Your Period, Your Proteins, Your Health

Nearly 200 blood proteins rise and fall across the menstrual cycle, enabling a test that pinpoints cycle day and links it to risks like fibroids and heavy bleeding.

Doctors Say Hegseth’s Flu Vaccine Decision Will Weaken Military Readiness

Eliminating flu and COVID-19 vaccine requirements threatens our military preparedness and goes against data. Will Hegseth go after other vaccine-preventable infections next?

Where Bullets Fly, Malaria Kills

With conflicts escalating in many parts of the world, we’re seeing an upsurge in malaria cases and deaths. In some cases, the disease kills more people than the fighting.

Using AI To Personalize Healthcare–Without Losing Patient Trust

In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the opportunities and challenges of using AI to personalize healthcare and speed up clinical trials, the future of genetic medicine, another big Lilly acquisition, and more.

Esther and Anne Wojcicki join new healthcare accelerator, fund

Mary Minno launches early-stage startup accelerator program, Treehub, and an early-stage firm, AI Health Fund, aimed at backing startups working at the intersection of healthcare and AI.

Progress For Preeclampsia

An overactive immune switch in the placenta may drive preeclampsia; blocking it in models reverses key disease pathways, pointing toward targeted therapies.

Allowing Our Military To Refuse Flu Vaccination Is A Bad Idea. Here’s Why

Hegseth’s decision to allow military servicemembers to refuse flu vaccination contradicts U.S. military doctrine and the lesson of WWI, when flu killed 45,000 U.S. troops

Can Vaccine Development Weather Political Storms?

The people who research, make and invest in vaccines are nervous. Some companies have started pulling back on their vaccine work.

A Virus From Farmed Seafood Is Causing A New Eye Disease In People

A shrimp virus called CMNV has jumped into humans, causing a new eye disease linked to handling and eating raw seafood. The virus is already global.

Elevance Health Profits Eclipse $1.7 Billion Despite Elevated Costs

Elevance Health reported $1.7 billion in first quarter net income as cost issues continued to drag on earnings of the nation’s second-largest health insurer.