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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 4-Oct-2025 05:10 ET (4-Oct-2025 09:10 GMT/UTC)

A statement from the Global Virus Network (GVN) on the rapidly escalating measles crisis in the U.S. and worldwide

Global Virus Network
Business Announcement

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of leading human and animal virologists from 80+ Centers of Excellence and Affiliates in more than 40 countries, is sounding the alarm over a sharp resurgence of measles cases in the United States and globally. This resurgence, fueled by falling vaccination rates, threatens to erode decades of public health progress.

OHSU scientists develop tool that improves tissue cancer analysis

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute, the tool, dubbed OmicsTweezer, uses advanced machine learning techniques to analyze biological data at a scale large enough to estimate the composition of cell types in a sample of tissue that may be taken from a biopsy. This process allows scientists to map the cellular makeup of tumors and surrounding tissues — an area known as the tumor microenvironment.

Journal: Cell Genomics
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Data Science Award

University of Houston engineer leads team advancing early detection of ovarian cancer

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

With a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Defense, a University of Houston engineer will lead a team of researchers in finding early markers for ovarian cancer.

Discovery could battle Alzheimer’s by boosting blood flow to brain

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research suggests an unexpected way doctors may be able to improve blood flow to the brain to battle Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Owens Family Foundation, American Heart Association, UVA Brain Institute

Dr. Jennifer Ashton and Dr. Joseph Woo join American Heart Association Board of Directors

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The American Heart Association announces the appointment of two leading health and science leaders, Jennifer Ashton, M.D., M.S. and Joseph Woo, M.D., FAHA, to its volunteer Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2025.

Childhood trauma can harm health for life

University of Georgia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adverse experiences and environments in childhood may cause a chain reaction of mental and physical health problems later in life, according to new University of Georgia research.

Journal: Development and Psychopathology

TTUHSC’s Logsdon receives grant to study vascular side of traumatic brain injuries

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The pathophysiological mechanisms associated with the onset and progression of age-related diseases, and potential impacts of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) on aging, are not completely understood. Uncovering these mechanisms could lead to new clinical methods capable of reducing the development of age-related disease. Supported by a three-year grant from the National Institutes of Health, Aric F. Logsdon, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine will study how brain endothelial cells handle the stressors of neuroinflammation.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging