A new study from Keck Medicine of USC is the first to link hearing aids and cochlear implants to improved social lives among adults with hearing loss. 

The July 2025 National Trends in Disability Employment report shows that the employment of people with disabilities has held steady for several months. At the same time, more individuals may be entering the job market in response to economic uncertainty, according to nTIDE experts.

A team from the Institute for Neurosciences reveals that restoring the balance between two amygdala regions reverses depression, anxiety, and autism-like behaviors in mice. This finding opens new avenues for treating affective disorders by targeting a specific neural circuit.

Researchers have long focused on the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway as a way to harness the immune system’s natural defenses against cancer. This pathway, which plays a key role in helping the body defend against potential pathogens, can be leveraged to trigger an innate immune response that targets cancer cells. However, a study published July 3 in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, led by biochemist Lingyin Li (Bluesky: @lingyinli.bsky.social), is spearheading a new school of thought.