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Cruise Ship Outbreak Streak Halts Alaska Expedition Sailings
Four gastrointestinal outbreaks in nine weeks aboard one 62-berth Alaska expedition vessel have forced Lindblad to cancel three departures and pause operations.
FDA Labels Nationwide Levothyroxine Recall Class II Over Subpotent Tablets
Regulators designated Major Pharmaceuticals' nationwide levothyroxine recall as Class II, covering twelve product lines and seven tablet strengths.
Psychedelic Drugs Face Their Regulatory Proving Ground
FDA has finalized its clinical trial rulebook for psilocybin, LSD and MDMA, days before Eli Lilly agreed to the sector's largest acquisition at $3.8 billion.
Statin Eligibility Reaches 87.5 Million Under New Cholesterol Guidelines
JAMA analyses find 56.6 percent of US adults aged 30 to 79 now qualify for statins under the 2026 dyslipidemia guideline, adding 21.5 million people.
Time-Restricted Eating Linked to Sharper Cognition in Rutgers Trial
Rutgers researchers report older women who ate within roughly eight daytime hours improved planning and problem-solving skills over six months of dieting.
Rio Conference Opens as HIV Funding Cuts Reshape the Epidemic
UNAIDS opened the Rio conference on Monday with a report quantifying how a 23 per cent collapse in development aid rewrote the global HIV response during 2025.
Lenacapavir Rollout Runs Into the Arithmetic of Supply
With all 600,000 doses available in 2026 already reserved, the debate in Rio has moved from whether twice-yearly injectable prevention works to who can deliver it.
Retatrutide Phase 3 Trials Reset the Obesity Drug Race
Eli Lilly's retatrutide cleared two more late-stage studies with up to 22.6 percent weight loss, setting up a US regulatory filing in the first quarter of 2027.
Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak Outpaces Congo's Response
Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has killed more than a thousand people in ten weeks, moving faster than any previous epidemic of the virus on record.
Guggenheim Joins 31 Sites Flagged as Legionnaires' Cluster Climbs to 60 on Upper East Side
A Legionnaires' cluster in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville grew to about 60 confirmed cases, with the Guggenheim Museum among 31 buildings ordered to clean their cooling towers.
State Tallies Race Ahead of CDC as Cyclospora Sickens Thousands Across Half the Country
A summer surge of a parasitic intestinal illness is racing across more than 30 states, with local tallies climbing far above the federal count while investigators hunt for the tainted produce behind it.
Vera's Atacicept Meets the FDA Clock as IgA Nephropathy Waits on a First-in-Class Verdict
A biotech racing toward its first commercial product collides with a regulator weighing whether reduced protein in urine is enough to clear a novel kidney drug. The July 7 answer will reshape both.
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Wonder Man Cancellation Exposes Marvel Television's New Cost Math at Disney+
Disney+ scrapped Marvel's Wonder Man four months after renewing it, a decision that tracks streaming margin targets far more closely than the show's reviews.
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Gold Holds $4,000 While Treasury Yields Reach 19-Year Highs After Fed Hold
Long Treasury yields reached levels last seen in 2007 after the Fed's split July decision, while gold posted its first monthly gain in five months and Brent surged 25%.
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Corvette C9 Reporting Points to 2030 Launch With V8 Power and Hybrid Assist
Reported timing puts the Corvette C9 in dealerships for 2030, but only GM's new 6.7-liter V8, its hybrid system and two concept cars are confirmed on the record.