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IASLC proposes new tumor budding-based grading system for lung squamous cell carcinoma

Invasive lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) accounts for approximately one-quarter of all lung cancers, but therapeutic options for LUSC remain limited, primarily due to the absence of well-defined, targetable molecular alterations.

6 Oct 2025

PAHO concludes 62nd Directing Council with Strategic Plan 2026-2031 for healthier Americas

The 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded today, setting a bold agenda to address pressing health challenges across the Americas through the approval of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2026-2031 and key resolutions aimed at expanding access to high-cost high price health technologies, and preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

6 Oct 2025

PAHO introduces new tool to accelerate disease elimination in the Americas

During a briefing session at the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), officials presented a new technical tool to help countries in the Region of the Americas accelerate the elimination of more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions.

6 Oct 2025

PAHO Director calls for stronger cooperation in health financing and security

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met on Wednesday October 1 with members of the Council of the Americas' Healthcare Series leadership group and with health authorities from Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Panama to advocate for stronger cooperation in health financing and security.

6 Oct 2025

Health authorities approve new plan to tackle NCDs in the Americas

Health authorities from across the Americas today approved a new 2025-2030 Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) during the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

6 Oct 2025

PAHO and ORAS-CONHU renew cooperation agreement to strengthen Andean health systems

Today the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Andean Health Organization - Hipólito Unanue Agreement (ORAS-CONHU) extended the Memorandum of Understanding that consolidates their cooperation framework through 2029.

6 Oct 2025

PAHO and Haitian government unite to advance health equity and care

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Government of Haiti signed the 2026-2028 Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), the first cooperation framework of its kind between the two, reaffirming their shared commitment to strengthening Haiti's health system and improving health outcomes for all.

6 Oct 2025

'Good' gut microbe found to support fetal growth and reduce pregnancy risks

Research led by the University of Cambridge has found the first clear evidence that the 'good' gut bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in pregnant mothers regulates the placenta's production of hormones critical for a healthy pregnancy.

6 Oct 2025

Nanotechnology breakthrough reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mice

A research team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), working with partners in the UK, has demonstrated a nanotechnology strategy that reverses Alzheimer's disease in mice.

6 Oct 2025

Microplastics can alter the human gut microbiome, research shows

New research presented today at UEG Week 2025 shows that microplastics – plastic particles smaller than 5mm commonly found in the environment – can alter the human gut microbiome, with some changes resembling patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer.

6 Oct 2025

Artificially-sweetened and sugary drinks linked to higher risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A major new study reveals that both sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and low- or non-sugar-sweetened beverages (LNSSBs) are significantly associated with a higher risk of developing metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

6 Oct 2025

Harnessing AI tools for better treatment of serious mental illnesses

Serious mental illnesses (SMI) take a tremendous toll on individuals, their friends and family, and society as a whole.

6 Oct 2025

New ASPIRE trial tests chemotherapy combination for advanced prostate cancer

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology has launched the ASPIRE trial-a large-scale, Phase III clinical study investigating whether adding chemotherapy to current standard treatments can extend survival for men living with advanced prostate cancer.

6 Oct 2025

Live retinal imaging uncovers early signs of diabetic eye disease

A new method of taking microscopic images of a live mouse's retina through the eye allows to record the reaction of brain cells to disease and treatment.

6 Oct 2025

Researchers discover how HIV hides in different parts of the body

Researchers at Western University and the University of Calgary have discovered how HIV hides in different parts of the body by embedding itself into the DNA of cells in a tissue-specific manner, offering new insights into why the virus is so difficult to eliminate and cure – even decades after infection and treatment.

6 Oct 2025

UIC studies reveal rise in lidocaine poisonings despite overall drop in anesthetic deaths

Over the last decade, poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from one commonly used anesthetic, lidocaine, have increased in the United States, according to two new studies from the University of Illinois Chicago.

6 Oct 2025

Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year.

6 Oct 2025

Research finds a steady rise in cardiovascular-related complications during pregnancy

Cardiovascular-related health problems may occur in as many as 1 out of every 7 pregnancies, even among people who don't already have heart disease, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

6 Oct 2025

Breakthrough in RNA-targeted drug discovery offers hope against viral diseases

In a quest to develop new antiviral drugs for COVID-19 and other diseases, a collaboration led by scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has identified a potential new drug against the virus that causes COVID-19.

6 Oct 2025

AI-generated visual anagrams reveal new insights into human perception

New artificial intelligence-generated images that appear to be one thing, but something else entirely when rotated, are helping scientists test the human mind.

6 Oct 2025