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With no licensed vaccines available to protect against the Ebola virus currently spreading in the Congo, efforts are underway to fast-track development of at least three vaccines.
June 2, 2026
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At the world's largest cancer research meeting, new data were plentiful. But this year, there was also a focus on grief.
June 1, 2026
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Alberta hospital operators will now be funded by the province based on the number and type of procedures they perform, rather than a blanket budget for surgeries.
June 1, 2026
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Saskatchewan’s newest anti-drug regulation allows the province, or people harmed by drug trafficking, to sue drug traffickers for harm-related damages went into effect on Monday.
June 1, 2026
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The FDA has missed a self-imposed deadline to ban the use of electrical shock devices in people with intellectual disabilities.
June 1, 2026
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One nurse started feeling dizzy while he checked on patients. The vomiting started just minutes later
June 1, 2026
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To be a cancer specialist is to see the worst of harm caused by social media. Yet I have never changed a patient’s mind with outrage“And so, of course, I…
June 1, 2026
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The Trump administration disregards infectious disease playbook, CEPI offers vaccine funding, and other health news from Morning Rounds
June 1, 2026
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Moody said having Weir’s family alongside him will be “incredibly poignant and powerful”
June 1, 2026
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While a ‘GLP-1 friendly’ label may seem arbitrary, some medical experts say it may make people pay closer attention to what they’re eating
May 31, 2026
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Teens averaged over 50 minutes of smartphone use between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on school nights, researchers found.
May 31, 2026
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For kidney patients across Nigeria, the Federal Government’s 2023 promise to subsidise dialysis to N12,000 per session remains a mirage. At teaching hospitals, patients are still charged N40,000 to N50,000…
May 31, 2026
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Trump officials are disregarding the Biden administration's detailed pandemic plans in favor of their own strategy.
May 30, 2026
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Shaunna Burke has summitted Mount Everest with Stage 4 cancer, raising funds to support research into the link between oxygen and cancer progression.
May 29, 2026
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New Brunswick's Opposition leader is calling on the Liberal government to put off the province's planned shift to a new virtual-health-care provider.
May 29, 2026
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21 days is the highest risk period for the rodent-borne illness
May 29, 2026
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A court in Kenya on Friday suspended a U.S. plan to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to a rare type of Ebola virus spreading in northeastern Congo.
May 29, 2026
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“To come here is to really show to the community that they’re not alone," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the airport late Thursday.
May 29, 2026
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Aid supplies have been rushed to Congo to tackle the Ebola outbreak
May 29, 2026
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The UK Health Security Agency advises Brits not to return to work until 48 hours after these symptoms have cleared.
May 29, 2026
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The American University of Barbados (AUB) med students have officially begun clinical rotations at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), in a major development for the medical school after 13 years……
May 29, 2026
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The growing Ebola outbreak, the unknowns of microdosing GLP-1s, and more health news from Morning Rounds
May 29, 2026
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The measure that proponents say could say many lives has been rejected by the Government
May 29, 2026
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Pharmaceutical experts have warned that Nigeria’s rising dependence on imported medicines poses a growing threat to national health security, calling for urgent executive reforms and stronger policy implementation to prevent…
May 29, 2026
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The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued a safety alert
May 29, 2026
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Jamie Justice of XPRIZE Healthspan on the most promising research and "purely scammy" treatments in the world of longevity.
May 29, 2026
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Health organisations refute assertion by Sunbed Association that tanning is protective and warn it could increase risk of skin cancerThe body that represents the UK’s sunbed salons is wrongly insisting…
May 29, 2026
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The federal government is considering the possibility of restricting flights from countries affected by the Ebola virus as part of renewed efforts to prevent any outbreak in Nigeria. This was…
May 29, 2026
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The Ministry of Health has reassured Barbadians that the risk of Ebola reaching the island remains low, while stressing that health authorities already have systems in place to respond to……
May 29, 2026
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The U.S. is taking extraordinary steps to keep Ebola out. But its policies may create risks for Americans infected overseas and discourage volunteers from responding to the outbreak.
May 28, 2026
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Here are the comments that hurt to hear after a pregnancy loss, and the ones that help.
May 28, 2026
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed that payment of three months’ outstanding arrears owed to the 2020 batch of nurses and midwives has been processed, bringing relief to thousands of…
May 28, 2026
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'Please, declare a ceasefire. Even briefly. Even just enough to let health workers through. People are dying from Ebola who do not have to die,' the WHO head wrote.
May 28, 2026
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Most cases of genu valgum resolve naturally with growth, but persistent deformity, pain, or walking difficulty may require medical attention
May 28, 2026
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Health experts in Ghana are warning of a deepening crisis in childhood kidney care, as a severe shortage of specialists and vital medical equipment leaves some of the country’s most…
May 28, 2026
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A look at how women pushed to the margins in Mumbai live with TB while working informal jobs
May 28, 2026
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