Millions of Birds Are Migrating — Here’s How To Help Keep Them Safe

As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, many face dangerous obstacles on their journey, and experts say people can help them have a safe trip.

This week saw the biggest migration event ever recorded by the BirdCast, a bird study project at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York — 1.25 billion. Farther south, trackers at Vi...

FDA Approves At-Home Version of Lasix for Heart Failure Care

A new at-home version of a common heart failure drug could make treatment easier for millions of Americans.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lasix ONYU (furosemide injection), a new drug-device combination developed by SQ Innovation, Inc., for treating edema caused by chronic heart failure. 

The approval ...

More Than 54,000 Gaza Children Now Severely Malnourished, U.N. Warns

A new U.N. study warns that tens of thousands of young children in Gaza are suffering from life-threatening hunger as food shortages continue into a second year.

The U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) estimates that about 54,600 children under 5 in Gaza are acutely malnourished. That includes more ...

Don’t Toss Those Veggie Scraps — They Might Be Healthier Than You Think

What was once tossed into compost bins could soon help grow stronger crops and even support human health, new research suggests.

A series of recent studies published in American Chemical Society (ACS) journals reveal how scientists are transforming food waste — from sugar beets to coconut fibers — into valuable materials for fa...

Virtual Reality May Re-create Psychedelic-Like Effects Sans Drugs

A new study suggests that virtual reality (VR) experiences designed to mimic psychedelic visual effects could safely boost creativity and flexibility in thinking — without the use of drugs.

Researchers from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan found that “cyberdelic” VR experiences — computer-generated e...

Drug Combo Effective Against Advanced Prostate Cancer

A new drug combo is offering hope for men with advanced prostate cancer.

Adding the targeted cancer drug niraparib to hormone therapy reduced the risk of prostate tumor growth and slowed symptom advance, according to findings published Oct. 7 in the journal Nature Medicine.

The combination was even more effective among men w...