Science & Health
From 61 new items across 11 sources in the last 24 hours, here are the 8 most widely covered.
Opinion: STAT readers on Elizabeth Holmes, cancer screening, and more
“Even if Theranos had a functioning testing machine, the economic model on which is was based would result in failure,” writes a STAT reader.
The ESMO presentation everyone’s been waiting for
Moderna and Merck's 'presidential' presentation, and other news from Day 2 of the European Society for Medical Oncology meeting in Madrid.
10 years after Ebola in West Africa: Laboratory partnership improves viral hemorrhagic fever diagnostics in Guinea
Drawing on nearly a decade of surveillance, the researchers document the burden of Lassa fever in the region and explain how sustainable diagnostic structures can support prevention and help reduce the risk of major…
Triple-action weekly weight-loss drug reduces sleep apnea in two late-stage trials
Sleep apnea often gets passed off as mere snoring, but it's a much bigger deal. Throughout the night, breathing keeps pausing, and each pause chips away at sleep quality. Left untreated, repeated breathing disruptions…
Glioblastoma breakthrough reveals how brain cancer cells become more aggressive
Scientists discovered that the thick, sticky fluid surrounding glioblastoma tumors can make brain cancer cells smaller, more flexible, and better at invading surrounding tissue. Even more troubling, some of these…
International Gibbon Day: Stories of threats and survival
Twenty species of gibbons swing through the tropical forests of Asia, all are threatened by human activities like deforestation, hunting and trafficking baby gibbons for the exotic pet trade. In recognition of…
Sri Lanka mourns iconic tusker amid renewed calls to address human-elephant conflict
COLOMBO – The death of Kavantissa, one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic wild tuskers (Elephas maximus maximus), following a gunshot injury triggered an extraordinary wave of public grief, political attention and criticism of…
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 24)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology. The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 24) appeared first on…
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