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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kat Lay

    US response to UN pandemic talks ‘severely weakens’ global planning, says leading health expert - AOL (opens the original)

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    The United States government’s decision to block a major global declaration on pandemic preparedness “severely weakens” the effort, and signals intent to disrupt international cooperation, says Prof Lawrence Gostin, a leading expert on global health law from Georgetown University. The United Nations general assembly had been due to adopt a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response on 25 September after a high-level meeting on the subject. The document would have see

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Kat Lay

    US response to UN pandemic talks ‘severely weakens’ global planning, says leading health expert (opens the original)

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    The US says it is unable to support a major global text on pandemic prevention and preparedness put forward at UN general assembly The United States government’s decision to block a major global declaration on pandemic preparedness “severely weakens” the effort, and signals intent to disrupt international cooperation, says Prof Lawrence Gostin, a leading expert on global health law from Georgetown University. The United Nations general assembly had been due to adopt a political declaration

  3. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Kat Lay

    Nearly 3m more lives could be saved in next pandemic if vaccines are shared more fairly, says report - AOL (opens the original)

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    An extra 2.7 million lives could be saved in the next pandemic if countries share vaccines in a less selfish way, a new study has found – although the death toll in richer countries would rise. Researchers modelling a hypothetical global outbreak of flu found that fast-tracking vaccine development could cut deaths from 58.5m to 23.9m. If the vaccines were then distributed equitably, according to population size rather than purchasing power, a further 2.7m lives could be saved overall. However, i

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Kat Lay

    Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds (opens the original)

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    Key regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems Babies born to mothers with anaemia have smaller brains, particularly in key regions linked to movement, learning and the regulation of emotion, according to a study. Researchers said the differences, first detected at the age of one, could lead to cognitive problems when children started school. More than a third of pregnant women worldwide have anaemia – a condition typically cau

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Kat Lay

    Mpox is back – and in new countries. How can this outbreak be contained? (opens the original)

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    The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has changed? Since 2022, there have been almost 190,000 lab-confirmed cases of mpox reported worldwide in 145 countries. Before then, outbreaks of mpox tended to be relatively small and in a handful of

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