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  • No decline in childhood cancer survival in Sweden during the pandemic
    on March 5, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were global concerns that children with cancer might experience delayed diagnoses and disruptions to treatment, which in turn could worsen prognosis. However, a new register-based study from Karolinska Institutet, appearing in PLOS Medicine, indicates that childhood cancer care in Sweden was largely maintained throughout the pandemic.

  • Menstruation continues to shape participation in everyday life
    on March 5, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    The way menstruation is experienced depends not only on physical symptoms, but also on the social context in which it occurs. A study conducted in Spain with more than 4,000 participants analyzes how menstrual stigma influences daily life, social participation and well-being.

  • One in 20 babies experiences physical abuse, global review finds
    on March 5, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    About one in 20 infants worldwide is subjected to physical abuse by a caregiver in their first two years of life. That’s the central finding of a new study co-led by researchers from the UBC faculty of medicine and Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), the first to bring together anonymous reports from caregivers about behaviors like spanking, slapping, shaking and hitting. The findings are published in the journal eClinicalMedicine.

  • Learning makes brain cells work together, not apart
    on March 5, 2026 at 8:18 pm

    When you get better at a skill—recognizing a familiar face in a crowd, spotting a typo at a glance, or anticipating the next move in a game—sensory neurons in your brain become more coordinated, sharing information rather than acting more independently. That’s the conclusion of a study by researchers at the University of Rochester and its Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, published in Science, that challenges a long-held assumption in neuroscience that learning improves efficiency by minimizing repetition across neural signals.

  • New tracking tool reveals how T cells adapt in different organs
    on March 5, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don’t just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have struggled to understand how this counteroffensive evolves across these sites. Now, a new tool from researchers at The Rockefeller University and Biohub allows scientists to permanently tag recently activated T cells with a fluorescent protein to track how they travel and change during an infection.