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First ACA Enrollment Retreat Since 2017 Erases Millions of Sign-Ups
ACA marketplace enrollment slid roughly 3 million to 19.2 million by February 2026 after enhanced premium subsidies lapsed, with experts and the Trump administration split over the cause.
Tedros Closes the Book on the MV Hondius Hantavirus Cluster
The World Health Organization declared the Andes virus cluster tied to the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius over on July 2, closing a 13-case episode that reached contacts in 33 countries and territories.
1,561 Ebola Cases Confirmed in DR Congo as Bundibugyo Strain Outpaces the Response
Confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have climbed past 1,500 with more than 500 deaths, WHO and CDC figures show, as a new WHO-sponsored treatment trial opens against a strain that has no licensed vaccine or therapy.
Uganda's Second Filovirus Emergency Exposes the Machinery Straining Africa's Outbreak Defenses
A confirmed Marburg case in western Uganda stacks a second filovirus onto an active Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, revealing how one detection system now carries two lethal threats at once.
Vertex Gene Therapy Reaches Toddlers as FDA Lowers Casgevy Age Floor to Two
Federal regulators lowered the age floor for Vertex's one-time gene-editing therapy from 12 to 2, making Casgevy the first genetic medicine indicated for young children with two inherited blood disorders.
FDA Advisers Clear Moderna's mRNA Flu Shot, Leaving a Contentious Approval to the Agency
The FDA's outside advisers endorsed Moderna's investigational mRNA influenza vaccine in twin unanimous votes, handing the agency a politically fraught approval decision due by August 5 after an earlier refusal to file the application was reversed.