This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A prognostic test for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) could help improve and accelerate clinical trials and speed the development of life-saving drugs to people with ALS. Reports suggest approximately 30,000…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of a new, personalized cell therapy that supercharges the patient’s immune system to find and kill cancer cells. The therapy, axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Allegany County, Maryland schools, the first sign of the opioid crisis was a dropoff in usually strong elementary school attendance. A 5-year-old boy had been living for two…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fight against tuberculosis is the latest effort to investigate innovative financing instruments for vital funding. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the International Union against Tuberculosis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are 126 drugs in clinical development for Alzheimer’s disease and “every single one represents hope,” according to Closing in on a Cure: 2017 Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Report. The report, released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Beth Caldwell was dying. The 41-year-old former civil rights attorney and mother of two was dying the way she had been living since being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer 3½…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Increased class sizes, student behavior problems, high-stakes testing, tight funding, and limited autonomy are just some of the stressors that place teachers in contention with nurses for the top spot…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By 2019, one in 10 people living in the developing world will have 3D-printed items in or on their bodies.” That is the claim made by research firm Gartner Group.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Millions of American students suffer from mental health problems, and only a fraction are receiving necessary treatment, warns a brief from the American Institutes for Research. And the prevalence of mental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against many different cancers appears safe to use in patients with both advanced malignancies and HIV, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the Global Health Council: “Global health security means having strong public health and emergency responses in place around the world to stop the spread of infectious diseases across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the first systematic study of its kind, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center report comprehensive data on infectious complications of an emerging cancer immunotherapy strategy called CD19 CAR T-cell therapy.…