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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

Health·News

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

Climate·Health·News

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

Health·News

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

Health·News

More US adults are receiving mental health treatment, new federal data show

More Americans Than Ever Are in Therapy. The System Behind Them Is Shaking.

New CDC data show about one in seven US adults received therapy in the past year, and nearly a quarter got some form of mental health care, the highest share on record.

June 25, 2026

Health·News

Centene Corporation community outreach event, with volunteers at a food bank

Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

Centene is offering buyouts to most of its 61,000 employees, citing a 6 percent drop in plan membership, the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, and the prospect of $900 billion in Medicaid

June 18, 2026

Business·Health·News

Panorama of Bern, Switzerland, where voters rejected a population cap referendum

Switzerland Rejects the Hard Right’s Plan to Cap Its Population at Ten Million

Swiss voters rejected the Swiss People's Party's initiative to cap the population below ten million, a measure framed as sustainability but aimed at immigration and the country's free-movement ties with the EU.

June 16, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where federal officials released Canada's opioid death data

Canada’s Opioid Deaths Fell 23% in 2025, but Officials Won’t Call It a Turning Point

Opioid overdose deaths in Canada fell 23 per cent in 2025 to 5,630, a second straight annual decline that officials credit to a shifting drug supply and wider naloxone access. They warn

June 16, 2026

Health·News

Powdered infant formula in a container with a scoop, illustrating the Nara Organics recall over botulism

Nara Organics Recalls All Its Infant Formula After Three Babies Get Botulism

Nara Organics recalled every lot of its Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula after three babies in California, Pennsylvania and Washington were hospitalized with infant botulism. No product has yet tested positive

June 16, 2026

Health·News

Craig Duncan, head of Xbox Game Studios, photographed during his tenure at Rare

Craig Duncan Exits Xbox Game Studios After 20 Months as Layoffs Loom and Sharma Tightens Control

Craig Duncan, who oversaw 15 Xbox first-party studios including Halo and Rare, is stepping down this week as Microsoft prepares another round of mass layoffs — centralizing control under Matt Booty just

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

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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

More Americans Than Ever Are in Therapy. The System Behind Them Is Shaking.

Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

Switzerland Rejects the Hard Right’s Plan to Cap Its Population at Ten Million

Canada’s Opioid Deaths Fell 23% in 2025, but Officials Won’t Call It a Turning Point

Nara Organics Recalls All Its Infant Formula After Three Babies Get Botulism

Craig Duncan Exits Xbox Game Studios After 20 Months as Layoffs Loom and Sharma Tightens Control

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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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