Today’s audio update: Measles alert at Newark Airport, tragic car crash in Monmouth, rescued seal at beach - NJ.com

NJ.com's morning audio update brings you the latest news from around the state in a quick audio summary.

Plane crashes, pandemics, toxic spatulas. How do we live with so much risk? - Vox

The world feels more menacing, even though it isn’t.

Can a Chatbot Be Your Therapist? A Study Found 'Amazing Potential' With the Right Guardrails - Yahoo

The therapy bot developed by Dartmouth researchers is very different from typing your emotions into ChatGPT.

Why a small journal’s ‘blueprint for NIH’ may offer clues to the agency’s future - statnews.com

A paper proposing NIH reforms is circulating in academic circles and within the agency as scientists search for hints of its direction

Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research - statnews.com

“If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes Carole LaBonne of Northwestern.

50 Things That Exist In Real Life And Are Straight-Up Nightmare Fuel - Bored Panda

Ghosts and monsters might give us a scare, but real life has its own horrors, and they’re often much harder to escape.

Dr. Roach: Baby boomer born in 1949 most likely immune to old diseases - The Detroit News

I don't want to suffer from a childhood disease in my late 70s.

Measles updates, lorazepam risks and antibiotics breakthrough - Fox News

The Fox News Health Newsletter brings you trending and important stories about healthcare, drug developments, mental health issues, real people's triumphs over medical struggles, and more.

NYS Health Dept: LI woman charged with 17 felonies, accused of forging children's vaccination records - News 12 - Long Island

The NYS Health Department says Stephanie Mills of Coram forged the vaccination records of eight children in the Middle Country School District.

Hunters no longer allowed to bait deer, elk and moose; new rules combat chronic wasting disease - Source ONE News

OSDH confirms measles case in OKC, identifies potential exposure site - News on 6

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has confirmed a case of measles in Oklahoma City and is investigating potential public exposure.

Person infected with measles traveled to Newark Airport, other N.J. sites - NJ.com

Anyone exposed to the infected person may show symptoms up until April 17, authorities said.

The shingles vaccine prevents a painful disease, but it might also ward off dementia - OregonLive.com

A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia.

Meet Siku, the itchy polar bear: How allergies are affecting animals - BBC

We know dogs and humans get allergies, but do other animals?

Deadly drug-resistant superbug spreading 'fast' with 2k cases in single state - The US Sun

A DEADLY drug-resistant superbug is spreading fast in the US with a whopping 2,000 cases in a single state, experts say. The situation is so dire that the Centers for Disease Control has declared C…

Shingles is awful, but here’s another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia - AP News

A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too. There have long been hints that certain viruses increase risk for later-in-life dementia, including the virus that c…