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aTyr Pharma’s lung disease drug misses main goal in late-stage trial

(Reuters) -aTyr Pharma said on Monday its experimental drug had failed to meet the main goal in a late-stage study testing it in patients with a type of lung disease known as pulmonary sarcoidosis, a disease impacting the lungs and lymph nodes. The late-stage trial, ...
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Youth mental health challenges keep mounting 2 years after Maui wildfires

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Mia Palacio felt like she lost a piece of herself when wildfires destroyed her hometown of Lahaina. She isolated from loved ones after the 2023 disaster while struggling to process the grief, often angry that her family didn’t have a permanent ...
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UnitedHealth sought to meet with Trump, WSJ reports

(Reuters) – UnitedHealth has sought meetings with U.S. President Donald Trump, although it has not secured one yet, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The attempts are part of a bolstered lobbying effort in Washington, D.C., by the top U.S. ...
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Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, WHO says

(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Sunday said it had begun vaccinating frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, where an outbreak has been declared. The WHO ...
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Ebola vaccination begins in southern Congo

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday. An outbreak of the highly contagious disease was announced earlier this month in the locality of ...
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Brazil’s Lula pushes back against tariff, tells Trump the country’s democracy ‘is not on the table’

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday pushed back against a 50% tariff on Brazilian imported goods to the United States, arguing that it was “political” and “illogical.” Lula said in a New York Times op-ed that his government ...
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Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar dies

(The Center Square) – Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar died Sunday at the age of 79. Edgar, a Republican, served as governor from 1991 to 1999. He also served ...
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Tips on stepping back from screens and starting a new hobby

During the winter of 2024, Rachel Martin came to a startling realization: She spent most of her free time staring at screens. “I couldn’t really think of hobbies or things that I did that took a break from the digital world,” she said. With ...
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Gender testing returns to track, stirring up harsh memories and doubts that date to the 1980s

TOKYO (AP) — The woman whose genetic test in the 1980s led sports leaders to conclude it was too intrusive, not definitive enough and, ultimately, not worth keeping, said she was faced with “a sadness that I could not share” after results from that ...
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Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credits are in danger of expiring as Republicans and Democrats clash over how to do ...
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Trump administration to award a no-bid contract on research into vaccines and autism

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to a government procurement notice. The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract because ...
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LA County reports child died from rare measles complication after infection in infancy

(Reuters) -Los Angeles County health officials reported the death of a school-aged resident from a known but rare complication after a measles infection acquired during infancy, and urged residents to ensure their families are vaccinated against the disease. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The Los Angeles County ...
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