Grace O’Connor — Health & Science Editor

A newly developed multi-ancestry polygenic risk score for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease significantly improves risk prediction across diverse populations—including African American, Hispanic, and East Asian groups—by addressing the historic underrepresentation of non-European genetic data in genomic research, according to a 2026 study published in Nature Genetics. The Blind Spot in Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk Models Accounting for … Read more

According to findings published online August 19 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, daily zinc supplementation significantly reduces all-cause infections in young children with sickle cell anaemia. Conducted as a randomized clinical trial in Uganda by researchers including Ruth Namazzi, the study tracked 100 participants aged 1 to 4 years over a six-month … Read more

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease progression and survival timelines may soon be tracked using a newly discovered metabolic blood signal, according to a study led by researchers at Nagoya University in Japan. By analyzing patient blood samples, the scientific team found that elevated levels of N-acyl taurines (NATs) correlate with faster functional decline and shorter … Read more

North Carolina health officials are urging individuals who interacted with baby goats from a mobile petting zoo between July 28 and August 27 to contact their local health departments immediately for a risk assessment, after several animals tested positive for rabies. According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the infected goats … Read more

Hearing loss often develops so gradually that adults may not notice the small changes at first.

Children suffering from persistent food allergies display unique placental DNA methylation signatures alongside distinct inflammatory profiles, marked by suppressed interleukin-10 (IL-10) and elevated T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines driving early disease trajectories, according to research published in the journal Allergy by E.J. Choi and colleagues in 2026. This foundational biological imprint offers new clarity on … Read more

Revealis Biotherapeutics has launched in the Netherlands to develop TEIPP cancer vaccines, tackling a mechanism of resistance where tumors disrupt their antigen-processing machinery to hide from T cells, according to European Biotechnology and biotechnews.nl. How TEIPP Vaccines Target Invisible Cancer Cells Tumors frequently evade T cells by shutting down the machinery that displays warning signs … Read more

Greece is facing a sharp surge in West Nile virus infections during the 2026 transmission season, with 232 total locally acquired cases and 19 related deaths recorded by late August, according to the National Public Health Organisation (EODY) and reports covered by Tovima. Surge in Infections Across the 2026 Transmission Season Health officials registered 75 … Read more

Unprecedented Scale and the Lack of Approved Treatments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Declared on May 15, 2026, the current crisis stands apart from past flare-ups because the specific strain involved lacks approved vaccines or treatments, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This clinical vacuum amplifies the danger as transmission persists across … Read more