters.com/business/healt…

Caltech Researchers Announce Smart Capsule to Measure GI Tract Health. The capsule, called PillTrek, measures 7 millimeters in diameter sciencespacerobots.com/caltech-gi-sma…

Flashback: Researchers Drop Food on the Floor to Test Five Second Rule - food dropped on carpet was the safest and time does matter sciencespacerobots.com/researchers-dr…

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Medical researcher and author Eric Topol looks at the breakthroughs and new approaches to longevity in Super Agers amzn.to/4kcrUVU

Scientists warn about the possible risks of creating mirror bacteria - "synthetic organisms in which the molecular structure found in nature is reversed" cnn.com/2024/12/16/sci…

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Canada reports first human case of H5 bird flu, teenager hospitalized bnonews.com/index.php/2024…