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The State Department Released $600 Million to Gavi, Ending a Freeze That Began Last Year

The State Department released $600 million to Gavi after a funding freeze, with conditions on mercury-containing vaccines and the WHO.

Medical Daily

Vicki Wickham obituary

Journalist, producer, talent manager and driving force behind the 1960s pop music TV show Ready Steady Go!

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Newborn deaths are surging in the world’s most vulnerable communities as aid cuts hit

SPECIAL REPORT: Mothers across sub-Saharan Africa face a perfect storm of conflict, displacement and global aid cuts that are leaving them without the help they need in the most dangerous countries to give birth. Liz Cookman and Nick Ferris report

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What Animal Rescue Organisations in India Are Doing That Government Programmes Cannot

The number that explains everythingA female dog, left unsterilised, can produce two litters a year. Each litter averages six to eight pups. Factor in her female offspring doing the same, and the arithmetic becomes staggering within three to four years. The WHO has estimated India's stray dog population at roughly…

Times Life

Ultra-processed food companies hindering health drives by suing countries, says WHO

Exclusive: Director general accuses corporations of obstructing efforts to tackle obesity crisis after investigation by Guardian and others

The Guardian - UK

HIV prevention drug could reduce cases globally but USAID cuts prevent access, say experts

Injectable PrEP drug holds promise but investment in HIV prevention has declined dramatically worldwide

The Guardian - US

Europe's youth is losing strength and flexibility, study finds

European children are in worse physical shape than at almost any point in the last 60 years, new research shows, which will have an impact on both the current and future health of this population.

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Europe's heatwaves are fuelling infectious diseases, health agency warns

As summers are getting longer and hotter, health experts warn that higher temperatures are creating the perfect conditions for infectious diseases to spread across Europe.

Euronews

US restores $600 million for Gavi vaccine alliance, keeps WHO cut off

The decision follows directions issued by US President Donald Trump, who asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and secretary of state Marco Rubio to negotiate reforms with Gavi before any long-term US support is restored. Republican Senator Susan Collins, who had urged the administration to resume…

The Times of India

Conflicts can spread infectious diseases while making outbreaks harder to detect

The Ebola outbreak that emerged in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed into neighbouring Uganda may have been killing people for weeks before the alarm was raised. When Médecins Sans Frontières investigated in May 2026, it reported that at least 55 people had died since the beginning of…

The Conversation

Cholera still kills thousands each year – in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Many Americans have heard about cholera only from “The Oregon Trail,” the retro computer game in which players try to get their 1830s pioneers to the Oregon Territory. If your wagon train comes down with this highly contagious bacterial infection, the pioneers could die from diarrhea and dehydration before they…

The Conversation

Switching Kids with Severe Pneumonia to Pills Sooner Sent Them Home a Day Earlier, Large Trial Finds

A trial of 1,101 children found switching from IV to oral antibiotics for severe pneumonia was as safe and shortened hospital stays by a day.

Medical Daily

“We were going to form a group at the time of the Beck’s Bolero sessions”: Jeff Beck was going to be part of the original Led Zeppelin, according to Jimmy Page

In a momentous sliding doors moment in rock history, Page and Beck had plans to form a twin-guitar act that would have been supported by Keith Moon and John Entwistle

Guitar World

Stockpiled Ebola Vaccines Produced an Antibody Response Against the Strain Driving the Congo Outbreak

New NEJM data show licensed Zaire Ebola vaccines produce some antibody response against Bundibugyo, the strain behind the record Congo outbreak.

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Children With Severe Pneumonia Did Well After an Earlier Switch to Oral Antibiotics, Trial Finds

A 1,101-child trial found switching from IV to oral antibiotics after improvement was as safe for severe pneumonia. Where the findings apply.

Medical Daily

Researchers Audited 2,783 Toddler Food Products in Austin Stores and Found Four in Five Were Ultra-Processed

An audit of 2,783 toddler foods in 21 Austin stores found 81% ultra-processed and 49% failing a WHO nutrient standard. What parents can check.

The Independent UK

Uganda declares itself Ebola free as deaths surge past 1,400 in DR Congo

Uganda has not recorded a new Ebola case since June, but confirmed infections in the DRC have risen to over 3,200 and at least 1,405 deaths, having only passed 1,000 in recent days

Euronews

Europe set to miss 2030 hepatitis elimination targets, health agency warns

Despite years of progress, the ECDC says Europe is to miss its 2030 goal to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat, as gaps in child vaccination and inadequate reduction measures are seen across Europe.

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The Independent UK

Factory farming could be fuelling spread of common disease which causes food poisoning

Farmed chicken is thought to have increased the spread of Campylobacter, the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea worldwide

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New Study Finds Married People Are Up To 74% More Likely To Develop Dementia Under One Specific Condition

30-40% of Dementia caregivers face depression, and 1 in 3 have declining health as well.

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Ebola surges past 3,200 cases in DRC as Oxford begins first vaccine trial

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has climbed to 1,405, with confirmed cases now at 3,200, government data showed Sunday, as researchers race to develop a vaccine.

The Independent UK

‘Priority 1’ superbug spreading from pets to humans, study warns

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Ministry of Public Health Unites All Sectors to Advance Lung Health in Thailand

The Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, has joined forces with all parties to advance Thailand’s lung health agenda through the “Lung Health Policy Forum: Breathing Matters - A Policy Vision for Stronger Lung Health for Thai People”. The forum aims to accelerate action on lung cancer and…

The Independent UK

Young people are ‘soft hermitting’ this summer – but it might be a recipe for loneliness

LET’S UNPACK THAT: Intentionally staying in rather than overcommitting to plans is all the rage with boundaried Gen Z. Helen Coffey looks into the trend and asks whether it’s healthy or just another way in which we’re all becoming disconnected in the current lonely crisis

Medical Daily

CDC Renews Ebola Travel Restrictions Through Mid-August as DRC Bundibugyo Cases Rise to 2,344 with No Vaccine Available

CDC renewed Ebola travel restrictions July 13 through mid-August. DRC cases hit 2,344 with 930 deaths. No vaccine exists for Bundibugyo. What travelers and the public need to know.

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