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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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Experimental Drug DT-109 Reverses Severe Fatty Liver Disease by Protecting the Gut in Animal Studies Health

Experimental Drug DT-109 Reverses Severe Fatty Liver Disease by Protecting the Gut in Animal Studies

Researchers at Michigan Medicine report that the experimental drug DT-109 reversed severe fatty liver disease, or MASH, in mice and nonhuman primates by curbing a gut bacterium and strengthening the intestinal barrier that protects the liver.

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Daily Weight-Loss Pill Orforglipron Outperforms Oral Semaglutide in Major Diabetes Trial Health

Daily Weight-Loss Pill Orforglipron Outperforms Oral Semaglutide in Major Diabetes Trial

In the 52-week ACHIEVE-3 trial, the daily pill orforglipron produced about 74 percent greater weight loss than oral semaglutide in adults with type 2 diabetes, alongside improvements in cholesterol and blood pressure.

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ApoB Blood Test Outperforms Standard LDL Cholesterol in Predicting Heart Disease Risk Health

ApoB Blood Test Outperforms Standard LDL Cholesterol in Predicting Heart Disease Risk

A major UK Biobank study and updated 2026 ACC/AHA guidelines confirm that apolipoprotein B testing provides superior cardiovascular risk assessment compared to traditional LDL cholesterol measurements.

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