Category: 4. Health

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at a new fund to support research, whether Congress will extend Obamacare subsidies, the latest data on Lilly’s obesity pill and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.

The estate of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has launched the Fund for Science and Technology to support research in AI, the environment and bioscience with $500 million in grants over…

A sugar present on virus envelopes might become the target of new antiviral treatments for a range of viruses, researchers report August 27 in Science Advances. This treatment, shown to shut down infections of Ebola, Nipah, SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses in mice, could potentially be the first line of defense against future pandemics, the scientists say.

“This is an interesting study, showing a possible pathway towards broad-spectrum antivirals,” says William Wimley, a…

A study survey of close to 600 women and 500 men found that at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the most unlikely people might have been more likely to cheat on their romantic partners: parents. “In general, the Covid-19 pandemic had considerable personal and social impacts,…

The safety and savings depend on maintaining strong childhood vaccination rates, researchers emphasized.

“By maintaining high childhood vaccination coverage, we not only protect kids, but we may actually be able to reduce adult booster vaccinations,” said lead author Mark Slifka, Ph.D.,…

As government-supported research in the US is being decimated by funding cuts, it was refreshing to attend REMEDi4ALL’s international drug repurposing conference this past spring. The European Union and private donors fund this consortium of 25 international organizations. For now, much of their focus is on rare diseases—defined in Europe as one affecting 5 in 10,000 people, or 300 million globally. (The…

Only a few decades ago, a diagnosis of lupus could mean giving up the dream of having children. Women with systemic autoimmune diseases like lupus were warned that pregnancy was too risky – both for them and their unborn babies. Fast forward to today, and the story is remarkably different.

Thanks to scientific research and medical advances, pregnancy outcomes have greatly improved over the past several decades, and the outlook for pregnancy in people with autoimmune disease is more…

President Donald Trump’s administration has dramatically reshaped health and medical research by rolling back federal funding from institutions that have diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and by cutting federal funding for research projects that the administration considers related to DEI.

As of Aug. 20, 2025, the National Institutes of Health has terminated over 5,100 grants totaling over US$4.4 billion in research funding. Likewise, the National Science Foundation, which…

Texas passed a landmark law in June 2025, supported by former Gov. Rick Perry, that allocates US$50 million to support research on ibogaine, one of the most powerful psychedelics, for treating opioid addiction and treatment-resistant PTSD.

Arizona passed a similar law in May, funding research on ibogaine’s effectiveness for treating veterans and those with traumatic brain injuries.

These laws come on the heels of states such as Oregon, Colorado, Kentucky and Georgia legalizing…

You could say that Billie Jean King and Rosie Casals have really hit it out of the park. Both went from first being introduced to tennis as kids in public parks in New York City and…