Vertex shares pop after nonopioid painkiller posts positive midstage trial results

Vertex shares pop after nonopioid painkiller posts positive midstage trial results

A sign hangs in front of the world headquarters of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston on Oct. 23, 2019. Brian Snyder | Reuters Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals jumped Wednesday after the company’s painkiller, which is being tested as an alternative to opioids, significantly decreased pain in a midstage trial. Those positive results for diabetes patients suffering…

Google is rolling out new AI models for health care. Here’s how doctors are using them

Google is rolling out new AI models for health care. Here’s how doctors are using them

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Google on Wednesday announced MedLM, a suite of new health-care-specific artificial intelligence models designed to help clinicians and researchers carry out complex studies, summarize doctor-patient interactions and…

Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say

Science doesn’t yet support broad restrictions on teens’ access to social media, experts say

To understand the path forward in regulating social media, it’s helpful to look to a transformative technology from the previous century: the car. A car is an essential tool for getting to places we want and need to go. It’s also an exceptionally powerful one that can be dangerous if handled irresponsibly. We require education…

Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access

Supreme Court agrees to hear showdown over abortion pill access

Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up a high-stakes legal battle that could lead to a definitive decision on whether the drug most commonly used for medication abortions…

Democrats Have A $50 Billion Plan To Ease U.S. Nurse ‘Shortage’

Democrats Have A $50 Billion Plan To Ease U.S. Nurse ‘Shortage’

Congressional Democrats want to pump $50 billion into the training and hiring of more public health nurses ― a cash infusion they say would improve both working conditions for nurses and health outcomes for underserved communities. Lawmakers planned to introduce bills in both the House and Senate on Wednesday to establish a grant program for…

Taylor Swift Explained Why Her Relationship With Travis Kelce Is Fairly Public

Taylor Swift Explained Why Her Relationship With Travis Kelce Is Fairly Public

Taylor Swift Talks Travis Kelce Relationship Taylor Swift is Time’s Person of the Year! And, as part of the cover story, the super-private star gave a rare insight into her relationship with NFL player Travis Kelce. For context, back in July Travis said on his podcast, New Heights, that he had attended the Eras Tour…

Dengue Cases Explode Thanks To Rising Temperatures

Dengue Cases Explode Thanks To Rising Temperatures

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began more than four decades ago, with experts warning that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of infections. A record more than 4 million cases have been reported throughout the Americas and Caribbean…