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US Loses Measles Elimination Status After 26 Years, CNN Reports

The US has lost measles elimination status after 26 years, CNN reports. The designation concerns sustained transmission, not the absence of all cases.

November 14, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

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US and Mexico face loss of measles elimination status as outbreaks spread

PAHO experts are reviewing whether sustained measles transmission has returned to the US and Mexico as outbreaks expose gaps in vaccination coverage.

November 13, 2026

by Olivia Taylor

Peach-coloured tablets in blister packs resting on a red box labelled “STATIN,” with loose tablets in front.

Stopping Statins in Older Adults Raises Safety Questions in New Trial

The STREAM trial met its two-year statistical threshold, but more older adults assigned to stop statins

CDC infographic showing how H5N1 bird flu spreads between wild birds, poultry, mammals, and humans

Washington Bird Flu: Union Warns of Missed Dairy Worker Cases After Death

Washington has confirmed three dairy-linked human bird flu cases, including one death. United Farm Workers warns

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Kenya’s Third Ebola Case Was Quarantined; Three Contacts Are Still Untraced

Kenya's third Ebola patient, a 65-year-old woman, fell ill while already in quarantine, which the Ministry of Health says is why she was caught early. WHO calls it the response working as

October 17, 2026

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Gynecologists Back Hormones for Menopause. The Patch Is Hard to Find.

ACOG's first menopause guideline since 2014 tells doctors to consider hormone therapy before age 60 or within 10 years of menopause. One form of that therapy, the estradiol patch, has been hard

October 16, 2026

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EMA Backs Rasonque Pancreatic Cancer Pill in Under 150 Days

The EMA's human medicines committee has recommended Rasonque for adults whose metastatic pancreatic cancer has already been treated, after a review of under 150 days. The survival figure the agency cites is

October 16, 2026

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Maryland Sample Finds E. coli in NY Raw Cheddar, Pulled in Two States

Family Farmstead Dairy is recalling one lot of raw cheddar in New York and New Jersey after a Maryland sample isolated two Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains. No illness is reported, but

October 16, 2026

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FDA Clears Anktiva for Papillary Bladder Cancer on Extrapolated Data

The FDA on Wednesday extended Anktiva to adults with high-grade, papillary-only bladder cancer that no longer responds to BCG. Its notice leans on a 77-patient single-arm trial in a different form of

October 15, 2026

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A Kenyan Surgery Patient’s Wound Fungus Resisted All Four Drug Classes

Researchers in Kenya report a Candida auris isolate from a 28-year-old surgery patient that resisted all four antifungal drug classes, only the second such case on record. The report covers one patient

October 15, 2026

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Todd Engel and his wife Shelley, who says Ozempic left him legally blind

Maryland Man Says Ozempic Left Him Legally Blind. Europe Added a Warning

Todd Engel, 63, says Ozempic cost him the sight in both eyes, and he is suing Novo Nordisk for failing to warn him. Europe's regulator lists the eye condition NAION as a

October 15, 2026

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UN Adopts Pandemic Declaration 153-3 as US, Israel and Argentina Vote No

The General Assembly adopted a political declaration on pandemic preparedness by 153 votes to three on Monday, after US objections blocked a consensus vote. The WHO Pandemic Agreement still cannot be opened

October 14, 2026

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WHO Says No Weight-Loss Drugs or Surgery for Obese Children Under 10

The WHO's first global guidelines on child and adolescent obesity rule out drugs, surgery and devices for children under 10 and allow medicines for adolescents only after a supervised lifestyle programme fails.

October 14, 2026

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WHO: 632 Attacks on Health Care Killed 1,530 in the Eastern Mediterranean

The WHO verified 632 attacks on health care in the Eastern Mediterranean between July 2025 and June 2026, which killed more than 1,530 people, or 86 percent of such deaths worldwide. At

October 14, 2026

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US Loses Measles Elimination Status After 26 Years, CNN Reports

US and Mexico face loss of measles elimination status as outbreaks spread

Stopping Statins in Older Adults Raises Safety Questions in New Trial

Washington Bird Flu: Union Warns of Missed Dairy Worker Cases After Death

Kenya’s Third Ebola Case Was Quarantined; Three Contacts Are Still Untraced

Gynecologists Back Hormones for Menopause. The Patch Is Hard to Find.

EMA Backs Rasonque Pancreatic Cancer Pill in Under 150 Days

Maryland Sample Finds E. coli in NY Raw Cheddar, Pulled in Two States

FDA Clears Anktiva for Papillary Bladder Cancer on Extrapolated Data

A Kenyan Surgery Patient’s Wound Fungus Resisted All Four Drug Classes

Maryland Man Says Ozempic Left Him Legally Blind. Europe Added a Warning

UN Adopts Pandemic Declaration 153-3 as US, Israel and Argentina Vote No

WHO Says No Weight-Loss Drugs or Surgery for Obese Children Under 10

WHO: 632 Attacks on Health Care Killed 1,530 in the Eastern Mediterranean

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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