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The death toll from the Ebola virus, which is sweeping through the heart of the Central African region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has neared 3,500 with about 7,000 confirmed cases, the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
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Death toll in Congo’s worst Ebola virus outbreak set to cross 7,000: CDC says

HQ Team September 14, 2026: The death toll from the Ebola virus, which is sweeping through the heart of the Central African region.

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A measles outbreak in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, which has killed nearly 1,000 people, is a major reversal of previous progress toward the elimination of the disease, according to an editorial in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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Bangladesh’s measles outbreak an ‘early warning signal’: IJID says

HQ Team September 11, 2026: A measles outbreak in the South Asian nation of Bangladesh, which has killed nearly 1,000 people, is a.

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The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG), a coalition of health groups including the World Health Organization, has released 70,000 doses of its experimental Ervebo vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assess its effectiveness in combating the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease.
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ICG ships vaccines to Congo to test feasibility in Bundibugyo Ebola

HQ Team August 21, 2026: The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG), a coalition of health groups including the World Health Organization,.

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Aircrew face highest radiation-related cancer risk among all US jobs: Study

HQ Team August 20, 2026: Nearly 7% of deaths among U.S. flight attendants and pilots are linked to radiation-related cancers — the highest.

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In conflict-ridden Gaza, just 3% of cropland remains usable as Israeli troops pound the region with air strikes and shelling, limiting access to agricultural land and putting pressure on food security, according to the United Nations' FAO.
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Cropland usage plummets in war-torn Gaza Strip, 3% usable: FAO

HQ Team August 19, 2026: In conflict-ridden Gaza, just 3% of cropland remains usable to grow food as Israeli troops pound the region.

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An epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus will continue to spread in the central African country of Congo at an “unprecedented speed” until every transmission chain is found and broken, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, said.
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World still ‘playing catch-up’ with Ebola virus epidemic in Congo: WHO chief

HQ Team August 19, 2026: An epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus will continue to spread in the central African country of Congo.

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Using structural and mechanistic information of two parasitic proteins, scientists have built a new component for a vaccine that may induce an immune response to malaria.
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Dundee Lab’s drug shows promise as a single-dose cure for malaria disease

HQ Team August 18, 2026: A malaria drug candidate developed by a University of Dundee lab has cleared an early human trial, raising.

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Uganda declared the Ebola disease outbreak, which started three months ago, has ended, according to the World Health Organization.
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Billions lie unutilised as budgeting body dithers over allocation

HQ Team August 18, 2026: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB, the White House office that decides when and how appropriated federal.

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AstraZeneca has stopped an end-phase trial for its experimental lung cancer drug, volrustomig, after data showed the combination therapy failed to outperform standard treatments for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
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AstraZeneca ends late-stage trial of drug to treat non-small cell cancer

HQ Team August 17, 2026: AstraZeneca has stopped an end-phase trial for its experimental lung cancer drug, volrustomig, after data showed the combination.

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An outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which has no approved vaccines or treatments, has killed 2,325 people, becoming the deadliest in the central African country of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ebola virus becomes deadliest outbreak in Congo, still ‘moving fast’

HQ Team August 17, 2026: An outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola, which has no approved vaccines or treatments, has killed 2,325.

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