https://pubmed.gov/ Brief announcements highlighting recent enhancements and changes to the PubMed and related databases. en-us custserv@nlm.nih.gov custserv@nlm.nih.gov Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:01:49 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma26/ma26_pubmed_rss.html PubMed's New & Noteworthy RSS feed provides another way to stay up to date with the latest news published in the NLM Technical Bulletin for PubMed. This RSS feed URL is changing, as the feed will now be generated directly from the Technical Bulletin, filtered for articles related to PubMed. If you are a current subscriber of the PubMed New & Noteworthy RSS feed, no action is necessary: the current URL will be redirected to the new URL for a seamless transition. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:07:22 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma26/ma26_pubmed_update_MeSH_changes.html The article type filters in PubMed have been updated to reflect Annual MeSH Processing (AMP) updates to Publication Types, including discontinued publication types from the past several years. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf26/jf26_PubMed_2026_BaselineRelease.html The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released the 2026 production year PubMed Baseline files. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 EST https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd25/brief/nd25_mesh_pubmed_release.html The update of MEDLINE citations in PubMed with 2026 MeSH is delayed until early 2026. Tue, 9 Dec 2025 00:00:00 EST https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj25/mj25_pubmed_updates.html As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, PubMed recently introduced several updates designed to improve usability and consistency across the platform. These changes are informed by user feedback and aim to facilitate a more efficient and accessible experience for all PubMed users. Key changes include improved rendering of reference lists, the addition of date stamps in search history downloads, streamlined sharing options, and other usability updates. Tue, 1 Jul 2025 15:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj25/mj25_pubmed_ftp_data.html Starting with the annual baseline release in December 2025, the content of PubMed data distributed via FTP will be generated using the same technology as the PubMed website and E-utilities API. To help users prepare for this transition, a test FTP site is available now with daily update files generated by the new process. Fri, 6 Jun 2025 16:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj25/mj25_pubmed_email_feature.html On or after July 28​, PubMed will reintroduce the ability to customize subject lines and body text when emailing search results or citations. With this update, the email feature will also require My NCBI login, and PubMed emails will only be sent to the email address associated with the My NCBI account. Fri, 30 May 2025 16:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf25/jf25_pubmed_news.html The Latest Literature section on the PubMed homepage will be removed and replaced with a PubMed Updates section on or after March 31, 2025. The new section will include PubMed development updates and other PubMed-related highlights.​ Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:00:00 EST https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf25/jf25_pubmed_2025_baseline.html The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has released the 2025 production year PubMed baseline files.​ Please refer the linked article for more information. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:00:00 EST https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd24/nd24_pharmacological_atm_pubmed.html Searches in All Fields [all] for terms matching Pharmacological Action now follow PubMed syntax rules for Automatic Term Mapping (ATM). Mon, 2 Dec 2024 11:00:00 EST https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/so24/so24_pubmed_filters_improvements.html ​The PubMed filters interface on the search results page has been updated to provide a more intuitive, user-friendly experience. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj24/mj24_pubmed_related_citations.html The four PubMed comment correction types​​ labeled in search results now also include a link to the related citation in the summary display Update in, Retraction in, Retracted and republished in, Corrected and republished in.​​ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:00:00 EDT https://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/mj24/mj24_pubmed_wildcard.html ​PubMed search syntax now supports expanded use of the asterisk (*) wildcard character. Previously, a wildcard could only be used for truncation at the end of a term or phrase to search for alternate endings. With this update, wildcards can be used in the middle of a term or phrase, and multiple wildcards can be used in the same term or phrase.​​ Mon, 3 Jun 2024 16:00:00 EDT https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Links on PubMed are now underlined on mouseover. This update is based on recommendations from the U.S. Web Design System (USWDS). Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:00:00 EST