The weight-loss drug race just got crowded
Jay Shankar July 21, 2026: Global obesity medicine sales hit $66 billion in 2025 and are on track to reach $92 billion this
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Research
Pandemic-born four-year-olds read well but struggle to focus: Study
July18,2026: One in three four-year-olds born during England’s first COVID-19 lockdown is struggling to focus, follow instructions, or manage frustration in the classroom
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Scientists map 641 new schizophrenia genes using “Social Network” for DNA
HQ Team June 24,2026: Scientists have discovered 641 previously unknown genes linked to schizophrenia, using a revolutionary method that maps how genes “talk” to
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New procedure, GAE, halves knee pain in osteoarthritis patients
HQ Team June 23, 2026: A minimally invasive procedure that blocks the small blood vessels supplying an arthritic knee can reduce pain by
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Who is buying India’s hospitals and what it means for its 1.4 Billion people?
HQ Team Editor’s Note: The need for this story arose out of discussions on healthcare access difficulties in the developed world. Horror stories
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FDA approves Utebzi, first carbapenem pill for complicated UTIs
HQ Team June 17, 2026: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Utebzi (tebipenem pivoxil), an antibiotic pill for people suffering from
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Retatrutide trial shows 30% body weight loss, rivalling bariatric surgery results
HQ Team June 17, 2026: Retatrutide, an experimental “triple-agonist” weight-loss drug developed by Eli Lilly, helped patients lose nearly a third of their
Climate
Heatwaves linked to 26,500 ozone deaths in India in 2024: IIT study
HQ Team June 16, 2026: Heatwaves across India may have intensified ground-level ozone pollution linked to more than 26,500 deaths in 2024, according
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FDA expands approval of kidney cancer drug to earlier-stage patients
HQ Team June 16, 2026: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval of belzutifan, a first-in-class kidney cancer drug, to
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Experimental Fentanyl vaccine prevents drug and variants from reaching brain
HQ Team June 15, 2026: Researchers at Scripps Research in California have developed an experimental vaccine that reduced fentanyl levels in the brains