News Feature in 2025

Studies with open-label placebos — sugar pills given without deception — suggest that the placebo effect is more psychologically complex than previously thought.

When clinical trials are suddenly halted by US funding cuts, there are repercussions for investigators and patients, and they do not stop at borders.

A digital twin, or virtual organ, can help clinicians and patients make better decisions, and can even help in the design of more-efficient clinical trials.

From cool roofs to mental health support, researchers worldwide evaluate the effects of climate adaptations on human health.

Campaigners want ultra-processed foods to be better defined and regulated. But does the evidence support strong policy changes?

Malaria has found a new ally in the concrete jungle — but scientists are fighting back with mosquitoes of their own.

As momentum grows to enlist the arts for better health, critics ask whether the practice is getting ahead of the evidence.

The latest brain–computer interfaces in pre-clinical testing receive — and send — signals, training the brains of participants.

The World Health Organization’s inaugural Investment Round aims to instill stability in the face of global health headwinds and a US exit.

Changes to the female brain during menopause, together with social and cultural factors, might affect disease risk.

Quantum computing can model molecular interactions for drug discovery and analyze complex health datasets, but better hardware is needed.