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Moderna and Merck announced that their experimental personalized mRNA cancer vaccine, intismeran, combined with Keytruda, successfully met its primary endpoints in a Phase 3 trial for high-risk melanoma.
The FDA upgraded a recall of nearly 1.6 million dozen Texas eggs to Class I status following 98 salmonella illnesses across 17 states.
A jalapeño-linked salmonella outbreak has sickened 345 people across 27 states, triggering restaurant removals, grocery recalls and a USDA health alert.
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain has killed over 1,700 people. As the virus spreads, researchers in Canada and the UK have launched expedited Phase 1 human trials for experimental vaccines.
A Rutgers University study presented at NUTRITION 2026 suggests limiting food intake to an eight-to-nine-hour daily window offers cognitive benefits beyond weight loss alone in older adults.
The 2026 cholesterol guidelines broaden risk assessment to younger adults and may make 21.5 million more Americans eligible to consider statins.
Midwest Poultry Services has recalled nearly 1.6 million eggs distributed to Kroger and Brookshire stores across six states due to potential salmonella contamination.
Cambridge researchers found that many common sweeteners altered gut bacterial growth in laboratory tests, with a notable interaction between isosteviol and duloxetine. The findings do not prove harm in humans but point to new questions about how sweeteners, medications and the microbiome interact.
Martha Lillard, the last known American still relying on an iron lung after childhood polio, died at 78 in Oklahoma after decades of independence and medical challenges.
Christopher Howarth survived two rattlesnake bites near Lake Oroville after 54 vials of antivenom, a hospital transfer and 12 days of intensive treatment.
Newly released records describe how 18-month-old Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino was pronounced dead after a near-drowning, then found breathing in a hospital morgue more than five hours later. Prosecutors are also reviewing child-abuse recommendations involving his parents.
Chris Johnson's ALS interview with Michael Strahan helped trigger a new Ice Bucket Challenge wave. Donations surged as NFL figures and fans joined the effort.
