Health and medicine
New treatments, vaccines and medical science, with the evidence behind each claim.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Brooke Eby
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Creatine
FDA recall process: Class I, II and III recalls explained
Galleri (multi-cancer early detection blood test)
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
Karl Deisseroth
Major depressive disorder
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
Mental health parity law (MHPAEA)
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus)
Obicetrapib
Optogenetics
Panic disorder
PCSK9 inhibitors
Statins
US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)
Yersinia pestis (plague bacterium)
ADHD medication shortage and telehealth tracker (to 11 Oct 2026)
ALS research tracker: treatments, trials and milestones
Anxiety research and policy tracker: drugs, trials and guidance
Cancer screening and prevention tracker: 2026 guidelines, trials, FDA
Cholesterol and fasting research tracker 2026
988 and crisis-care tracker: Lifeline, Press 3 and suicide data
Eye drop recalls 2026: live tracker of FDA recalls
EzriCare artificial tears outbreak (2022–2023)
Russia's suspected plague death in Irkutsk: live tracker
Meningitis outbreaks and vaccine news tracker, 2025-2026
Mental health care access and regulation tracker (2026)
Mental health policy tracker: laws, reports and deadlines to 2026
US health care changes 2026-27 tracker: ACA, Medicaid, Medicare
World Mental Health Day 2026: theme, WHO guide and what was said
Why adult ADHD diagnoses rose: recognition, overdiagnosis or access?
AI chatbots for mental health: promise, risks and regulation
Creatine evidence: strength vs. cognition vs. ageing claims
Who pays for 988? The crisis-line funding and policy debate
Why ACA premiums are rising again in 2027: the evidence and the debate
Does intermittent fasting work? RCTs vs observational studies
Who should pay for long-term care? US costs and UK reform compared
Who should get meningococcal vaccines? The 2026 policy debate
Multi-cancer blood tests: what NHS-Galleri showed and the FDA debate
New depression treatments: psilocybin, esketamine and the SSRI debate
From optogenetics to psychiatry: how close are new treatments?
Russia's plague scare: how worried should people be?
The self-care industry: a $6.8 trillion market versus the evidence
Stress management: what the evidence supports and what is hype
Youth mental health and social media: evidence, labels and bans
The ACA Marketplace in 2026-27: subsidies, premiums and enrollment
ADHD apps and digital therapeutics: a sourced guide (2026)
ADHD explained: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and the 2026 picture
ADHD medication guide: stimulants, non-stimulants and the evidence
ADHD in adults: symptoms, diagnosis, the ASRS and treatment
ALS explained: symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and research in 2026
ALS treatments guide: riluzole, edaravone, tofersen and what's next
Anxiety disorders explained: a crash course for 2026
Anxiety treatments guide: CBT, SSRIs, SNRIs and what NICE advises
Home and blood cancer screening tests: FIT vs Cologuard vs Shield
Burnout explained: WHO definition, causes, measurement and fixes
Cancer prevention: the evidence on smoking, alcohol, HPV and more
Cancer screening in 2026: who should be screened, for what, and when
Cancer warning signs: symptoms that should be checked by a doctor
Cholesterol explained: LDL, HDL, triglycerides and the 2026 guideline
Cholesterol-lowering drugs: statins, PCSK9, Lipfendra and more
Choosing a 2027 ACA plan: metal tiers, deductibles and subsidies
Creatine explained: muscle, performance, safety and the brain
Creatine buyer's guide 2026: forms, certification, lab tests, prices
Depression explained: symptoms, causes, numbers and treatment (2026)
Depression treatments guide: therapy, antidepressants, esketamine, TMS
Domestic violence explained: definitions, data and the law
Elderly care explained: long-term care costs, who pays, US and UK
Eye drop safety: how to check if your drops are recalled
Global mental health data explained: how many people, what it costs
Home cholesterol tests: a sourced buyer's guide (2026)
