New Study Links Common Birth Control Methods to Brain Tumor Risk

A new study links Depo-Provera and hormonal IUDs to an elevated risk of benign meningioma brain tumors, while separate research finds traumatic brain injury history causes false-negative results on a widely used Alzheimer’s blood test. Here’s this week’s health research roundup, including unresolved questions about multicancer early detection tests.

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Record-Breaking Ebola Trial Launches as Israeli Study Finds Hearing Loss Reversal Path

The first patients have been enrolled in a record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in the DRC, while a breakthrough Israeli study points toward a potential path for reversing hearing loss. Combined with a mysterious Colorado River illness cluster and proposed 14% health insurance rate hikes, here’s this week’s health roundup.

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One Exposed Command Unraveled Three Microsoft 365 Phishing Campaigns

A single exposed command let researchers unravel three long-running Microsoft 365 phishing campaigns, while Meta filed a patent for an AI that would log your emotional state all day and researchers found a flaw letting attackers hijack Google Dialogflow chatbots across a cloud project. Here’s this week’s malware landscape.

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