AI diagnostics, brain-computer interfaces, gene editing, and the future of medicine.
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French health and agriculture ministries say a severely immunocompromised patient treated in Lyon died in early October with Shamonda virus, the first human infection by a livestock pathogen spread by midges.
The US regulator cleared a once weekly basal insulin for patients aged 10 and older, giving pediatric type 2 diabetes a new option while Eli Lilly's rival remains adult only.
A 42 year old Ugandan born woman who flew to Abuja from Kampala tested positive after three molecular tests, prompting contact tracing and airport restrictions.
The U.S. regulator cleared bepirovirsen for adults without cirrhosis, combining a six month injectable course with existing antivirals and a companion diagnostic.
A single-arm trial of 154 patients showed 71% needed no surgery, radiation or chemotherapy after dostarlimab, though the FDA still expects confirmatory data.
Health officials in Dhaka now count 1,201 measles deaths and 214,551 suspected cases, a toll that has turned a vaccine success story into a global warning about immunity gaps.
Roche's IL-6R inhibitor becomes the first thyroid eye disease therapy that adults in the United States can inject at home, after regulators reviewed the filing on a priority basis.
PAHO/WHO counted 1,355 human myiasis cases and five deaths across six countries through September 2026, and urged health, animal and environmental agencies to act together.
The European Medicines Agency committee backed Rasonque, or daraxonrasib, for previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer, sending the decision to the European Commission.
The Vatican says the 71 year old pope is recovering at Gemelli Hospital after a 90 minute operation confirmed early stage lung adenocarcinoma, with a South America trip now in doubt.
The Food Standards Agency has told caterers, wholesalers and shops to withdraw and recall raw shell eggs from Ukrainian producer Yasensvit Ltd after Salmonella Enteritidis was detected.
A 35-member Lancet commission launched in Berlin has identified 17 interconnected threats to health, judging malicious AI use and nuclear conflict as the only two with extinction potential.
Florida health officials have confirmed 296 locally acquired dengue cases in 2026, the worst outbreak in any U.S. state since at least the 1940s, with Hillsborough County reporting 259 cases and one death.
CDC data show 4,080 confirmed measles cases as of October 8, 2026, nearly double last year's total, with Pennsylvania reporting 1,136 cases and five deaths.
The UN health agency's first guidance on paediatric obesity puts structured diet, activity and behaviour support ahead of medicines and surgery for the youngest patients.
Novartis's oral BTK inhibitor becomes the only prescription medicine cleared for both symptomatic dermographism and chronic spontaneous urticaria.
The U.S. regulator cleared updates that let CardioMEMS patients see pulmonary artery pressure trends and clinician directed medication instructions on iOS or Android smartphones.
Pennsylvania becomes the first US state since 1991 to pass one thousand measles cases in a single year while New York declares a statewide disaster emergency and officials warn elimination status is at risk.
The agency's decision moves a noncovalent BTK inhibitor into initial therapy for the most common adult leukemia in the United States, for patients without the 17p deletion.
The Autus Size-Adjustable Valve, approved by the FDA on October 1, 2026, can be balloon-expanded from 13 mm to 22 mm, reducing repeat open-heart surgeries for children with congenital pulmonary valve disease.
Tilrekimig, an investigational trispecific antibody, produced EASI-75 responses of 47.8% to 62.5% at week 16 in a Pfizer Phase 2 atopic dermatitis study, versus 9.1% to 19.9% on placebo.