Most people in the United States who drink alcohol do not know it raises their cancer risk. A new study co-authored by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers found that educational messaging is effective at addressing this…
Category: 8. Health
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Study addresses alcohol-cancer awareness gap
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Your Skin Has a Secret Weapon – and It’s Not What You Think
New research reveals how skin-derived signals may help turn local stress into a body-wide antibody response. Skin does much more than act as a protective covering. New research tackles a basic question in immunology: how can a skin infection or…
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Promising active substance against hepatitis E identified
Around 70,000 people die each year from infections with the hepatitis E virus. There is currently neither a vaccine nor a specific drug against this virus. This could change with the identification of bemnifosbuvir as a compound effective against…
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Healthcare AI Is Deployed Nationwide. Governance Isn’t Ready
After testifying before the Senate, one healthcare AI insider argues the real challenge isn’t the technology — it’s everything around it.
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Immune mechanisms of congenital Zika syndrome | Science Immunology
This Review discusses both fetal and maternal immune responses that influence the development of congenital Zika syndrome.
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The B cell receptor–mTOR signaling axis restricts the accumulation of lung tissue–resident memory B cells after influenza infection | Science Immunology
B cell receptor–mTOR signaling restricts lung tissue–resident memory B cell accumulation after influenza infection.
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Erratum for the Research Article “TCRγ constant usage tunes human γδ T cell antigen sensitivity, thymic programming, and peripheral function” | Science Immunology
In the Research Article “TCRγ
constant usage tunes human γδ T cell antigen sensitivity, thymic
programming, and peripheral function” by M. Viswanathan et
al., three typographical errors were…
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Macrophages restrict tumor immune infiltration by controlling collagen topography | Science Immunology
In solid tumors, local fibrillar collagen topography is imposed by macrophages and dictates T cell infiltration and local accumulation.
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Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda – an epidemiologist answers questions parents may have
Public health advocates have largely applauded a Massachusetts judge’s ruling on March 16, 2026, to temporarily block major changes to vaccine policy made by the Department of Health and Human Services since 2025.
The ruling pauses two…
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HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care
HBO Max’s enormously popular television series “The Pitt” is receiving plaudits for its realistic depiction of the trials and tribulations of health care in an urban emergency room.
Now in its second season, which premiered on Jan….
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