U.S. reportedly loses measles elimination status after 26 years
The Pan American Health Organization is expected to make the determination public, and U.S. measles cases in 2026 already more than double the 2025 total.
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Scientists warn the 1.5C warming threshold could be reached by 2029
Copernicus says warming has sped up since the Paris agreement, while a separate report finds current policies leave the world far off track.
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Large study finds early GLP-1 drug use not tied to most pregnancy problems
Among 756,636 Danish pregnancies, premature birth risk rose only when the drugs were prescribed for diabetes, not for weight loss.
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Dark energy may have been negative in the early universe, new study suggests
Researchers at Istanbul Technical University say an overlooked branch of a gravity theory allows dark energy to have flipped sign about 9.5 billion years ago.
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Stopping statins after 70 may be safer than expected, but there's a catch
A preliminary study found short-term heart risks did not rise much for some older adults who stopped, but longer-term risk may increase.
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe finds a hidden pattern in the Sun's chaotic magnetic fields
The magnetic fields reverse their direction of rotation at a certain range of small scales, a first direct observation in space turbulence.
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Ebola cases in Congo top 11,000 in deadliest outbreak of the disease there
Nearly half of those infected, 5,387 people, have died, and the Bundibugyo strain has no known vaccine or treatment.
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Energy drinks linked to far more reports of cardiac arrest, preliminary study finds
Researchers presented the early findings at the American Heart Association's 2026 Scientific Sessions, and younger adults made up a large share of cases.
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NASA says Antarctic ozone hole grew to its largest size in a decade
At its peak on Sept. 18, the hole covered 10.5 million square miles, about 90% of the record set in 2000.
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FDA orders GLP-1 weight-loss drug makers to add warning about rare vision loss risk
The agency says the condition, NAION, affects about 2 to 10 people in 100,000, and that a causal link has not been proven.
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Caltech robot builds a structure in space without astronauts
The robot assembled part of a truss in orbit during a six-month DARPA-funded test, though the full antenna was not finished.
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Common vitamin B5 supplement may help fight psoriasis, study finds
Researchers found pantethine calmed key immune cells in mice and improved symptoms in a small human trial.
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Low testosterone linked to 18% higher risk of dying from cancer
The link was strongest for some cancers, and prostate cancer was not tied to testosterone levels in the study.
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A 24-hour fast triggers a surprising repair response in the gut
A specific gut bacterium, Akkermansia muciniphila, helps fasting prepare intestinal cells to recover from radiation damage.
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Promising heart disease drug fails in trial
Doctors had expected the experimental drug, which lowers a common heart attack risk factor, to save lives.
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Daily coffee linked to lower dementia risk in long-running U.S. study
Adults who drank more caffeinated coffee had far fewer dementia cases, though the study shows an association, not proof of cause.
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Experimental heart drug pelacarsen fails to reduce deaths in major trial
The drug cut a blood particle linked to heart attacks by about 78%, but that did not translate into fewer cardiovascular complications.
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NASA's Swift telescope re-enters Earth's atmosphere after nearly 22 years in space
The observatory, launched in 2004, burned up over North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Wednesday, with some parts possibly surviving.
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Full-fat dairy study challenges decades of low-fat dairy advice
A 12-week Canadian trial of 74 adults found three daily servings of full-fat dairy did not cause harmful changes in weight or cholesterol.
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Major trial questions how doctors decide who needs statins
Heart scans led to far fewer statin recommendations than standard risk tools, with similar rates of major heart and stroke events.
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