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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing the United States’ first-ever legally enforceable drinking water standards to protect communities from PFAS in their drinking water. PFAS are synthetic chemicals found in consumer products such as clothing, cleaning products, and nonstick cookware. They are also known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down and can remain in water and soil, and even human blood, indefinitely.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02998-5

Author Correction: Concurrent intrathecal and intravenous nivolumab in leptomeningeal disease: phase 1 trial interim results

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02922-x

Strategies for controlling pneumococcal disease and outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02952-5

Food allergy treatment is undergoing a paradigm shift with new therapies emerging, including the recent FDA approval of omalizumab — but without evidence of disease modification and with uncertain quality-of-life improvement, it may not be a panacea for all.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 22 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-03006-6

Author Correction: Durability of neutralizing RSV antibodies following nirsevimab administration and elicitation of the natural immune response to RSV infection in infants

Nature Medicine, Published online: 20 April 2024; doi:10.1038/d41591-024-00026-0

In a multicenter clinical trial, patients with early-stage Parkinson’s disease treated with lixisenatide, a drug currently used for the treatment of diabetes, showed improvement in their motor scores compared with those on placebo.

Star anise, also known as ‘chakra phool’ in Hindi, is a common kitchen ingredient and an age-old spice known for its unique flavour and aroma. It is widely used to enhance the taste of food, but did you know there can be multiple health benefits of star anise infused water? From relieving menstrual pains to …

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Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02925-8

The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the health impacts of climate change must be better understood in order to plan interventions that mitigate harm.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02892-0

AI models for tasks such as pathology and dermatology struggle to generalize to new patient groups or hospitals that they were not trained on; learning more robust features from unlabeled data could prevent overfitting to the training distribution and thereby increase fairness.

Nature Medicine, Published online: 19 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41591-024-02968-x

As evidence emerges describing the accumulation of small plastic particles in various organs and tissues of the body, a much deeper understanding of the effects of these particles on human health is urgently needed.