Author: Ingrid Park

Ingrid is a health and wellness journalist of Korean descent who previously served as a senior editor at Healthline and contributing writer for Self Magazine. She holds a B.S. in Nutrition Science from Cornell and a master’s in Journalism from NYU. Her coverage specializes in preventive health, diet research, fitness science, and the business of the wellness industry — with a sharp critical eye toward pseudoscience and fads.

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Stanford Unveils Universal Vaccine Platform as Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Moves Toward Clinical Use

Stanford researchers are developing a universal vaccine platform that could protect against multiple pathogens, while a new blood test predicting Alzheimer's onset years in advance…

March 4, 2026 5 min read

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Gene Therapy Enters a New Era as Personalized CRISPR Treatments Move From Lab to Clinic

Personalized CRISPR treatments, regulatory T cell therapies, and AI-accelerated drug design are pushing gene therapy from experimental promise to clinical reality in 2026, even as…

March 4, 2026 5 min read

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Bird Flu Outbreaks and Declining Vaccination Rates Raise Public Health Alarms Heading Into 2026

The continued spread of H5N1 avian influenza through U.S. livestock and declining childhood vaccination rates that threaten America's measles-free status are testing a public health…

March 2, 2026 5 min read

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GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Move to Pill Form as FDA Approves Oral Semaglutide for Obesity

The FDA's approval of oral semaglutide for weight loss marks a new chapter for the blockbuster GLP-1 drug class, with Eli Lilly also racing to…

March 2, 2026 5 min read