June 26, 2026
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Jails are the frontline in fielding dangerous new type of drug withdrawal

Medetomidine-laced opioids cause severe, life-threatening withdrawal in jails. Here's why many facilities remain ill-equipped to treat a growing crisis.

By Hannah Harris Green


What is pulmonary hypertension and why would a new GLP-1 help?

A report about unusual access to an experimental obesity drug has raised interest in the condition pulmonary hypertension.

By Elizabeth Cooney


New ACIP charter broadens criteria for members, calls for review of alternatives to vaccines

Critics of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. see the new document as an end run around a federal court ruling.

By Helen Branswell and Anil Oza



Frederick Pei Li and Joseph Fraumeni Jr. in 1991. The rare hereditary condition Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is named after them.
National Cancer Institute

Opinion: Joseph Fraumeni Jr., pioneering cancer genetics researcher, devoted his life to families like mine

Joseph Fraumeni Jr., co-discoverer of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, died at 93 after one of the most distinguished careers in medicine.

By Lawrence Ingrassia


988’s LGBTQ+ hotline to relaunch this year. But the group that helped start it might be excluded

The Trevor Project may not be allowed to offer the service it had helped develop for the 988 Lifeline just a few years ago.

By Associated Press


BIO 2026: AI, federal policy impacts, and general vibes

A booming market in biotech mergers and acquisitions overshadow concerns at BIO 2026. STATus Report host Alex Hogan with a vibe check from San Diego.

By Alex Hogan


Health workers assist a patient suspected of having Ebola on their way to a treatment center run by the French Red Cross in Guinea in 2014. Clinical care for Ebola starts with the simplest interventions.
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Opinion: ‘The Hot Zone’ led me to work with Ebola patients. Now I have mixed feelings about the book

Thirty years after ‘The Hot Zone,’ our understanding of Ebola has evolved enormously. So should our public narrative.

By Krutika Kuppalli


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