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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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Novo Nordisk A/S’s data from a clinical trial of a weight-loss medicine, treating overweight and obese adult participants, showed patients lost about 23% of their body weight compared to a dummy group’s 2-3%.
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GLP-1 drugs may stop early-stage cancers from spreading

HQ Team July 28, 2026: People taking GLP-1 drugs (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, the same class as Ozempic and Wegovy) for diabetes alongside.

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Global health bodies in more than 100 nations are uniting to vaccinate children after COVID-19 waves severed supplies, shuttered clinics, and overburdened health services.
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US measles cases hit a 35-year high at 2,295

HQ Team July 22, 2026: The United States has recorded 2,295 measles cases,  the highest total in 35 years. The raw number is.

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The prevalence of JN.1, a Covid-19 sub-variant, has risen to 62% in the US on Jan. 5 compared to two weeks prior, according to the National Public Health Agency.
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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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US regulator, the FDA has approved Gilead Sciences, Inc.'s supplemental new drug application for treating chronic hepatitis B virus in paediatric patients six years of age and older.
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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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Obesity is a health risk that needs to be tackled worldwide
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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.

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The World Health Organization has posted a repository of more than 450 psychoactive drugs listing their abuses, harms, and dependence.
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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.

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Person walking outdoors wearing fitness tracker while on GLP-1 weight loss medication
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GLP- 1 Ozempic, Wegovy drug users move less, not more, new study finds

HQ Team June 15, 2026: Adults with obesity who started GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy at a US hospital in Illinois.

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