Thursday, May 14, 2026

Health

Risk-Based Screening Works as Well as Yearly Checks After 40 in Finding Breast Cancers

A study of more than 45,000 women found that screening women according to their level of risk was as effective in detecting tumors as the one-size-fits-most screening currently recommended. Source link

Government Can Withhold Funds From Planned Parenthood, Appeals Court Rules

A three-judge panel threw out a lower court’s order, allowing the Trump administration to continue defunding the group and other major abortion providers. Source link

F.D.A. Approves Two New Drugs to Treat Gonorrhea

The sexually transmitted disease has become increasingly resistant to existing antibiotics. Source link

New Eli Lilly Drug Retatrutide Brought Major Weight Loss in Trial

The maker of Zepbound reported results from a study of retatrutide, which targets three hormones in the body and led to much more weight loss than any approved drug. Source link

A Surrogacy Firm Told Parents-to-Be Their Money Was Safe. Suddenly, It Vanished.

Surro Connections held itself out as a reliable business. Now, clients have lost as much as tens of thousands of dollars meant to compensate women carrying their pregnancies. Source link

Some Teens Are on Social Media ‘Almost Constantly,’ Survey Says

The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot. Source link

Obamacare Users Will Be Asked to Pay More for Plans That Cover Less

People who have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will face higher deductibles and higher premiums. Source link

The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory

In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her. Source link

Kidney Recipient Dies After Transplant From Organ Donor Who Had Rabies

Only four donors have transmitted rabies to organ transplant recipients since 1978, according to federal officials. Source link

Chuck Kesey, Probiotic Yogurt Pioneer, Dies at 87

The younger brother of Ken Kesey, the novelist and counterculture luminary, he turned a defunct creamery into what is now Nancy’s Probiotic Foods. Source link
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