UI Health earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety. Leapfrog assigns grades to hospitals across the country using evidence-based measures of patient safety focused exclusively on errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

The “love hormone” oxytocin (OT) plays a role not only in moments of intimacy but also in competitive situations. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have shown that oxytocin levels increase when rivalry or clearly defined groups are involved – particularly in men. 

Keck Hospital of USC and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) each earned a Spring 2026 “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety.

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) today announced a research partnership with MitoQ New Zealand to examine the potential role of MitoQ® (mitoquinol mesylate), a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, in supporting healthy ageing. Building on existing scientific literature, the partnership aims to generate evidence on whether MitoQ® can slow or improve markers of biological ageing and support longevity potential. The joint study will also evaluate the effectiveness of biological ageing clocks in assessing health supplements and other interventions more rapidly than conventional long-term clinical trials.

The UK‑led OpenBind initiative has reached a major milestone with the release of its first publicly available dataset , a groundbreaking step toward accelerating the discovery of new medicines using artificial intelligence. The release makes high‑quality, standardised experimental data freely accessible to researchers worldwide, providing AI-ready data to address the most persistent barriers in AI‑driven therapeutic development.