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The Download: seafloor science and military chatbots
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inexpensive seafloor-hopping submersibles could stoke deep-sea science—and mining Last week, two oblong neon submersibles started to…
Noise, air pollution exposure and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis
ObjectiveThis meta-analysis evaluated the associations between noise exposure, air pollutants, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, aiming to inform future prevention strategies.MethodsStudies were systematically retrieved from CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library, covering publications from…
STAT+: Oregon hospitals won’t outsource to national physician chain after all
Faced with stiff local opposition and a possible loss in court, PeaceHealth drops plan to replace Eugene Emergency Physicians with staffing chain ApolloMD.
Trump administration’s drug strategy is at odds with recent actions on funding, policy
The White House nods to medication-assisted treatment and fentanyl test strips, despite recently placing new limits.
At-Home Blood Test Screens for Early Dementia
A simple, at-home blood test used together with online cognitive tests can spot early dementia, identifying people at greatest risk and potentially acting as a useful triage resource in remote settings. The post At-Home Blood Test Screens for Early Dementia…
Comparing Usual Care With Coordinated Clinician and Patient Use of Mobile Technology in Primary Care for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder: Practice-Based Pilot Study
Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects millions of Americans each year and is often diagnosed and treated in primary care. Evidence shows that self-management techniques, shared decision-making (SDM), and goal setting are effective strategies for managing MDD, but the required…
STAT+: Administration report on most favored nation drug pricing raises new details — and questions
Administration report on most-favored nation drug pricing raises new details — and questions.
STAT+: Sanofi asks to pull diabetes drug out of FDA voucher program after political appointee interfered with review
Sanofi has asked the FDA to pull its type 1 diabetes drug out of Commissioner Marty Makary’s new speedy drug review program.
STAT+: Color Health moving deeper into cancer services, complete with virtual ‘tumor boards’
Color Health, which coordinates cancer screening, is moving into a gap it observed — obtaining and coordinating actual cancer care.
“Failure to Launch” Syndrome: How to Stop Enabling Your Grown Child
When Zeke was in high school, he struggled with anxiety and substance use problems, and he left college after the first semester. Now 25, he is living at home, and his mom Carol is frustrated. While she’s pushed him to…
Human hippocampal ripples coordinate planning sequences and compositional representations in neocortex
Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 06 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41593-026-02291-3Human hippocampal ripples and replay interact with the prefrontal cortex to update mental representations online, letting the brain compositionally combine familiar elements in new ways for flexible planning and inference.
HHS tackles ‘overmedication’
The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, 988 staffing problems, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Opinion: Dr. Glaucomflecken wants to make a stink
“They don’t want this kind of scrutiny”: Why Dr. Glaucomflecken is getting involved in protests over an Oregon hospital system’s emergency department.
STAT+: Even at a meeting in Rome, FDA shifts are top of mind for gene therapy field
Cell and gene therapy makers met in Rome to discuss the field's outlook in Europe. One main topic of conversation: the FDA.
STAT+: OpenAI wants to ‘have their cake and eat it too’ with health AI policy recommendations
Policy recommendations in OpenAI's blueprint for unlocking AI’s potential to change health care are reasonable, but also self-serving, experts say.
Opinion: Trump’s executive order on psychedelics is the right move. But is my field ready for it?
The psychedelics field is getting what it has long wanted. Now it has to step up.
Biomarkers of ASD/ADHD and Factors Affecting Anxiety and Depression in Children and Young Adults
Conditions: ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD); Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) Sponsors: University of Exeter; University of Southampton; University of Dublin, Trinity College; Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Jimma University; FUNDACION PARA LA…
Precision Brain Mapping to Predict and Track Response to Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy in Youth With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Interventions: Behavioral: Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy; Other: Clinical Assessments; Diagnostic Test: Research MRI Sessions Sponsors: Weill Medical College of Cornell University Not yet recruiting
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Treatment for Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Conditions: Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Interventions: Device: Accelerated Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation (cTBS) Sponsors: Butler Hospital Not yet recruiting