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Study: UB researchers develop new inhalable treatment for TB

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the burden of current therapy.

Journal: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Weight loss drug linked to lower risk of eye disease in patients with diabetes

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The popular diabetes and weight loss medication tirzepatide (brand name Mounjaro or Zepbound) may lower the risk of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss, according to Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings may offer comfort to patients concerned about their eye health while taking the drug.

Journal: Ophthalmology

No association between mRNA COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and autism in children, new research shows

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with autism or other neurodevelopmental problems in children whose mothers received the vaccine immediately before or during pregnancy, according to new research presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™.  

Journal: Pregnancy
Meeting: 2026 Pregnancy Meeting™

Boston University led research finds neurodivergent youth in the USA at increased risk for dating abuse

Boston University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from Boston University published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence found that 74% of neurodivergent youth in the USA who have had a dating partner in the past year experience one or more forms of psychological, cyber, physical or sexual dating abuse. These youth had twice the odds of experience dating abuse victimization in the past year than youth who were not neurodivergent.

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Funder: Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice

Management practices can enhance soil microbiome functions in plant defense

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The soil microbiome is critical for the ecosystem, and agricultural practices that promote microbial diversity can support plant health and help protect against pests. But it is unclear which practices are most beneficial, and what motivates farmers to choose them. In a new study, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Cornell University analyzed surveys and soil samples from 85 organic farmers in New York to investigate the interaction between beliefs, management practices, and soil microbiome functions.

Journal: npj Sustainable Agriculture

University of Cincinnati trial tests new nonpharmacological treatments for depression

University of Cincinnati
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Cincinnati’s Fabiano Nery, MD, PhD, has received a five-year, approximately $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health to launch a clinical trial testing two new nonpharmacological treatments for teens and young adults with depression.

Fire-footed rope squirrels identified as a natural reservoir for monkeypox virus

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), together with an interdisciplinary team of partners, have identified the fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) as a likely natural reservoir of the monkeypox virus (MPXV). Their study was published today in the renowned scientific journal Nature. The discovery was based on the detailed investigation of an mpox outbreak among wild sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire. Scientists combined ecological, behavioral and molecular evidence to document, for the first time, the interspecies transmission of MPXV in the wild, from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys.

Journal: Nature

New AI tool diagnoses masked hypertension

University of Arkansas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many people with hypertension, a risk factor for strokes, heart attacks and kidney disease, do not have elevated blood pressure when examined in a doctor’s office.

Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

American College of Lifestyle Medicine announces updated dietary position statement for treatment and prevention of chronic disease

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Business Announcement

The application of food as a medical intervention is founded on decades of evidence demonstrating that various plant-forward dietary patterns are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, dementia, type 2 diabetes and cancer, and all-cause mortality, while greater consumption of ultra-processed foods is associated with higher risks of a variety of adverse health outcomes, such as cardiometabolic disease, common mental disorders, and mortality outcomes.