Topic: Health

• Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Optogenetics Discoveries

  The recognition highlights groundbreaking brain research with emerging applications in clinical treatments for visual impairment.

• A wedding water switch exposed a gap in private-spring safeguards

  A newly published CDC investigation connects illness at a 2025 Pennsylvania wedding to untreated spring water, while distinguishing DNA evidence from recovery of live bacteria.

• WHO widens device prequalification, but the first review windows are staggered

  WHO has added contraceptive devices and AI-assisted TB screening software to its medical-device prequalification scope. The first application dates differ by product history.