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Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus has reached a crowded displacement camp in Ituri province, where 30,000 people live and hundreds share a single toilet, as WHO officials acknowledge the outbreak is spreading into

June 12, 2026

by Health Desk

Soccer fans packed into a stadium at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

The 2026 World Cup opens Thursday with 6.5 million fans converging on 16 cities — while measles has already surpassed 2,000 U.S. cases this year and the CDC has lost nearly a quarter of its workforce. Health experts call the

June 12, 2026

by Health Desk

Boxes of Zepbound, the Eli Lilly drug Shaquille O'Neal is promoting for obstructive sleep apnea

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

Shaquille O'Neal says years of snoring and daytime exhaustion turned out to be obstructive sleep apnea,

MIT researcher wearing AR headset using the AR-VIU augmented reality ultrasound system developed at MIT Media Lab

MIT’s AR Headset Lets Beginners Read Ultrasounds Like Veteran Clinicians — But Experts Aren’t Ready to Switch

MIT researchers have built an augmented reality system that narrows the performance gap between ultrasound novices

Demonstrators confront Kenyan police during the protest against the US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Kenyan police shot a man in the head as hundreds protested the US quarantine camp rising at Laikipia Air Base, the third death in a week over a facility Kenyan courts have

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

A semaglutide injection pen, the molecule that Novo Nordisk now also sells as the Wegovy pill competing for Medicare coverage

Novo and Lilly’s Pill War Has Three Weeks Before Medicare Turns On the $50 Spigot

On July 1, Medicare's GLP-1 Bridge starts covering weight-loss drugs at a flat $50 a month, and the obesity pill war between Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly inherits millions of new customers

June 10, 2026

Business·Health·News

A displaced woman stands in a deteriorating camp in Maiduguri, Borno state

Cholera Kills 74 in Nigeria’s Borno as the World Looks Away

A cholera outbreak in Nigeria's Borno state has killed at least 74 and infected nearly 8,000 since May, overwhelming a health system shattered by 17 years of war. The displaced are dying

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Health·News

A person applies sunscreen before sun exposure

FDA Clears First New Sunscreen Filter in Decades, Behind Europe

The FDA has cleared bemotrizinol, a broad-spectrum UV filter long sold in Europe and Asia, for US sunscreens, the first new sunscreen ingredient approved in nearly three decades. The decision narrows a

June 9, 2026

Health·News

Activists carry a mock coffin during a protest against the US-built Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya

US Races to Build Kenya Ebola Facility as Police Fire on Protesters

The United States is racing to finish a quarantine centre for its own Ebola-exposed citizens at a Kenyan air base, pressing ahead despite court orders that suspended the work, as police fire

June 9, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

WHO emergency medical supplies being unloaded at a DRC airstrip during the 2026 Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province

WHO Official in Bunia Admits Ebola Response Is Trailing the Outbreak as Cases Top 550 in DRC

A WHO field director speaking from inside Ituri Province told the United Nations on Tuesday that the global Ebola response is still behind the outbreak curve, with contact tracing reaching only 45

June 9, 2026

Health·News

A lung X-ray on a screen, illustrating GSK's $10.6 billion deal for lung cancer drugmaker Nuvalent

GSK to Buy Cancer Drugmaker Nuvalent for $10.6 Billion in Its Biggest Deal in Years

Britain's GSK has agreed to buy US cancer drugmaker Nuvalent for $10.6 billion in cash, a 40 percent premium that sent its shares up 39 percent. The deal hands GSK two late-stage

June 9, 2026

Business·Health·News

Daren Auld, 48-year-old Santa Monica tennis coach at Ocean View Park, diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer

Santa Monica Tennis Coach Daren Auld Faces Stage 4 Colon Cancer Without Health Insurance

Daren Auld, 48, coached from a bench at Ocean View Park as his body deteriorated for weeks — the uninsured self-employed father of two had no idea Stage 4 colon cancer was

June 9, 2026

Health·News

An Ozempic injection pen, a GLP-1 drug linked in a study to lower breast cancer risk

Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked to a Third Less Breast Cancer in a Large Study

Women taking GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic had roughly 30% lower odds of developing breast cancer, a study of more than 111,000 patients presented at the ASCO cancer meeting found. The finding is

June 9, 2026

Health·News·Science

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC

WHO Chief Urges Uganda to Reopen Congo Border as Ebola Outpaces Response

Visiting an isolation ward in Kampala, WHO chief Tedros urged Uganda to reverse the border closure it imposed in late May, arguing blanket travel restrictions do little to stop Ebola and discourage

June 8, 2026

Health·News

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Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The World Cup Starts Tomorrow. The CDC Has Lost a Quarter of Its Staff.

Shaq Says a Weight-Loss Drug Fixed His Sleep Apnea. He Is Also Being Paid to Say It.

MIT’s AR Headset Lets Beginners Read Ultrasounds Like Veteran Clinicians — But Experts Aren’t Ready to Switch

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Novo and Lilly’s Pill War Has Three Weeks Before Medicare Turns On the $50 Spigot

Cholera Kills 74 in Nigeria’s Borno as the World Looks Away

FDA Clears First New Sunscreen Filter in Decades, Behind Europe

US Races to Build Kenya Ebola Facility as Police Fire on Protesters

WHO Official in Bunia Admits Ebola Response Is Trailing the Outbreak as Cases Top 550 in DRC

GSK to Buy Cancer Drugmaker Nuvalent for $10.6 Billion in Its Biggest Deal in Years

Santa Monica Tennis Coach Daren Auld Faces Stage 4 Colon Cancer Without Health Insurance

Ozempic-Style Drugs Linked to a Third Less Breast Cancer in a Large Study

WHO Chief Urges Uganda to Reopen Congo Border as Ebola Outpaces Response

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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