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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Jun-2026 21:15 ET (28-Jun-2026 01:15 GMT/UTC)

8-Jan-2026

Global data gaps highlight why citizen science has now become essential for official statistics

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A commentary coauthored by IIASA experts and senior representatives from the UN and the international statistics community discusses the implications of recent changes to the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program and highlights the importance of integrating citizen science more fully into official data systems.

8-Jan-2026

Mount Sinai launches AI-powered clinical trial-matching platform to expand access to cancer research

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

The Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center (TCC) has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help connect more cancer patients across the Mount Sinai Health System to life-saving clinical trials. The platform, which was created by the AI company Triomics, is called PRISM, and is powered by Triomics’ OncoLLM, a large language model-based pipeline built especially for cancer care. As an early adopter of this new technology, Mount Sinai becomes the first National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City to deploy this oncology-specific AI tool for systemwide clinical trial matching.

8-Jan-2026

Insilico Medicine leadership to attend 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

Leadership from Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”, HKEX:03696), a world-leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, will attend the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference Jan. 12-15, 2026, in San Francisco.

8-Jan-2026

Juggling two worlds: caregivers of leukemia patients struggle to balance care & daily life

University of Toronto
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Caregivers of individuals diagnosed with acute leukemia face a difficult balancing act: meeting the urgent demands of cancer care while managing their daily responsibilities. A new qualitative study highlights the profound toll of this dual role and underscores the need for caregiver support as an essential part of cancer care.

Journal: Leukemia Research
Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Garron Family Cancer Centre Pitblado Discovery Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

8-Jan-2026

Interpersonal and self-inflicted violence linked to temperature spikes

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Warming temperatures are connected to increases in violence-related hospital visits—including both interpersonal and self-inflicted violence—according to a new analysis of 14 years of Medicaid claims data. The study is led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings are published in the journal Communications Sustainability(link is external and opens in a new window).

Funder: Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund

8-Jan-2026

JMIR Publications and Sweden's National Library announce renewal and expansion of flat-fee unlimited open access partnership for 2026

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications, a leading open-access digital health research publisher, and the National Library of Sweden (NLS), representing the Bibsam Consortium, are pleased to announce the extension of their Flat-Fee Unlimited Open Access Publishing Agreement through December 31, 2026.

8-Jan-2026

Evaluation of cancer reports following COVID-19 vaccination and infection

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – January 8, 2026 – A new review was published in Oncotarget (Volume 17) on January 3, 2026, titled “COVID vaccination and post-infection cancer signals: Evaluating patterns and potential biological mechanisms.”

Journal: Oncotarget

8-Jan-2026

Research paves the way for safer colonoscopy bowel prep for people with compromised gut health

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New preclinical research suggests that bowel preparation procedures for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, culminating in unappreciated effects in patients with compromised gastrointestinal health.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine

8-Jan-2026

An old drug held the key to treating a rare pediatric disease. Scientists are teaming up to advance its use to treat more patients

Corewell Health
Business Announcement

A decades-old drug, long used to treat conditions including a chronic parasitic disease, may soon offer new hope for even more patients with a different life-threatening and ultra-rare disorder, Bachmann-Bupp syndrome (BABS), based on early observations. The work is made possible through a new partnership between Corewell Health, Michigan State University and Every Cure, a nonprofit biotech organization dedicated to expanding the use of existing medicines to treat other diseases.