New York Times - Health

Scientists believe that the Bundibugyo virus persists in an animal species, occasionally spilling over into humans. But they have yet to identify the species.

The patient had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said. Workers are racing to trace those who may have had contact.Health workers last month in Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of the current Ebola outbreak.

That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder.A health worker checking people’s temperatures at an entry point to the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May.

The Justice Department is taking aim at pricey “skin substitutes,” an overused wound care treatment that cost the government $10 billion in 2024.Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, earlier this month. Medicare paid over $10 billion for skin substitutes in 2024.

Artificial intelligence programs can spot patterns in electrocardiograms that humans miss. Now, one program is going to be widely available — for free — to doctors.A clinical trial using an A.I. program found evidence of possible severe heart damage in the electrocardiogram of a 45-year-old patient.