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Study finds cutting ultra-processed foods reduces depression symptoms
Researchers at UC San Francisco published a small crossover pilot in JAMA Psychiatry testing whether sharply reducing ultra-processed foods affects…
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Blood marker ratio distinguishes bacterial from viral infections in infants
At the European Emergency Medicine Congress, investigators from IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini presented a small study of 60 infants assessing a…
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Study finds shared cancer genes in cats and humans
An international team sequenced tumor samples from nearly 500 domestic cats across five countries and mapped mutations that drive cancer, finding…
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WHO extends polio travel measures for Pakistan and Afghanistan
WHO's emergency committee recommended and the director-general endorsed a three-month extension of temporary international recommendations from…
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Colorado warns dispensaries of methylene chloride in marijuana vapes
Colorado regulators warned that marijuana vapes sold at 405 dispensaries were contaminated with methylene chloride, a solvent the EPA has sought to…
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Sierra Nevada recalls Graziers raw milk cheeses after E. coli outbreak
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company recalled all Graziers raw milk cheeses after an E. coli outbreak sickened 13 people in nine states, hospitalizing eight…
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Global leaders call for predictive, preventive health systems
Ministers, senior government representatives and health leaders from 15 countries convened in New York on the sidelines of the 81st UN General…
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Family join Walk of Hope after graduate dies of brain tumour
Evanne Miller-Bettridge was diagnosed with a grade three anaplastic astrocytoma in December 2018; surgeons removed about 90% of the tumour and she…
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Malaysia urges equal pathogen and benefit sharing under WHO pandemic framework
Malaysia called for pathogen sharing and benefit-sharing to be placed on an equal footing within the World Health Organization pandemic framework…
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Regulators and studies probe semaglutide link to NAION
Regulators, researchers and US courts are examining a possible link between semaglutide and non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy…
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Britain deploys Ebola specialists to South Sudan
A fast-growing outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has prompted Britain to send three specialists from…
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County Durham trust expands breast cancer review
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has extended a review into failings in its breast cancer service after a 2023 lookback found 315…
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India outlines health initiatives at UNGA side meetings
India reiterated its commitment to affordable, accessible healthcare at two UNGA81 side events, with Union Health Secretary Salila Srivastava…
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Overcrowded A&Es linked to higher deaths in NHS review
A large NHS-linked study of over 19,000 adult patients across 134 A&E departments, representing 70% of UK emergency units, found that each 10% rise…
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Acadia drug misses primary endpoint but advances phase 3 plan
Acadia reported phase 2 Radiant data showing the 60-mg remlifanserin dose produced a 12.6-point decline on a hallucination and delusion assessment…
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Scientists map gene activity in prefrontal cortex
Scientists created a cell-level map of gene activity in the prefrontal cortex by analyzing nuclei from more than 6.3 million brain cells taken from…
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Singapore seeks WHO backing to speed vaccine approvals
Singapore is proposing that the World Health Organization rely on a network of reputable national regulators, including the Health Sciences…
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Study finds healthy living could add $16.4 trillion to global GDP
A new whitepaper co-authored by Future Health, the McKinsey Health Institute and Healthy Living at the Department of Health Abu Dhabi estimates that…
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Congo faces shortage of health workers for Ebola response
Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, is straining response capacity as health workers are in short supply and cases surged 73% in…
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EU approves Trixeo triple-combination inhaler for asthma
The European Commission has approved AstraZeneca's fixed-dose triple-combination inhaler Trixeo Aerosphere as a maintenance treatment for asthma in…
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Supreme Court questions drug pricing disparity
The Supreme Court heard petitions challenging large gaps between wholesale and retail prices of essential medicines, citing an example where a cancer…
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Nigeria records 259 Lassa fever deaths in 2026
Nigeria has recorded 259 deaths and 1,086 confirmed Lassa fever cases across 24 states and 118 local government areas in 2026, according to the…
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Nurse shortages linked to patient safety incidents
A Royal College of Nursing report finds that shortages of registered nurses in England are contributing to patient safety harms, with some hospital…
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Nigerian surgeon performs first tele-robotic surgery
Nigeria completed its first tele-robotic surgery when a urology professor remotely performed a robot-assisted right radical nephrectomy to remove a…
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