On January 14, 2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published a Commission establishing an official definition and diagnostic criteria for
The central conceit of…
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Impacts of the Lancet Commission on Obesity Treatment, With Pooja Singhal, MD
obesity , aiming to alter the way the condition is approached inendocrinology .1 -
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[Press release] MHRA approves lenacapavir for the prevention of sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection
MHRA press release
19 December 2025 — The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)* has approved lenacapavir (Yeytuo) for the prevention of sexually transmitted HIV-1 infection in adults and adolescents.
The medicinal…
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Measles Cases Are Rising — and Doctors Say There’s ‘No End in Sight’
Richard Eby knew things were getting bad when the schools shut down.
Eby is a family medicine doctor based in Andrews, in West Texas. It’s a quiet town of 14,000, chock full of all-American touches — a Buffalo Wild Wings sits a few…
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U.S. Vaccine Trial, UK Firms in Sudan War, AFCON Injuries
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OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don’t have to. On Dec 19, coverage includes ethical backlash over a U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau, revelations…
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[Press release] WHO validates Brazil for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
WHO press release
18 December 2025 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this historic milestone….
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NASA satellites capture an image of a ‘smoke monster’ in Canada
In early May 2025, NASA and partner satellites spotted a towering cloud of wildfire smoke rising over central Saskatchewan.
The huge plume, nicknamed a smoke monster, grew from intense fires burning in and around Narrow Hills Provincial Park.
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Long-approved drug shows promise in slowing neuron loss in Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered that while brain neuron changes, including cell loss, may begin in early life, a drug long-approved for other conditions might be repurposed to slow this damage,…
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Virus Transmission Trends, Winter 2025–26 – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Virus Transmission Trends, Winter 2025–26 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Flu, RSV activity rising in US and Europe, with major UK surge in flu cases CIDRAP
- Tips from doctors to stay healthy and illness-free this Christmas WETM
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Health news round-up: orforglipron, new gonorrhoea antibiotics and record high flu admissions
This week, The Pharmaceutical Journal has been reflecting on the past year, considering how the pharmacy sector has grown and presenting the headline numbers from our coverage across pharmacy in 2025.
However, healthcare does not slow down as the…
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Objective Sleepiness Without Daytime Fatigue Linked to Lower Hypertension Risk
Individuals who fall asleep quickly during overnight
sleep testing, but do not report feeling excessively sleepy during the day, may actually be at lower risk for both existing and future hypertension, according to a new study published in…Continue Reading