1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (363+ words) This week’s cover of the international journal 'Science' features a scene of 'rotavirus' invading a cell. Rotavirus is a virus that causes acute gastroenteritis, leading to severe vomiting, watery diarrhea, fever, and other symptoms in infants and young children. Viruses…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (191+ words) DongA Science New wearable gas detectors, manhole gateway, and digital work-permit platform aim to cut repeated confined-space fatalities involving hydrogen sulfide and oxygen deficiency [Editor’s note] Infectious diseases, artificial intelligence (AI) threats, and disasters that endanger people’s daily lives are…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (378+ words) DongA Science Lunit presents three EGFR and TP53-focused AI biomarker studies at WCLC 2026 in Seoul ■ Korea University Guro Hospital announced on the 8th that its department of obstetrics and gynecology held a ceremony on the 2nd to commemorate reaching 2,000 robotic surgeries. Since…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (355+ words) Korean Nuclear Society and ANS host 400 research papers on shielding, decommissioning and advanced reactors over five days Experts in radiation shielding and radiation protection from around the world will gather in Jeju in October. The Korean Association for Radiation Protection…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (290+ words) DongA Science Director-level transfers and reassignments at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety and regional offices ◇ Ministry of Food and Drug Safety ▽ Director-level transfer △ Second Secretary and Food and Drug Safety Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (322+ words) DongA Science Hospital reports higher 5-year relative survival and lower 90-day mortality than Korean tertiary care averages ■ Samsung Medical Center announced on the 2nd that it has performed a cumulative total of 1,500 robotic surgeries for gastric cancer. Since beginning robotic surgery…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) DongA Science ◇Seoul St. Mary's Hospital ▽Faculty appointments △Director of the Heart and Cerebrovascular Hospital: Woo Baek Jeong (Professor, Division of Cardiology) ▽Team leader appointments △Head of Hematology Hospital Operations Team: Ja Young Ban △Head of Nursing Team 1: Eun Jung…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (445+ words) DongA Science The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) announced on the 1st that it has set its 2027 budget proposal at 1.4347 trillion won, an increase of 98.8 billion won (7.4%) compared to last year’s 1.3359 trillion won. The target group for influenza vaccination…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (439+ words) Korea shifts oversight of national university hospitals from the Ministry of Education to strengthen regional essential and public healthcare, while preserving faculty status and academic autonomy. As of the 20th, jurisdiction over national university hospitals, including national university dental hospitals, has…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (251+ words) One in four Korean adults has metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease, with combined lifestyle changes cutting risk further One in four Korean adults has metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD). The risk of developing the disease dropped markedly…...