Category: 4. Health

Using advanced analysis based on full genome sequences, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found evidence that modern humans are the result of a genetic mixing event between two ancient populations that diverged around 1.5 million years ago. About 300,000 years ago, these groups came back together, with one…

The NIH and CDC have recently terminated a number of critical health initiatives, so many that it has been difficult to keep track of. The latest — more than 40 grants related to vaccine hesitancy now cancelled by the National Institutes of Health, according to NPR.

The timing…

Despite bipartisan support, a last-ditch effort to pass a healthcare package that included pharmacy benefit manager reforms was scuttled last week. This marks the umpteenth time that lawmakers couldn’t cross the threshold to…

As a venture investor in healthcare, I am privileged to witness the remarkable advances being made in the treatment and management of diabetes, a condition that affects over 537 million people globally. The prevalence of type 1 diabetes is expected to increase from 8.4 million to between 15 and 17 million by 2040. The urgency to find effective…

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the bill for long-term care for older people.

In late February 2025, House Republicans advanced a budget proposal that would potentially cut US$880 billion from…

Physicians dominated 20th-century American medicine, but not from the start. In his landmark book, Paul Starr explained how a ragtag, “weak traditional profession of minor economic importance” transformed into a sovereign profession controlling healthcare delivery.

By the end of the century, fearing a surplus, doctors successfully lobbied to prevent growth in medical schools and residency…

What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at hand, President Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in acquiring Greenland from Denmark for reasons involving national security.

Without knowing what those reasons are nor other special…

DispatchHealth and Medically Home – companies that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed to merge, the firms announced Tuesday.

Financial terms of the definitive agreement weren’t disclosed though those involved said Boston-based Medically Home will become part of DispatchHealth,…

Maternal postpartum depression at six weeks is linked to reduced inhibition and emotional control in children alongside increased emotional overeating. The findings were published in Eating Behaviors. 

Around 25% of women experience postpartum depression within the first year of giving birth. Symptoms of the condition may influence parenting behaviors and the environment, resulting in less responsive, more stressed, or inconsistent care, which may in…

Your cells constantly generate and conduct electricity that runs through your body to perform various functions. One such example of this bioelectricity is the nerve signals that power thoughts in your brain. Others include the cardiac signals that control the beating of your heart, along with other signals that tell your muscles to contract.

As bioengineers, we became interested in the epithelial cells that make up human skin and the outer layer of people’s intestinal tissues. These…