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MIT and Harvard Medical School reported the first total synthesis of (+)-verticillin A, isolated in 1970. A 16-step route from beta-hydroxytryptophan produced the natural product and designed variants. Derivatives cut…

The American Heart Association scientific statement in Circulation links periodontal disease to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. More than 40 percent of U.S. adults over 30 have gum disease. The writing group…

Pharmaicy sells prompt packs that make chatbots mimic cannabis, ketamine, or cocaine. California SB 243 began regulating companion bots on January 1, 2026. Clinicians warn the scripts flatten safety rails.

Sebastien Beauzile, 21, received Lyfgenia at Cohen Children's Medical Center and is free of sickle cell pain. The $3.1 million therapy still reaches only a handful of patients.

A man in his forties lived more than 100 days on a magnetically levitated titanium heart, then received a donor organ. Two later Australian patients died of brain bleeds.

On August 31, 2026, Hubei province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences retained White & Case to attack Missouri's $24.5 billion default over alleged COVID PPE hoarding. Attorney General Catherine…

Prior authorization walked into a room that should have one voice. Potter posted the interruption. The company later advertised that it would cut more of those reviews.

The January 2025 border warning was not a monster movie. By June 2026 USDA had confirmed New World screwworm in a Texas calf. The AEGIS Alliance is following the veterinary…

Police say April Love of New Castle drove through Inspira Bridgeton's ambulance doors about 11:35 p.m. on December 31, 2024. A security officer jumped clear.

Eli Lilly's Kisunla won FDA approval on July 2, 2024, an EU authorization in September 2025, and a slower-titration label in July 2025 that cut ARIA-E. A 2024 Science paper…