Ultra-rare diseases often lack patient populations large enough to support randomized controlled trials. The question is not ...

The power of Python trumps Excel workbooks.

People who got the injection, retatrutide, lost 28 percent of their body weight on average after 80 weeks, Eli Lilly said. By Gina Kolata and Rebecca Robbins An experimental shot helped participants ...

“How do they do that?” is a reasonable response to certain things we see in nature. Pythons and snakes like them can eat prey as big as they are, sometimes even bigger, and digest their massive single ...

A new study shows how ERA combines large language models with tree search to rapidly build expert-level research software, outperforming leading benchmarks in tasks from single-cell genomics to ...

Edison Scientific will deploy its AI scientist, Kosmos, across Incyte’s drug discovery and development work. The partnership will embed Kosmos across Incyte’s translational and clinical data to ...

On May 12, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major milestone in its approach to post-market oversight of chemicals in the food supply, finalizing a new proactive food ...

Single adequate and well-controlled trial plus confirmatory evidence became the default approval paradigm, formalizing a trend already common for first-in-class oncology and rare-disease products.

State corrections officials have fired two jail guards they say ran a drug ring at a Fayette County prison, fueled by code words shared over jail phone calls and packages mailed from nonexistent ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Boston Scientific will upgrade certain pacemakers to a new software as part of a recall. Boston Scientific issued a letter to affected customers recommending all ...

Despite Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s pledge to provide “radical transparency,” the agencies under his control continue to suppress scientific research that conflicts with his anti-vaccine ...

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...