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Two Dead as Kenyans Reject a US Ebola Site — and a Court Agrees

Two protesters are dead, a court has blocked the facility twice, and the Kenyan government still won't release its agreement with Washington. The US says Ebola is too dangerous to bring home — but safe enough to manage in a country with zero cases.

Carl Sage June 02, 2026

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Doctors to Trump: Your Vaccine Order Isn't Backed by Science

The plan would cut recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to roughly 10 — modeled on Denmark, a country whose own health officials say the comparison makes no sense.

Carl Sage June 02, 2026

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mRNA's Next Act: Personalized Cancer Vaccines Show Dramatic Results

A personalized mRNA vaccine cut melanoma recurrence risk by nearly half over five years when combined with immunotherapy. The technology behind COVID shots may be even better suited to fighting cancer.

Carl Sage June 02, 2026

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1,000 Suspected Cases, No Vaccine: The Ebola Outbreak Outpacing the World

Confirmed Ebola cases in the DRC jumped from 125 to 282 in four days. The responsible strain has no vaccine, and the WHO calls contact tracing 'nearly impossible.'

Carl Sage June 01, 2026

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Ebola at the Exits: 263 Cases, 43 Dead, and Now Brazil

Two patients in Brazil are being tested for Ebola. If confirmed, they would be the first infections outside Africa — and the Bundibugyo strain spreading through Congo and Uganda has no approved vaccine.

Carl Sage May 31, 2026

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A Daily Pill, Twice the Time: Pancreatic Cancer's First Real Breakthrough in Decades

A daily pill nearly doubled survival for pancreatic cancer patients — 13.2 months versus 6.7 on chemotherapy. It's the first time any drug has pushed median survival past one year in a Phase 3 trial for the disease.

Carl Sage May 31, 2026

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A Fever in São Paulo: Brazil Investigates Suspected Ebola Case

A man who recently returned from Congo is in isolation in a São Paulo hospital. If his Ebola test comes back positive, the Bundibugyo outbreak will have jumped 5,000 miles to a new continent.

Carl Sage May 31, 2026

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Ebola Doubles in DR Congo as WHO Chief Visits Epicenter

Confirmed cases jumped from 121 to 225 in 48 hours. The strain behind this outbreak has no approved vaccine — and the WHO chief just made a rare personal visit to the epicenter.

Carl Sage May 30, 2026

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A Single DNA Test Could Spare Millions of Women from Chemotherapy

More than two-thirds of high-risk breast cancer patients in a landmark trial safely skipped chemotherapy after a 50-gene test predicted they would not benefit. The harder question: who gets access to it.

Carl Sage May 30, 2026

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US Builds Ebola Center in Kenya Rather Than Bring Americans Home

The Trump administration built a 50-bed quarantine facility in Kenya for exposed US citizens instead of bringing them home to American biocontainment units. A Kenyan court blocked it the day before it was to open.

Carl Sage May 30, 2026

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Ebola Kills Half the People It Infects. Armed Groups Won't Let Help Through.

The Bundibugyo Ebola strain has no approved vaccine, no treatment, and kills up to half the people it infects. In eastern Congo, armed groups are making sure help cannot reach the sick.

Carl Sage May 29, 2026

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528 Dead, Mostly Children. The World Looked Away.

Bangladesh's worst measles outbreak in decades has killed 528 people, almost all young children, from a disease vaccines rendered nearly obsolete. The world barely noticed.

Carl Sage May 24, 2026

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After Vaccines, Mammograms. RFK Jr.'s War on Preventive Care Has a New Target.

The panel that decides whether insurance covers mammograms and colonoscopies is now half-empty. Doctors see a familiar pattern.

Carl Sage May 24, 2026

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Ebola Crosses Into Uganda, Ten Nations at Risk

Three new Ebola cases in Uganda mark the outbreak's first cross-border jump. The strain responsible has no approved vaccine — and ten nations are now in the virus's path.

Carl Sage May 23, 2026

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750 Cases in a Week: Ebola Is Outpacing Everything the WHO Can Throw at It

Suspected Ebola cases in the DRC tripled to 750 in a single week. The WHO just upgraded its risk assessment to 'very high' — and the rare Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine.

Carl Sage May 22, 2026

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Ebola Outbreak Grows. The US Travel Ban Could Backfire.

A rare Ebola strain with no vaccine is spreading through conflict zones in eastern Congo. The US responded with a travel ban — exactly the approach global health authorities warn could make the crisis worse.

Carl Sage May 22, 2026

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Eli Lilly's Retatrutide Clears Phase 3 With the Most Powerful Weight-Loss Results Ever Recorded

Patients on Eli Lilly's experimental retatrutide lost up to 30% of their body weight over two years — a figure previously only achievable with bariatric surgery. The "triple agonist" drug outperforms Wegovy and Zepbound by a wide margin.

Carl Sage May 21, 2026

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India's Pill Factories Are Flooding West Africa With Unapproved Opioids

More than 320 million tapentadol pills — a synthetic opioid stronger than tramadol, in doses approved nowhere on Earth — have left Indian factories for West Africa since 2023. The countries receiving them never approved the drug.

Carl Sage May 21, 2026

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Ebola Infected an American Doctor. The World's Response Still Hasn't Caught Up.

Dr. Peter Stafford could barely stand when he boarded a flight to Berlin. The Ebola strain that infected him has no vaccine, no cure, and a weeks-long head start on the world.

Carl Sage May 21, 2026

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600 Cases, 139 Dead, and the One Tool That Doesn't Exist Yet

The Ebola strain spreading through eastern Congo has no approved vaccine and no approved treatment. WHO declared an emergency on Sunday. By Wednesday, the case count had jumped by nearly 100.

Carl Sage May 20, 2026