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Europe’s June Heatwave Killed at Least 3,700 Across France, Belgium and Netherlands

France, Belgium and the Netherlands have released official excess-death statistics from the June heatwave, confirming at least 3,700 people died. Home deaths in France rose 91 per cent in a single week.

July 4, 2026

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Pedestrian sheltering from extreme heat in London during record-breaking UK heatwave June 2026

England Breaks Its Hottest June Day on Record as NHS Ambulances Hit Historic Demand

England's hottest-ever June temperature, 36.1°C in Gosport, Hampshire, was recorded on June 24 as UKHSA extended its rare Red heat-health alert until 11pm Friday. London Ambulance Service logged 642 life-threatening calls, its fifth-busiest day on record, and deployed 400 additional

July 3, 2026

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Pentagon Reverses Hegseth’s Flu Mandate as Lackland Outbreak Kills Recruit, Sickens 275

The Pentagon reversed Pete Hegseth's flu shot rollback Wednesday as Lackland Air Force Base recruits hit

Healthy summer food and travel safety awareness amid CDC cyclosporiasis outbreak warning

A Parasite Found in Fresh Herbs and Berries Is Sickening Hundreds Across 17 States

A cyclospora parasite linked to fresh herbs, raspberries, and Caesar salad kits has sickened more than

Shingrix recombinant zoster vaccine vials, now linked to a 24 percent lower dementia risk in nursing home patients

Routine Shingles Vaccine May Prevent 1 in 17 Dementia Diagnoses in Nursing Home Patients

Families admitting an older relative to a skilled nursing facility are asked, somewhere on the intake list, whether the patient has received their shingles vaccine. A Brown University study of 509,926 Medicare

June 26, 2026

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Holstein dairy cow in a farm environment, representative of US dairy herds affected by H5N1 avian influenza

Scientists Crack the H5N1 Mystery: Why Bird Flu Hid in Cow Udders, Not Lungs

Veterinarians spent weeks looking for bacterial pathogens while H5N1 spread silently through more than a thousand US dairy farms. A University of Pittsburgh study in Science Advances now explains why: the virus

June 26, 2026

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MV Hondius polar expedition ship during its April 2026 Antarctica voyage that led to a hantavirus outbreak across 32 countries

MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Contained as CDC Closes Response Across 32 Countries

The CDC formally wound down its MV Hondius hantavirus response on June 24 after 600-plus contacts across 32 countries cleared monitoring with no community transmission. Thirteen passengers contracted Andes virus on the

June 26, 2026

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Electron micrograph of Ebola virus particles, the pathogen behind the 2026 DRC outbreak

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

A French doctor who flew home from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the first confirmed Ebola case on European soil in the current outbreak, which stands

June 26, 2026

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Adult blacklegged deer tick Ixodes scapularis on finger, carrier of Lyme disease in the United States

America’s Worst Tick Season in Years Is Hitting States That Never Saw This Coming

Emergency room visits for tick bites hit a decade-high 118 per 100,000 visits in the week of June 21, according to the CDC, as blacklegged ticks — the carriers of Lyme disease

June 26, 2026

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GLP-1 Weight-Loss Boom Linked to Surge in Poison Control Calls, Most Avoidable

A new study in the Journal of Medical Toxicology traces America's GLP-1 drug boom to an eightfold rise in poison control calls, from 1,500 a year before 2021 to more than 8,000

June 26, 2026

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ESA satellite image showing the extreme heat dome gripping Europe during the June 2026 heatwave, with temperatures exceeding 45C in Spain and 38C in France and the UK

Forty Drown in France, 108 Die in Spain as Europe’s Heatwave Passes 150 Deaths

Forty people drowned in France's rivers in five days, two children died in hot cars, and Spain counted 108 heat deaths since June 21, leaving more than 150 dead across Europe's second

June 26, 2026

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A brown skua seabird standing on rocks, the species confirmed as Australia's first mainland H5N1 bird flu case at Cape Le Grand National Park, Western Australia

H5N1 Reaches Two Australian States as Seabird Migration Threatens an Extinction Cascade

A southern giant petrel found unable to stand on an Adelaide-area beach last week has become South Australia's first confirmed H5N1 case, making it the second state in four days to record

June 26, 2026

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Electron microscope image of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria linked to the Clover Hill Dairy outbreak

One Dead, Eight Hospitalised as Clover Hill Dairy’s Listeria Recall Expands to All Cheese

A Maryland dairy's requeson cheese has been linked to a Listeria outbreak that killed one person and hospitalised eight across three states. The contamination now appears to have circulated undetected for three

June 26, 2026

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Scientists wearing personal protective equipment during an Ebola outbreak response in DRC

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

France confirmed its first Ebola case on June 24 after a doctor returned from a humanitarian mission in DR Congo, the same day the DRC outbreak crossed 1,000 confirmed cases. The Bundibugyo

June 26, 2026

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Europe’s June Heatwave Killed at Least 3,700 Across France, Belgium and Netherlands

England Breaks Its Hottest June Day on Record as NHS Ambulances Hit Historic Demand

Pentagon Reverses Hegseth’s Flu Mandate as Lackland Outbreak Kills Recruit, Sickens 275

A Parasite Found in Fresh Herbs and Berries Is Sickening Hundreds Across 17 States

Routine Shingles Vaccine May Prevent 1 in 17 Dementia Diagnoses in Nursing Home Patients

Scientists Crack the H5N1 Mystery: Why Bird Flu Hid in Cow Udders, Not Lungs

MV Hondius Hantavirus Outbreak Contained as CDC Closes Response Across 32 Countries

France Confirms First European Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Tops 1,100

America’s Worst Tick Season in Years Is Hitting States That Never Saw This Coming

GLP-1 Weight-Loss Boom Linked to Surge in Poison Control Calls, Most Avoidable

Forty Drown in France, 108 Die in Spain as Europe’s Heatwave Passes 150 Deaths

H5N1 Reaches Two Australian States as Seabird Migration Threatens an Extinction Cascade

One Dead, Eight Hospitalised as Clover Hill Dairy’s Listeria Recall Expands to All Cheese

France Confirms First Ebola Case as DRC Outbreak Crosses 1,000

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