In a preclinical study, a new CAR T-cell strategy was very successful against small cell lung cancer.

Air Pollution Linked to Reduced Midlife Cognitive Function

Everyday exposure to traffic, industry, and wildfire smoke was associated with vascular brain injury in middle age.

Perinatal Grief and Disney’s Versa: Can Films Change Care?

Spanish clinicians and grief advocates stress that compassionate communication and bereavement support shape how families process perinatal loss.

Eye Care Sees Green: Recycling Comes for Contact Lens Waste

Self-Screening Tool for AxSpA Aims to Lower Diagnostic Delay

The patient self-screening tool that was developed to help identify axial spondyloarthritis promises to cut time to diagnosis and is being evaluated in a large European cohort.

Single Bevacizumab Dose Sustains Trabeculectomy Success

A single injection of bevacizumab given during glaucoma surgery is associated with improved chances of surgical success even 3 years after the operation, a follow-up study of a clinical trial shows.

For Med Students, Finding the Right Mentor Can Be a Boost

Start with your advisors to find a mentor in your specialty or in another.

Treprostinil Turns Heads in Promising IPF Study

Data from the TETON-1 phase 3 trial showed even greater response over TETON-2 study.

Ketamine Tied to Rapid Relief of Depression Symptoms

A meta-analysis links intravenous ketamine with significant reductions in suicidal thoughts and depressive symptoms within hours of treatment.

Talking Bot Wins Over Patients and Docs in Ophthalmology

A voice-based generative AI assistant designed for patient education in ophthalmology is well received by patients, healthcare professionals, and practice managers, according to a qualitative study.

CDC Offers Hantavirus Guidance, Says Risk Is Extremely Low

Forty-one Americans considered at higher risk are being monitored, while public health labs scramble to validate PCR assays that can detect infection before symptoms start.

ECMO Cannulation Improves Outcomes as Lung Transplant Bridge

Clinical advantage was notable in older patients.

Flawed Tests and Funerals Allowed Ebola to Spread Undetected, Sources Say

By the time health officials confirmed new Ebola infections in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week, the total number of suspected cases meant the outbreak was...

'Deadly Mix' Puts Patients at Risk, RCN Congress Hears

A quarter of nurses say staffing on their last shift was so far below what was needed that patients and staff faced a high risk of harm, an RCN survey shows.

American Doctor Has Ebola, Will Be Transferred for Care

Two other physicians — including the doctor’s wife — were potentially exposed, along with their four children.

Is Ketamine for Depression Moving Too Fast on Weak Data?

Ketamine has been hailed as a fast-acting, effective treatment for major depression. But new research questions whether the drug lives up to its hype.

FDA Psychiatry Roundup: April 2026

A monthly snapshot of FDA activity involving therapies used in the prevention and treatment of psychiatric conditions.