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WHO Backs Weight-loss Drugs, Urges Cheap Generics

The World Health Organization recommended a range of blockbuster weight-loss drugs to treat diabetes and obesity globally for the first time on Friday, calling for cheap generic versions to be made available for people in developing countries.

International Business Times

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo kills 15 with dozens of suspected cases

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, with 15 deaths and 28 suspected cases since late August.

Radio France Internationale

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by RFK Jr. during Senate hearing

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

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DR Congo announces new Ebola outbreak

Authorities suspect 28 cases of the deadly virus, with the latest recorded in the southern Kasai province.

Al Jazeera

Congo's health ministry announces a new Ebola outbreak

Congo’s health ministry has announced a new Ebola outbreak, the 16th in the central African country, after a case was confirmed in the southern Kasai province

The Independent UK

Searchers Retrieve Bodies As Afghan Quake Toll Expected To Rise

Volunteers and rescuers were pulling nore bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already at nearly 1,470 people, Taliban authorities said.

International Business Times

"It's so broad a concept that it's impossible to answer objectively": We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back

The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved

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Trained ‘hero rats’ with sensitive noses and tiny backpacks are saving lives

From detecting land mines to sniffing out tuberculosis

The Independent UK

Loneliness linked to worse health and higher medical costs, study finds

Four in 10 Britons said they were lonely at least sometimes in a new survey tracking the health costs associated with loneliness.

Euronews

Ethiopia’s emergency medical response system is up and running – what other countries can learn from it

Ethiopia has built a national emergency medical team and hosts Africa’s first World Health Organization (WHO)-certified regional training hub. It offers a robust, African-led model for strengthening health emergency response systems across the continent.

The Conversation

Minister challenged over vaccination ‘crisis’

The public health minister was also quizzed over plans to improve the quality of baby food.

Evening Standard

The Who announce super deluxe version of Who Are You including 71 unreleased tracks

The news arrives with just 112 days left until Christmas

Louder

Rescuers focus on remote Afghan regions after earthquake kills over 1,400

A provincial head of disaster management says authorities cannot predict the number of bodies trapped under the rubble

Al Jazeera

Lammy ‘outraged’ at Israel restricting aid for Gaza as he pledges £15m more for the region

The Foreign Secretary announced medical aid for ill and injured Gazans

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Lammy ‘outraged’ at Israel restricting aid as he announces £15m more for Gaza

The Foreign Secretary announced medical aid for ill and injured Gazans through UK-Med and WHO Egypt.

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street shake-up: who’s in and who’s out at No 10

Departures and new hires expected to give PM more direct oversight of delivery of key government priorities

The Conversation

What chaos at the US CDC could mean for the rest of the world

Ever since Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Jr was appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been under pressure to abandon its traditional evidence-based approach to public health in America and across the world.

Guitar World

“The guitar head poked through the ceiling. When I brought it out, the top of the neck was left behind... They were laughing their heads off”: Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing became a controversial onstage ritual, but it started by accident

The destructive antics began as an unwelcome byproduct of something else the Who guitarist helped add to the guitar lexicon: wild feedback odysseys

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Eight French cities ban tuna from school canteens citing high mercury levels

Eight cities, including Paris and Lyon, are taking tuna off their school menus from the start of the new term on Monday after research showed high levels of mercury in tinned tuna fish, prompting fears over risks to children's health.

The Independent UK

Voices: My daughter had red spots on her face and they stopped us boarding our plane

COMMENT: Why? Because they realised she had chickenpox, writes Victoria Richards, which gave her a whole new perspective on the vaccination debate…

The Guardian - UK

Chickenpox jabs introduced as experts warn many children in England start school without vaccinations

Experts say country needs ‘wake-up call’, while NHS will offer childhood chickenpox jab for first time

Guitar World

“This is the way rock stars die, OxyContin”: Pete Townshend opens up about the health challenges he encountered and overcame before The Who's final bow

The Who have embarked on their final North American tour, with their final date wrapping up at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 28

The Guardian - UK

Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid

Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing

Guitar World

“People say Eurythmics are a synth-pop duo, but a lot of those songs started with me playing electric guitar. Even Sweet Dreams is a blues song, really”: Eurythmics legend Dave Stewart on gigging folk clubs underage and drinking sake with Bob Dylan

The Eurythmics legend returns with an album of Bob Dylan covers, a man who he remarkably befriended after a chance phone call

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"We’re not giving up as a band." Roger Daltrey suggests that The Who could still play shows after the conclusion of their farewell tour

The Who may be on their The Song Is Over farewell tour, but that doesn't mean that The Who are over

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