Category: Health News

FDA autism device ban

Advocacy Groups Condemn FDA Delay on Banning Electrical Stimulation Devices Used for Behavior Modification

 Editorial Team  19 June 2026

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has missed its regulatory deadline to implement a federal ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used as aversives for behavior modification in autistic and…

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Precision Medicine for Parkinson’s

 Editorial Team  15 May 2026

Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP), in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), announced $261 million in new grant funding for the Collaborative Research Network (CRN)…

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Hantavirus

How Worried Should We be About the Hantavirus Outbreak?

 Editorial Team  8 May 2026

The hantavirus outbreak that emerged on the Hondius cruise ship in recent days is being closely monitored by the World Health Organization and many other health institutions. To date, the…

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sea virus

A Marine Virus Is Causing Eye Problems in Humans

 Editorial Team  16 April 2026

A virus that normally infects fish and marine invertebrates has begun to infect humans: this is the first time a spillover, or species jump, has been reported from marine animals…

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stroke nap

Stroke. The length of your afternoon nap reveals your risk: here are all the warning signs.

 Editorial Team  10 April 2026

What’s better than an afternoon nap, especially now that the first warm spring breezes are weighing down our eyelids after lunch? But suddenly, to disturb this quiet habit, a scientific…

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