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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-Oct-2026 20:16 ET (27-Oct-2026 00:16 GMT/UTC)

Genetic analysis of the world's oldest land animal reveals secret of living 194 years

University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it’s not just good genes, but lack of genetic wear and tear that have kept him going for nearly two centuries.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: Voland Fund

How neurotic people struggled more in the COVID-19 pandemic: they perceived the risk as higher, exercised less, and drank more alcohol

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How neurotic people struggled more in the COVID-19 pandemic: they perceived the risk as higher, exercised less, and drank more alcohol

Journal: PLOS One

1 in 20 pet cats in North America might have Giardia infection, with young, male, unneutered cats especially at risk, per analysis of more than 150,000 feline stool samples

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

1 in 20 pet cats in North America might have Giardia infection, with young, male, unneutered cats especially at risk, per analysis of more than 150,000 feline stool samples

Journal: PLOS One

Brain immune cells protect neurons in Parkinson’s disease by “nibbling” harmful material

University of Oxford
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research, published in Science Translational Medicine, reveals how a specialised population of the brain’s immune cells can remove harmful protein clumps from nerve cells (neurons), pointing to potential new treatments for Parkinson’s disease.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine

An extremely old giant tortoise named Jonathan May hold the secret to a long, healthy life: Study

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international collaboration led by a neurologist and experts in advanced genomics at Vanderbilt Health has coaxed one of the secrets of extreme longevity from a 194-year-old giant tortoise named Jonathan.

Journal: Science Advances

Personality traits influence level of lasting distress during a crisis, USC-led study finds

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An individual’s personality, especially how strongly they react to uncertainty, may help indicate how vulnerable they are to prolonged mental distress during a major crisis, according to a new USC-led study. An analysis of several years of nationally representative U.S. data found that people scoring higher in neuroticism experienced larger and more persistent increases in anxiety and depression symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic than people scoring lower in the trait.

Journal: PLOS One

Ochsner Baton Rouge expands breast cancer screening hours throughout October

Ochsner Health System
Business Announcement

Massages & Mammos is designed to make taking care of breast health a little easier and more comfortable. Women can schedule their annual mammogram while enjoying complimentary chair massages, light refreshments and opportunities to speak directly with Ochsner breast health experts.

Ochsner Baton Rouge invites expecting families to O Baby, A Maternity Experience

Ochsner Health System
Business Announcement

The community event gives families an opportunity to tour the Ochsner labor and delivery and mother-baby units, meet members of the maternity care team, have baby car seat installations inspected by state police and learn about resources available throughout pregnancy, delivery and the first days at home with a newborn.

LSU Health New Orleans recruits internationally recognized leader to establish institution’s first academic department of radiation oncology

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Business Announcement

LSU Health New Orleans has recruited internationally recognized radiation oncologist and physician-scientist Puneeth Iyengar, M.D., Ph.D., to establish and lead the medical school’s first academic Department of Radiation Oncology.

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