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Wellness influencer Matt Roeske posted a video showing himself drinking from a Revigator, a 1920s ceramic jug that irradiates water using the uranium-rich mineral carnotite, claiming he has consumed the water daily for 250 days. He called the substance 'perfectly harmless' and framed the federal government's 1933 ban on such devices as evidence of a cover-up by what he called the 'Rothschilds FDA.'
The FDA has approved Edwards' Autus Size-Adjustable Valve, an artificial pulmonary valve for children born with congenital heart defects. Unlike previous valves, it can be implanted small, starting at 13 millimeters, and later expanded inside the body using a balloon catheter up to 22 millimeters as the child grows, avoiding repeated replacement surgeries.
Singaporean startup Strutt has launched the ev¹, a joystick-controlled four-motor mobility device with stability control, anti-lock brakes, obstacle-avoidance cameras, and self-driving Pathfinder and Waypoint modes. It can climb 13° slopes, clear 2-inch curbs, cross 4.7-inch gaps, and traverse grass and gravel, and sells for $7,500. The company markets it as a 'smart everyday vehicle' rather than a wheelchair, avoiding FDA Class II medical device classification.
An FDA enforcement report this month classified a recall of roughly 13,000 bottles of blood pressure medication as a Class II action. The report did not specify which states or retailers received the affected product, and details on the exact drug and manufacturer were not disclosed.
Researchers led by Conery et al., writing in Nature, report a strategy for treating lung cancers driven by mutated kinase enzymes that destroys the target protein entirely rather than merely inhibiting its activity. The approach is aimed at cancers that develop resistance to existing kinase inhibitors after acquiring mutations near the drug's binding site. Twenty-eight kinase inhibitors are already FDA-approved across nine molecular lung cancer subtypes, but many patients eventually relapse due to such resistance mutations.
A new bioRxiv preprint analysed DNA methylation patterns in transplanted human hearts and found that, months after surgery, the tissue's biological age markers shifted to resemble the recipient's age rather than the donor's. Researchers observed this effect in both directions: young hearts placed in older bodies appeared to age faster, while older hearts in younger bodies appeared to grow biologically younger.
Heidi Overton, Trump's nominee to lead the FDA, testified before the Senate health committee and repeatedly stated the MMR vaccine is safe and effective, directly contradicting Trump's earlier claim that it was 'quite lethal.' When Sen. Maggie Hassan pressed her on whether the president could ever be wrong, Overton avoided answering directly.
The FDA approved mFlusiva, a flu vaccine shown to perform well in older adults, but the CDC has issued no formal recommendation on its use. This departs from the agency's usual practice of guiding doctors and the public on newly approved vaccines shortly after FDA clearance.
Meta announced at Meta Connect that select Meta Glasses models will get a Hearing Enhancement feature later this year, aimed at users with mild to moderate hearing loss. It's available via Meta One subscription or a one-time $149 fee, with a 30-day free trial, and does not require a prescription. Ray-Ban models are not included at launch.
Eight Sleep released its Pod 6 smart mattress cooling/heating device with a 50% smaller footprint and a new solo size for single sleepers, priced from $1,999 for solo and $2,699 for standard sizes. The company says the new pod adjusts temperature 20% faster and has 9x more sensors than the prior generation, letting it distinguish between two sleepers or ignore a pet or child on the bed. The device launches today in more than 37 countries and is compatible with existing accessories.
A wave of alarm over AI risks has spurred calls for new regulatory frameworks, from an FDA-style safety agency to bank-style supervision or even a development pause, with figures like Alex Bores and Bernie Sanders backing such proposals. The author argues that laws and regulators already exist to address many of AI's harms, but enforcement against powerful tech firms has been weak, raising doubts that new rules would fare any better.
The CDC and FDA report that more than 30 people in four states developed bacterial toxin poisoning after receiving intravenous glutathione treatments at wellness clinics. Investigators traced the problem to at least two compounding pharmacies that used glutathione powder graded only for oral dietary supplements—sourced from Medisca Inc.—to prepare injectable drips, rather than the sterile grade required for injection.