NYTIMES (Ruxandra Teslo) - The Search for New Cures Is Broken
It is too hard for medical researchers to launch clinical trials.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Pancreatic cancer drug may hold promise for lung cancer as well, early study suggests
A breakthrough drug recently approved to treat advanced pancreatic cancer may show promise against lung cancer as well, a new study suggests.
AXIOS (Adriel Bettelheim) - Brain implants fuel U.S.-China bioscience rivalry
Brain implants like those being developed by Elon Musk's Neuralink are becoming the latest friction point in the intensifying U.S.-China rivalry in the life sciences. Why it matters: The devices are bringing new hope to patients with strokes, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions. And tech billionaires have fueled advances by pouring billions into biotech startups focused on linking the brain with computers. - But a new national security analysis says U.S. development efforts are being overtaken by Beijing's full-court press around manufacturing, data and commercialization. - The consequences could extend beyond health care, affecting U.S. military capabilities and the ability to train the next generation of AI…
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - CIA notes show FDA chief-turned-Pfizer board member saw race between herd immunity, COVID vaccine
Scott Gottlieb estimated 20-25% infected and three transmissions per infected person in May 2020, yet kept lowballing infection rate in public for months. "According to their own math," herd immunity would beat vaccine, watchdog says.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Arizona bans food dyes in public schools, ending the classroom birthday cupcake as parents knew it
Arizona's new Healthy Schools Act now bars public schools from serving store-bought birthday cupcakes and other treats containing common food dyes, and the only enforcement mechanism is a compliance list on a government website. The law, House Bill 2164, took effect at the start of the 2026, 2027 school year, which is already underway. It […] The post Arizona bans food dyes in public schools, ending the classroom birthday cupcake as parents knew it appeared first on American Almanac .
Arizona's new Healthy Schools Act now bars public schools from serving store-bought birthday cupcakes and other treats containing common food dyes, and the only enforcement mechanism is a compliance list on a government website. The law, House Bill 2164, took effect at the start of the 2026, 2027 school year, which is already underway. It forbids Arizona schools from serving or selling any food or beverage that contains one of 11 specified dyes and chemical additives. That list covers some of the most widely used colorings in American packaged food: red dye 3, red dye 40, yellow dye 5, yellow dye 6, blue dye 1, blue dye 2, and green dye 3. It also bans potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, and brominated vegetable oil. …Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Lena H. Sun) - Fall vaccine guide: What to know about covid, flu and RSV shots this year
Influenza, covid-19 and RSV are expected to send hundreds of thousands of Americans to the hospital this fall.
DAILYCALLER (Emily Kopp) - Pfizer Board Member Dismissed Key Natural Immunity Studies In CIA Briefing, Docs Claim
‘These were the early days of COVID’
NYTIMES (Amy X. Wang) - I Need an IV Drip to Recover From My IV Drip
Wellness clinics are shooting people up with vitamins, but is the point to actually feel better — or the opposite?
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - RFK Jr. and CDC Director challenge reports of measles deaths
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz are both challenging the reports of two measles deaths in Pennsylvania. Alicia Menendez has more details.
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Americans are abandoning conventional medicine for toad venom and mushrooms — and a $193 billion industry is cashing in
A growing number of Americans are turning to psychedelics, spiritual ceremonies, and other alternative treatments after losing faith in conventional medicine, a trend now backed by a nearly $200 billion global industry. Sly Young chose toad venom over antidepressants. She made that decision deliberately, fully aware of how it sounded. During the pandemic, her conventional […] The post Americans are abandoning conventional medicine for toad venom and mushrooms — and a $193 billion industry is cashing in appeared first on American Almanac .
A growing number of Americans are turning to psychedelics, spiritual ceremonies, and other alternative treatments after losing faith in conventional medicine, a trend now backed by a nearly $200 billion global industry. Sly Young chose toad venom over antidepressants. She made that decision deliberately, fully aware of how it sounded. During the pandemic, her conventional treatments for neurodivergence and chronic PTSD stopped working as well as they once had. So she went looking for something else, and found shamans, sacred ceremonies, and microdosed mushrooms supplied by a friend. Young's story, profiled by USA Today , is not an outlier. It sits inside a documented national shift away from mainstream Western medicine and toward a…Open