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10-Aug-2026

Marine heatwaves pose hidden threat to human health

Adelaide University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Adelaide University and the University of Hong Kong are calling for marine heatwaves to be recognised as a major public health issue, arguing their impacts on people have been largely overlooked.

Journal

Nature Sustainability

10-Aug-2026

Alter Dementia and Dementia Care Aware administer more than 100 free cognitive screenings to African American faith communities

West Health Institute
Business Announcement

Alter Dementia, Dementia Care Aware (DCA) and SageNavigator facilitated more than 100 free, community-based cognitive screenings at the 2026 Alter Dementia Summit and Aging Well Expo in Atlanta, Georgia, for the 100 Minds Screening Project. Out of 106 participants, more than 68% had never received a memory screening or discussed brain health with a healthcare professional before this project.

10-Aug-2026

National Jewish Health researchers reveal new insights into immune cell activity in sarcoidosis

National Jewish Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

DENVER - Researchers at National Jewish Health and partner institutions discovered specific changes in immune cells in the lungs of people with sarcoidosis. Their findings help explain how this inflammatory disease develops and could support the development of new treatments in the future.

Journal

Frontiers

10-Aug-2026

 

Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, appointed Chair of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Business Announcement

NYU Langone Health has appointed Nadia Ovchinsky, MD, an internationally recognized pediatric hepatologist, as the Pat and John Rosenwald Professor of Pediatrics and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

10-Aug-2026

 

Trk and IGF1R-related signaling linked to delayed Ewing sarcoma growth

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – August 10, 2026 – A new research paper was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on August 7, 2026, titled “Delayed growth of SK-ES-1 Ewing sarcoma tumor xenografts is associated with reduced Trk and IGF1R pathway markers.”

Journal

Oncotarget

10-Aug-2026

UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center partners with Lilly to expand clinical trial access

University of Chicago Medical Center
Business Announcement

The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC) and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) have partnered to help patients gain greater access to potential cancer treatments by participating in clinical trials.

10-Aug-2026

Baylor College of Medicine signs multi-million-dollar agreement to advance xenoliver transplantation research

Baylor College of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Baylor College of Medicine today announced that a new research agreement with United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR), a public benefit corporation, will provide up to $5 million a year for five years to establish the Baylor College of Medicine Center for Xenoliver Transplantation and Immunomodulation (XTI), dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of xenoliver transplantation.

10-Aug-2026

 

Where women live may influence ovarian cancer survival, especially among Black women

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study finds that neighborhood-level social disadvantage is linked to worse ovarian cancer survival, with a significantly greater impact among Black women.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, Janet Burroughs Ovarian Cancer Foundation

10-Aug-2026

First- and second-year outcomes after Nirsevimab immunization

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About the Study: This study found that nirsevimab was associated with a substantial reduction in RSV-LRTI–related hospitalizations during the first year across both the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 seasons. It was not associated with reduced hospitalizations due to non-RSV infections or asthma, nor during the second year of follow-up.

Journal

JAMA Pediatrics