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A Manipal Hospitals facility in India, part of the 49-hospital network preparing for its SEBI-approved IPO

70 Lakh Patients a Year Built This Hospital Chain. Wall Street Is About to Decide What That’s Worth.

Manipal Health Enterprises, backed by Singapore's Temasek, has SEBI approval for an IPO targeting a $10-13 billion valuation. The offering will test what public markets think a 49-hospital network treating 70 lakh

July 5, 2026

Business·Health·News

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, named in more than 6,000 documents in the DOJ's 2026 Epstein file release

Ehud Barak, the 2026 DOJ Files, and the Israeli Official Inside Epstein’s Apartment

Documents released by the US Justice Department in February 2026 show that a former Israeli UN mission security official installed a remote-access system at a Manhattan apartment owned by a company linked

July 5, 2026

Government and Politics·News

IBEW Local 614 members strike outside PECO headquarters in Philadelphia July 2026

PECO Never Had a Strike in 145 Years. Then Its Linemen Walked Out Into a Heat Wave.

PECO's 1,600 unionized linemen and technicians walked out at midnight Saturday, the first strike in the utility's 145-year history, arriving just as a Fourth of July heat wave pushed the Philadelphia region's

July 5, 2026

Business·News

DOJ Epstein files court dispute over redacted documents, July 2026

DOJ Formally Opposes Epstein Files Unredaction, Survivors Seek Support in New Mexico

The Justice Department formally opposed a court order to strip names from the Epstein files, filing a legal brief Thursday arguing adequate compliance while requesting sixty additional days and a private judicial

July 5, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A rooftop cooling tower, the type of building system under investigation in the NYC Legionnaires cluster

Ten Legionnaires’ Cases in Two Manhattan Zip Codes Send Health Officials Back to the Cooling Towers

Ten Legionnaires' disease cases have emerged in Manhattan's Carnegie Hill and Yorkville since late June, and the city's Health Department is testing every cooling tower in two zip codes to find the

July 5, 2026

Health·News

CRISPR gene editing used in Casgevy treatment for sickle cell disease patients

FDA Approves CRISPR Therapy Casgevy for Children as Young as 2 With Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease can begin destroying organs before a child turns two, but no gene therapy reached that far until now. The FDA's July 1 approval of Casgevy extends the world's first

July 5, 2026

Health·News

MRI brain scan showing lacunar stroke small vessel disease studied by University of Edinburgh researchers

Lacunar Strokes Caused by Widening Brain Vessels, Not Fatty Plaque, Study Finds

Edinburgh researchers found lacunar stroke is caused by widening, damaged small brain vessels rather than fatty arterial plaque, overturning decades of standard treatment assumptions and explaining why aspirin has failed to protect

July 5, 2026

Health·News

Beachgoers on Long Island beach on July 4 holiday weekend as Vibrio vulnificus bacteria detected in Hamptons estuaries

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Found in Hamptons Waters as Millions Head to Beach for July 4

Researchers found Vibrio vulnificus in Sagaponack Pond, Mecox Bay, and Georgica Pond this spring, prompting July 4 health advisories near the Hamptons. Health officials warn those with open wounds or chronic illness

July 5, 2026

Health·News

GLP-1 semaglutide drugs addiction treatment research illustration Washington University

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Be the Next Addiction Treatment, Studies Find

A 600,000-person study of U.S. veterans found that Ozempic-class drugs cut overdose deaths by 50 percent and reduced addiction risk across every major substance. Researchers say the drugs may work not by

July 5, 2026

Health·News

Elon Musk promotes anti-immigrant sentiment on X ahead of SpaceX IPO

Musk Posted Three Times More About UK Immigration Than His Own IPO. Then He Became a Trillionaire.

In the two weeks before SpaceX's June IPO, Elon Musk posted 303 times about UK immigration and just 114 times about his company. The Guardian found Musk amplified far-right deportation calls to

July 5, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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70 Lakh Patients a Year Built This Hospital Chain. Wall Street Is About to Decide What That’s Worth.

Ehud Barak, the 2026 DOJ Files, and the Israeli Official Inside Epstein’s Apartment

PECO Never Had a Strike in 145 Years. Then Its Linemen Walked Out Into a Heat Wave.

DOJ Formally Opposes Epstein Files Unredaction, Survivors Seek Support in New Mexico

Ten Legionnaires’ Cases in Two Manhattan Zip Codes Send Health Officials Back to the Cooling Towers

FDA Approves CRISPR Therapy Casgevy for Children as Young as 2 With Sickle Cell Disease

Lacunar Strokes Caused by Widening Brain Vessels, Not Fatty Plaque, Study Finds

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Found in Hamptons Waters as Millions Head to Beach for July 4

GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Be the Next Addiction Treatment, Studies Find

Musk Posted Three Times More About UK Immigration Than His Own IPO. Then He Became a Trillionaire.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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