JAMA Medical News

Pulmonologist Michael J. Welsh, MD, is the co-recipient of the 2025 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his research on cystic fibrosis. In this interview, he discusses his early clinical encounters with the disease, the foundational work that led to the lifesaving drug Trikafta, and future directions for cystic fibrosis treatment. Related Content: * How Cystic Fibrosis Went From Fatal to Treatable [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.15328?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Rewriting the Chapter on Cystic Fibrosis [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.14913?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

What Is 7-OH?; Real-World Experience With Antiamyloid Therapies for Alzheimer Disease; FDA Panel on SSRIs and Pregnancy Lacked Nuance, Experts Say Related Content: * What to Know About 7-OH, the New Vape Shop Hazard [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.13592?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Treating Alzheimer Disease With Antiamyloid Therapies—The Real-World Experience Grows [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.14180?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * FDA Panel Casts SSRIs During Pregnancy as Risky—Many Experts Disagree [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.14105?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

The Effects of Newly Changed Guidance on COVID-19 Shots During Pregnancy; Heart Disease Deaths Have Changed; Progress Toward a Norovirus Vaccine Related Content: * The CDC No Longer Recommends COVID-19 Shots During Pregnancy—Now What? [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.11889?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * New Research Finds Long-Term Shifts in Heart Disease Mortality [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.11779?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Is There a Norovirus Vaccine on the Horizon? [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.10673?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

In this follow-up to a 2017 interview with JAMA Medical News, the University of Southern California’s Maja Matarić, PhD, the computer scientist who pioneered the field of socially assistive robotics, discusses how artificial intelligence is advancing the field in areas ranging from autism to physical rehabilitation to anxiety and depression. Related Content: * Social Robots That Help Support People’s Health Are Getting a Boost From AI [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.8264?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * Socially Assistive Robots [https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/video-player/10.1001/jama.2025.11136?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]

New NIH-FDA Partnership Targets Nutrition Research Gaps; First Blood Test for Alzheimer Biomarkers Receives FDA Clearance; A Growing Movement to Care for Caregivers Related Content: * New Federal Program Seeks to Bridge Nutrition Research With Regulatory Policy [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.8727?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * What to Know About the First FDA-Cleared Blood Test for Alzheimer Biomarkers [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.9013?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links] * As the US Ages, a Growing Movement Aims to Care for Caregivers [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/10.1001/jama.2025.9658?utm_source=podcast_platforms&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=related_article_links]