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Wisconsin Reports Its First West Nile Virus Activity as 23 States Enter a Record Early Season

Wisconsin confirmed its first West Nile detections July 14 as 23 states report the worst early-season activity since 2004. Here's who is most at risk.

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Bipartisan bill to eliminate hepatitis C unveiled in House

A bipartisan pair of House members is introducing legislation aimed at treating millions of Americans of a deadly-but-curable liver disease, the culmination of a yearslong push from public health advocates. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., would create a national hepatitis C elimination program to expand…

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FDA drug approval affects healthcare around the world, but political shortcuts could hurt the agency’s international reputation

At the beginning of July 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for young children with sickle cell disease.

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Fatty liver new treatment found: Study discovers a medicine that reverses severe fatty liver by just repairing the gut

A new experimental drug shows promise for severe fatty liver disease. This compound targets the gut, not the liver directly. It repairs a damaged intestinal barrier, reducing toxins reaching the liver. This discovery offers a fresh treatment path for a widespread condition. Human trials are needed to confirm its safety…

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Liver fluke stir in Maha Sarakham subsides

The liver fluke infections found among university freshmen in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham early this month were not linked to any particular somtam shop in the area, the Department of Disease Control reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Simple blood test to detect Alzheimers long before memory loss has been developed by scientists

A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms

The Independent UK

Why Scotland Is Offering Free Meningitis B Vaccines to Students Before a Rare Infection Turns Life-Threatening

Scotland is offering free meningitis B vaccines to teenagers and first-year students ahead of the new academic year. The campaign aims to protect those at higher risk of infection in shared living accommodations.

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India's Largest Wild Bovine Is the Gaur, and Almost Nobody Knows This Massive Forest Giant Exists

The size nobody talks aboutA fully grown male gaur can stand 220 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh up to 1,500 kilograms. That is not a misprint. The gaur, classified as Bos gaurus, is the largest wild bovine on earth, heavier than the American bison, taller than the African buffalo,…

Times Life

From smartphones to clinics: What Indonesia can learn from Thailand’s disease tracking

The COVID‑19 pandemic accelerated investment in health infrastructure across Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Thailand.

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5 Lingering Post-COVID Symptoms That Are Still Affecting Indians and Why Recovery Takes So Long

Fatigue That Sleep Cannot FixThis is the symptom most people underestimate and most doctors initially dismiss. Post-COVID fatigue is not tiredness after a long day. It is a cellular-level exhaustion that does not respond to rest. A 2022 study published in Nature Communications found that long-COVID patients showed mitochondrial dysfunction…

Times Life

Leptospirosis Is the Monsoon Waterborne Infection Most Urban Indians Have Never Heard Of

A Fever That Looks Like Everything ElseLeptospirosis arrives disguised. The first two to five days bring high fever, severe muscle ache concentrated in the calves, headache, and red eyes, a presentation so close to dengue, malaria, or a bad viral fever that most patients and many clinicians do not think…

Times Life

Worawit: The doctor with a border

Dr Worawit Tantiwattanasap, director of Umphang Hospital, has spent his entire career treating patients along the remote and rugged terrain of the Thai-Myanmar border. "Border doctors are like soldiers, but the enemy isn't people or armies, but disease," he tells me in our interview on June 19. "Preventing epidemics from…

Bangkok Post

West Nile Virus Is Entering Peak Transmission Season, and 2026 Is Already the Worst in Over 20 Years

West Nile virus 2026 enters peak August-September window. CDC confirmed 48 cases by June 30, nearly 5x the historical average. Maricopa County: 29 cases, 5 deaths. No vaccine exists.

Medical Daily

New Alzheimer’s blood test to be trialled to speed up diagnosis – find out where

The aim is for up to 500 patients to be referred for a test, making it the largest UK study of Alzheimer’s blood tests in general practice

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Evening Standard

‘Landmark’ study to offer blood test for Alzheimer’s through GPs

Dementia affects about 90,000 people in Scotland, an estimated 3,000 of whom are aged under 65.

The Independent UK

New diagnoses slow in NYC Legionnaires' disease outbreak; source still unclear

Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing

The Guardian - US

Cyclospora outbreaks causing diarrhea in US expected to continue through August

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is scouring food supply chain for culprit, which may be lettuce

Fortune

Trust in the FDA is collapsing. It's time to get really transparent about our food and our drugs

Patients with no other options are watching an agency turn on its own scientists — and the trust that took a century to build is draining out in two years.

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The Conversation

Unhoused people and wildlife are increasingly coming into contact. Here’s what can be done to protect them

As homelessness increases around the world, more unhoused people are turning to parks and other urban green spaces to seek shelter. However, these places are also home to animals that live in and around urban areas.

The Guardian - US

Pilot known for ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ river plane landing reveals Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Chesley Sullenberger, 75, safely landed a US Airways flight carrying 155 people in New York’s Hudson River in 2009

The Independent UK

What to do if your garden roses have black spot disease

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Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates

The population of the communities surrounding the Colossus 2 site, which is in the center of a lawsuit involving unpermitted natural gas turbines and pollution, is predominantly black.

Medical Daily

A $100 Million Trial Launched Today to Test Whether GLP-1 Drugs Plus Lifestyle Changes Can Prevent Dementia

Alzheimer's Association launched the $100M PROTECT-Cog Study July 13, 2026 in London to test GLP-1 drugs plus lifestyle changes as dementia prevention. First global trial of its kind.

The Conversation

One in four adults has metabolic syndrome – and it may be ageing their brains

An estimated one in four adults worldwide has metabolic syndrome. While metabolic syndrome is most often thought of as a warning sign that diabetes or cardiovascular disease may be on the horizon, my team’s new study suggests that its consequences reach further – and it actually may be accelerating the…

Medical Daily

Nashville Confirms First Two Measles Cases of 2026 as Seven Exposure Sites Are Identified

Nashville confirmed 2 measles cases July 10-12, 2026. Seven exposure sites across Nashville and Murfreesboro span June 29 to July 4. Monitor for symptoms through July 25.

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