Plastic pollution does more than litter landscapes and oceans. According to a new perspective article published in Biocontaminant, viruses living on plastic surfaces may play an underrecognized role in spreading antibiotic resistance, raising concerns for environmental and public health worldwide.

Patients with metastatic breast or advanced ovarian cancer spend about 7 hours per week on cancer-related tasks, including frequent travel and waiting for care, a new study shows.
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Women experience worse post-stroke functional outcomes and have different recovery patterns compared to men, a new study shows.
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Exposure to common environmental chemicals, especially in combination, is linked to an increased risk of multiple sclerosis.
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A new proposal in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the FDA should create an approval pathway for medical AI tools that parallels how physicians are trained and licensed.
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A blood-based liquid biopsy test detects early-onset colorectal cancer with strong diagnostic performance and high sensitivity for early stages, offering a promising noninvasive screening approach.
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Patients treated with dupilumab were less likely to pursue corticosteroids or surgery.
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Commonly prescribed sleep medications such as zolpidem are not associated with a meaningful increase in the overall risk for birth defects when used in early pregnancy, new data suggest.
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People coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus remain at risk for hepatocellular carcinoma within 6 years of starting direct-acting antivirals, though the probability declines over time.
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Peanut oral immunotherapy is generally safe, but rare, severe immediate allergic reactions may emerge months into treatment, a real-world French study shows.
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