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WHO extends the international polio emergency recommendations
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The international spread of poliovirus remains a public-health emergency, while the committee said it is not a pandemic emergency.
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FDA opens public comment on regulating generative-AI medical devices
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A new FDA discussion paper proposes questions on risk, competency assessment, clinical confirmation, and postmarket monitoring.
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WHO reports intense expansion of the 2026 Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in DRC
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The 14 August situation report described rapid geographic expansion, high mortality, health-worker infections, and major response constraints.
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WHO reports a 21% fall in the global road-death rate—and a large unfinished burden
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New WHO data show progress in fatality rates while 1.16 million people died in road crashes in 2025 and regional gaps widened.
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Nearly four in ten cancers could be prevented, WHO and IARC estimate
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A February 2026 WHO–IARC analysis links about 7.1 million new cancer cases in 2022 to modifiable risks. Read what the estimate does and does not mean.
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