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US Measles Cases Reach 35-Year High as Outbreaks Spread Health

US Measles Cases Reach 35-Year High as Outbreaks Spread

CDC data show 2,371 US measles cases in 2026, the highest annual count since 1991, with 94% linked to outbreaks.

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Ebola Fears Double Weekly Maternal Deaths in Congo's Ituri Health

Ebola Fears Double Weekly Maternal Deaths in Congo's Ituri

UN data show weekly maternal deaths in Ituri rose from 3.1 to 5.8 as Ebola fears kept pregnant women from hospitals.

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Major Retailers Expand GLP-1 Access as Weight-Loss Care Shifts Health

Major Retailers Expand GLP-1 Access as Weight-Loss Care Shifts

Amazon, Walmart and Costco are expanding prescription and support pathways for approved GLP-1 weight-management medicines as access shifts toward retail and online pharmacy networks.

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Major Retailers Expand GLP-1 Access as Weight-Loss Care Shifts Health

Major Retailers Expand GLP-1 Access as Weight-Loss Care Shifts

Amazon, Walmart and Costco are expanding prescription and support pathways for approved GLP-1 weight-management medicines as access shifts toward retail and online pharmacy networks.

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Moderna Norovirus Vaccine Misses Early Success Threshold Health

Moderna Norovirus Vaccine Misses Early Success Threshold

Moderna's Phase 3 norovirus vaccine trial missed its early-success threshold, but remains blinded and will add another cohort.

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US Ends Medicare Drug Premium Subsidy as 2027 Cost Concerns Grow Health

US Ends Medicare Drug Premium Subsidy as 2027 Cost Concerns Grow

A temporary Medicare Part D subsidy will end after 2026, raising concern that millions of beneficiaries could see higher drug-plan premiums next year.

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Study Finds Metabolic Syndrome Affects One in Three Psychiatric Patients Across MENAT Health

Study Finds Metabolic Syndrome Affects One in Three Psychiatric Patients Across MENAT

A review of 29 studies involving 16,133 people estimates that 32% of psychiatric patients across the MENAT region have metabolic syndrome.

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Uganda Declares 2026 Ebola Outbreak Over as Congo Crisis Continues Health

Uganda Declares 2026 Ebola Outbreak Over as Congo Crisis Continues

Uganda says documented importations, completed contact monitoring and strengthened surveillance allowed it to close an Ebola outbreak that caused 20 cases and two deaths.

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WHO Warns Global Fight Against HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Is Off Track Health

WHO Warns Global Fight Against HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Is Off Track

WHO says progress against HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs is too slow for 2030 goals, as hepatitis deaths rise and funding cuts threaten HIV gains.

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England's Life Expectancy Record Masks Widening North-South Health Gap Health

England's Life Expectancy Record Masks Widening North-South Health Gap

Record life expectancy in England conceals widening regional and deprivation gaps, with northern communities seeing little improvement.

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Congo Ebola Care Disrupted as Health Workers Strike Over Unpaid Bonuses Health

Congo Ebola Care Disrupted as Health Workers Strike Over Unpaid Bonuses

A strike over two months of unpaid bonuses disrupted care at Bunia's Elikya center as Congo reported 2,973 Ebola cases and 1,309 deaths.

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WHO States Advance Pandemic Pathogen-Sharing Talks Health

WHO States Advance Pandemic Pathogen-Sharing Talks

WHO member states narrowed a draft framework for rapid pathogen sharing and fair access to vaccines, tests and treatments, with negotiations resuming in September.

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