How to find and pay for a therapist in the US (2026 guide)
Intermittent fasting explained: 16:8, 5:2 and what trials show
Lipoprotein(a) explained: the inherited cholesterol risk
Medicaid changes from the 2025 law: work requirements and timeline
Medical alert systems 2026: Medical Guardian, Bay Alarm, Life Alert
Medicare in 2027: Part B premium, Part D cap and open enrollment
Meditation apps guide 2026: Headspace vs Calm, evidence and privacy
Meningitis explained: symptoms, types, treatment and prevention
Meningitis vaccines compared: MenACWY, MenB, MenABCWY, PCV and Hib
Mental health awareness explained: a 2026 crash course
Mental health counseling in 2026: a crash course
Online therapy explained: evidence, rules and privacy in 2026
Online therapy services compared: BetterHelp, Talkspace, Cerebral
Plague explained: how it spreads, symptoms and treatment
Self-care for mental health: what the evidence says
Sleep and mood trackers: buyer's guide to accuracy and privacy
Stress and the body: what happens, from cortisol to chronic stress
Suicide prevention explained: what works and where to get help
Types of therapy explained: CBT, DBT, psychodynamic and EMDR
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Altos Labs
Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)
Base editing
BioNTech
Bispecific antibodies and T-cell engagers
BRAIN Initiative
CagriSema (cagrilintide and semaglutide)
Calico Life Sciences
CAR-T cell therapy
Casgevy (exa-cel)
CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations)
CRISPR-Cas9
CRISPR Therapeutics
Eli Lilly and Company
ER-100 (Life Biosciences' reprogramming therapy)
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
In vivo CAR-T
Intellia Therapeutics
NIA Interventions Testing Program (ITP)
Intismeran autogene (mRNA-4157/V940)
Lipid nanoparticle delivery for gene editing
LOY-002 (Loyal's senior dog lifespan drug)
Moderna
Neuralink
Novo Nordisk
Orforglipron (Foundayo)
Paradromics
Partial reprogramming
Personalized (bespoke) gene editing
Personalised mRNA neoantigen vaccines
Precision Neuroscience
Prime editing
Rapamycin and mTOR inhibition
Retatrutide
Self-amplifying RNA (saRNA)
Semaglutide
Senolytics
Speech neuroprostheses
Synchron
TAME trial (Targeting Aging with Metformin)
Tirzepatide
Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy
Utah array
Cancer immunotherapy tracker: approvals and trial results
Gene editing tracker: approvals, trials and setbacks
Longevity research tracker: aging biology milestones
GLP-1 and metabolic medicine tracker
Neurotech tracker: brain-computer interfaces and brain mapping
mRNA vaccines and RNA medicines tracker
Can aging be treated? Evidence, hype and the regulatory gap
Do AI-designed drugs work? What the clinical evidence shows
Are brain implants ready to become medical products?
Who can get gene-editing cures? The access and cost debate
Who gets GLP-1 drugs? The 2026 price and coverage debate
Lifelong GLP-1s? The debate over long-term use
How safe is in vivo gene editing? The 2026 debate
Mental privacy: should neural data get special protection?
Can immunotherapy crack solid tumours? The 2026 debate
The US mRNA vaccine policy debate, 2025-2026
Cancer immunotherapy in 2026: a crash course
Gene editing in 2026: a crash course
GLP-1 outcome trials explained: heart, kidney, liver and beyond
The hallmarks of aging, explained
How anti-aging interventions are tested, from mice to people
How brain-computer interfaces work
How cancer vaccines work, from shared antigens to personalised mRNA
How CAR-T cell therapy works
How CRISPR gene editing works: cutting, base and prime editing
How epigenetic clocks and aging biomarkers work
How gene therapies are delivered: ex vivo, viral vectors and LNPs
How GLP-1 drugs work
How lipid nanoparticles deliver RNA
How mRNA vaccines work
How scientists record brain activity
How RNA silencing drugs work (siRNA and antisense)
How the immune system fights cancer, and how tumours escape
Aging and longevity biology in 2026: a crash course
GLP-1 and metabolic medicine in 2026: a crash course
Neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces in 2026: a crash course
Obesity as a chronic disease
mRNA and next-gen vaccines in 2026: a crash course