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Federal probes target Medicaid billing for autism therapy
Federal prosecutors and state auditors are scrutinizing a sharp rise in Medicaid spending on applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy after HHS data…
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Iowa reports surge in cyclosporiasis cases
Iowa has identified 226 cyclosporiasis cases in 48 counties through July 30, up from 69 cases reported in all of 2025, and 47 Iowa patients reported…
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Novo Nordisk stock falls after cardiovascular trial failure
Novo Nordisk shares slid after the company said ziltivekimab, its interleukin-6 inhibitor, did not reduce major adverse cardiovascular events in the…
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Medicus secures UAE clearance for precision endometriosis trial
Medicus Pharma received regulatory clearance from the United Arab Emirates Department of Health - Abu Dhabi to begin PRECISION-E2, a prospective…
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Government says over 40,000 food samples non-conforming in 2025-26
The government told Parliament that 223,808 food samples were analysed in 2025-26 and 40,023 samples, including beverages and caffeinated drinks…
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Philippines and US sign P42 billion health agreement
The Philippines and the United States signed a five-year Health Strategic Objective Agreement that commits a combined P42 billion to strengthen the…
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Indiana to cover part of GLP-1 costs for Medicaid recipients
Indiana announced it will join the federal BALANCE demonstration to reduce obesity among Medicaid recipients by negotiating GLP-1 drug pricing with…
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Resident doctors threaten nationwide strike over arrears
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) issued a communiqué after its July national executive council meeting saying it will begin a…
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Cyclospora infections rise among travellers from Mexico
A health agency published data showing a sharp rise in cyclospora infections among travellers returning to the UK, with 67 cases reported between 30…
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Hilleman Labs to make Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine doses
Hilleman Laboratories, a Singapore joint venture between Merck and the Wellcome Trust, will manufacture finished doses of an experimental single-dose…
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Genetic study identifies risk factors for fibromyalgia
Researchers analysed DNA from more than 2.5 million adults across the UK, US, Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Estonia, including about 55,000 people…
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Surveillance teams chase Ebola amid shortages in Bunia
In Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, surveillance teams face vehicle shortages, unpaid staff and reporting gaps as they try to track a Bundibugyo…
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Ebola cases surpass 3,200 in Democratic Republic of Congo
The World Health Organization reports more than 3,200 confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making this the third-largest…
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WHO says Pakistan can interrupt wild poliovirus transmission
A WHO-led international delegation visited Pakistan to review polio eradication efforts and urged intensified vaccination campaigns and surveillance…
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Two children die of cerebral malaria in Chhattisgarh
Two children in Kanker district died of cerebral malaria on July 25 and 26, and five other children are admitted to Kanker Government Medical College…
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AstraZeneca drug improves survival in CLDN18.2 gastric cancer trial
AstraZeneca reported that sonesitatug vedotin (Sone‑Ve) improved overall survival in the Phase III CLARITY‑Gastric01 trial for CLDN18.2‑positive…
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France records 5,764 excess deaths during June heat wave
France's public health agency estimated 5,764 excess deaths from all causes during a heat wave from June 17 to July 2, with more than half occurring…
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US records worst measles outbreak in 35 years
The United States is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, with 2,318 confirmed cases since 2026 began, the CDC says, surpassing…
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Congo outbreak kills over 1,000 as cases surge
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 1,033 confirmed deaths and 2,536 cases since it was declared on 15 May, making it the fastest to reach 1,000…
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UK volunteer receives experimental Ebola vaccine
Ed Hunt, a 37-year-old UK man, became the first volunteer to receive an experimental Ebola vaccine in Oxford, where scientists developed the…
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Merck proposes early licensing and manufacturing plan for monthly HIV PrEP pill
Merck announced early voluntary, royalty-free licensing and manufacturing plans to enable rapid access to alimatravir (MK-8527), an investigational…
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AstraZeneca trial failures dent investor confidence
AstraZeneca faces investor scrutiny after an unexpected Phase III failure of Wainua in a heart disease trial erased roughly $20 billion of market…
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Researchers find microplastics in blood of heart attack patients
Italian researchers analyzed coronary artery blood from 61 patients undergoing angiograms and detected micro- and nanoplastics in nearly 84% of…
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Lenacapavir offers six-month HIV protection
Lenacapavir is a long-acting injectable PrEP that requires one shot every six months and targets the HIV capsid, creating a depot that dissolves…
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