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Wyoming wants to make its five-year federal rural health funding last ‘forever’

Wyoming officials say they have a plan to make five years of upcoming grants from a new $50 billion federal rural health program last "forever."

18 Feb 2026

Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states.

It's the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI?

18 Feb 2026

European report: Antimicrobial resistance remains widespread in foodborne bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in common foodborne bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter continues to be a public health concern across Europe, according to a new joint report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

18 Feb 2026

Dual approach strengthens recovery for military PTSD

Military service members and veterans frequently experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is linked to a range of psychological challenges and adverse effects.

17 Feb 2026

Timing matters more than repetition in learning

More than a century ago, Pavlov trained his dog to associate the sound of a bell with food. Ever since, scientists assumed the dog learned this through repetition: The more times the dog heard the bell and then got fed, the better it learned that the sound meant food would soon follow.

17 Feb 2026

Short-duration psychedelic therapy shows promise for major depression treatment

A phase IIa randomized trial found that intravenous dimethyltryptamine (DMT) with structured psychological support produced rapid reductions in depressive symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder. Improvements were statistically significant versus placebo at two weeks, with mostly mild-to-moderate adverse events and the need for larger confirmatory studies emphasized.

17 Feb 2026

New gene editing approach offers hope for cystic fibrosis patients

UCLA researchers have developed a lipid nanoparticle-based gene-editing approach capable of inserting an entire healthy gene into human airway cells, restoring key biological function in a laboratory model of cystic fibrosis and establishing a potential new path toward mutation-agnostic gene therapy for inherited lung diseases.

17 Feb 2026

Air pollution linked to higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

People with greater exposure to air pollution face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by Yanling Deng of Emory University, U.S.A., and colleagues, published February 17th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

17 Feb 2026

New study uncovers link between pediatric OSA and higher risk of viral infections

A five-year study has revealed that children with sleep apnea are twice as likely to contract the flu or COVID-19, regardless of their age or weight.

17 Feb 2026

Study provides guidance for caring children with febrile urinary tract infection

A new study from the Advocate Aurora Research Institute - which is part of Advocate Health - published Tuesday in Hospital Pediatrics provides guidance for families and physicians caring for infants and young children hospitalized with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common infections in early childhood.

17 Feb 2026

New approach better predicts chemotherapy response in patients with triple-negative breast cancer

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new computational approach designed to better account for changes in gene expression within tumors relative to their unique microenvironments.

17 Feb 2026

AI tool can accurately predict colorectal cancer risk in UC-LGD patients

People with ulcerative colitis (UC), a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, are up to four times more likely to develop colorectal cancer than the general population.

17 Feb 2026

M-PACT sets new standard for pediatric brain tumor diagnostics, treatment monitoring

Liquid biopsies, which test body fluids that contain cancerous material, including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), are a noninvasive way to learn about a cancer's biology.

17 Feb 2026

Insilico Medicine and MSK collaborate to discover new drug targets for gastroesophageal malignancies

Insilico Medicine ("Insilico", 3696.HK), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have entered into a collaborative research agreement aimed at discovering new therapeutic targets for gastroesophageal malignancies.

17 Feb 2026

Preoperative combination treatment shows promise for some patients with pancreatic cancer

A new UCLA investigator-initiated study sponsored by the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that adding immunotherapy to standard chemotherapy before surgery is safe and shows promise for some patients with borderline-resectable pancreatic cancer, a disease that has historically been difficult to treat.

17 Feb 2026

NCCN publishes new guidelines for management of pediatric soft tissue sarcomas

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) today published new NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcomas.

17 Feb 2026

Fred Hutch scientists reach crucial milestone in blocking Epstein Barr virus

Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists reached a crucial milestone in blocking Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a pathogen estimated to infect 95% of the global population that is linked to multiple types of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other chronic health conditions.

17 Feb 2026

Redefining cardiovascular care for women

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death for women across the globe, yet significant progress has been made in prevention, diagnosis and management thanks to more sex-specific research, as noted in a special Go Red for Women issue of Circulation, the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed scientific journal, published today.

17 Feb 2026

Frozen in time: Ancient bacteria reveal evolution of drug resistance

Bacteria have evolved to adapt to all of Earth's most extreme conditions, from scorching heat to temperatures well below zero.

17 Feb 2026

Trump required hospitals to post their prices for patients. Mostly it’s the industry using the data.

Republicans think patients should be shopping for better health care prices. The party has long pushed to give patients money and let consumers do the work of reducing costs.

17 Feb 2026

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Wyoming wants to make its five-year federal rural health funding last ‘forever’

Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states.

European report: Antimicrobial resistance remains widespread in foodborne bacteria

Dual approach strengthens recovery for military PTSD

Timing matters more than repetition in learning

Short-duration psychedelic therapy shows promise for major depression treatment

New gene editing approach offers hope for cystic fibrosis patients

Air pollution linked to higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

New study uncovers link between pediatric OSA and higher risk of viral infections

Study provides guidance for caring children with febrile urinary tract infection

New approach better predicts chemotherapy response in patients with triple-negative breast cancer

AI tool can accurately predict colorectal cancer risk in UC-LGD patients

M-PACT sets new standard for pediatric brain tumor diagnostics, treatment monitoring

Insilico Medicine and MSK collaborate to discover new drug targets for gastroesophageal malignancies

Preoperative combination treatment shows promise for some patients with pancreatic cancer

NCCN publishes new guidelines for management of pediatric soft tissue sarcomas

Fred Hutch scientists reach crucial milestone in blocking Epstein Barr virus

Redefining cardiovascular care for women

Frozen in time: Ancient bacteria reveal evolution of drug resistance

Trump required hospitals to post their prices for patients. Mostly it’s the industry using the data.

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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