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  • Fourteen foodborne parasites still drive 171 million illnesses worldwide, analysis finds
    on August 16, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    Recent Cyclospora outbreaks have renewed public attention to foodborne parasites, but they also highlight a broader reality: These diseases continue to affect millions of people around the world and remain a significant global public health challenge.

  • How functional neurological disorder is both ‘all in your head’ and beyond it
    on August 16, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    By the time many people with functional neurological disorder arrive in our clinic, they have heard the five words “It’s all in your head” more times than they can count. They are told their brain scan was normal. Their electroencephalogram, a test that measures the brain’s electrical activity, is reassuring. “The good news is you don’t have epilepsy,” they’re told.

  • New way to help CAR-T cells fight solid tumors could change cancer treatment
    on August 16, 2026 at 4:00 pm

    For more than a decade, CAR-T cell therapy has been one of the biggest breakthroughs in cancer medicine. By reprogramming a patient’s own immune cells to attack cancer, doctors have produced remarkable results against certain blood cancers, offering hope to patients who once had few treatment options.

  • PTSD therapy side effects remain rare among children and adolescents, analysis finds
    on August 16, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    Psychological interventions are effective in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents. But can they also have unwanted side effects? To answer this question, an international research team led by Dr. Thole H. Hoppen and professor Nexhmedin Morina from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Münster conducted the first meta-analysis of its kind, which has been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

  • Wearable smart patch could automatically deliver aid during a fentanyl overdose
    on August 16, 2026 at 12:40 pm

    A patch smaller than a penny could one day save the lives of people experiencing a fentanyl overdose—even when no one else is there to help. Researchers in Virginia Tech’s Department of Biological Systems Engineering have developed a wearable microneedle patch that can detect fentanyl in the body and automatically release naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose.