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Medical Xpress / NIH institute told to drop 'biodefense' and 'pandemic preparedness' language from website

As new infectious threats emerge worldwide, a key U.S. health agency is quietly stepping away from language tied to pandemic planning, a change some experts warn could leave Americans less protected when the next crisis hits.

Feb 18, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Corals in extreme coastal bays show greater resilience to climate stress

Corals living in coastal bays with strongly fluctuating temperatures and environmental conditions are better able to withstand heat and other stressors than their counterparts on more stable reefs. This is shown by research ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / England has a chronic shortage of family doctors, according to a recent analysis

Four-fifths of England's integrated care boards (ICBs)—responsible for planning health services for their local population—would need to at least double their number of general practitioners to meet staffing standards ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / AI-powered liquid biopsy can classify pediatric brain tumors with 92% accuracy

Liquid biopsies, which test body fluids that contain cancerous material, including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), are a noninvasive way to learn about a cancer's biology. However, technological limitations with the small ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Fungus with species-jumping genes threatens coffee crops. 'Resurrecting' fungal genomes may help understand it

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you've never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply over the past century, ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Combining GLP-1 drugs with hormones may lower uterine cancer risk

Adding GLP-1 medications like Ozempic to progestin therapy could cut the risk of developing endometrial cancer. A retrospective study published in the journal JAMA Network Open found that women using this combination had ...

Feb 14, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Study splits schizophrenia genetic risk into two pathways, one shared with bipolar disorder

A new study by researchers at King's College London has split schizophrenia risk into two genetically distinct pathways. One is characterized by a shared genetic risk with bipolar disorder and associated with higher educational ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Genetics
Tech Xplore / Woven nickel-titanium structures unlock new flexibility in 3D-printed shape-memory materials

At first glance, few materials would seem to have less in common than metals and textiles. And yet, by manufacturing nickel-titanium alloys as a highly deformable, interwoven material, more similar to fabric than a typical ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Why coping with heavy rain in Scotland's whisky country shows how to save water for the summer

After weeks of relentless rain and flooding, and even more forecast, 2025's droughts and hosepipe bans feel like ancient history. But they shouldn't.

Feb 18, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / How age, sex and genetics shape our antibodies

Age, biological sex, and human genetic factors influence the production of antibodies during the immune response. A team of scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Collège de France have shown that these factors ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Heart attack study reveals 'survival paradox'

Research from the University of Leicester and NIHR challenges the "one-size-fits-all" approach to heart attack care, adding critical nuance to the debate on sex disparities. A new study involving more than 900,000 patients ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Aggressive oral cancer can be identified at an early stage by changes in lymphatic vessels

Oral cancers with a high risk of recurrence can be identified at an early stage by examining the lymphatic vessels of the tumor. Finnish researchers have discovered for the first time that the surface cells of the lymphatic ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer