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WHO expresses cautious optimism about bid to control Ebola outbreak in DRC
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/ebola-outbreak-drc-who-cautious-optimism/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 16, 2026 16:29
There is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO says.
Pennsylvania records third measles-related death amid outbreak
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/14/health-enws-pennsylvania-records-third-measles-related-death-amid-outbreak/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 14, 2026 11:49
RSV season approaches, a federal judge pauses AAP challenge of RFK J.r vaccine charges, and more health news
Boycott launched against American Diabetes Association includes journal
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/11/health-news-boycott-launched-against-ada-includes-journal/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 11, 2026 11:43
Trump's $500 Obamacare promise, childhood cancer treatment with long-term risks, and more health news
Telemedicine company offers GLP-1s for addiction
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/09/health-news-telemedicine-company-offers-glp-1s-for-addiction/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 9, 2026 11:53
A CDC Covid restructuring, public trust in Fauci, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Doctors groups release vaccination guidelines ahead of respiratory illness season
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/02/vaccine-integrity-project-fall-winter-guidelines-rsv-covid-flu-shots/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 2, 2026 14:00
Ahead of respiratory illness season, professional organizations have issued guidance on flu, Covid, and RSV vaccines.
STAT+: Novartis gets multiple sclerosis win with BTK inhibitor
https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/01/biotech-news-novartis-gets-multiple-sclerosis-win-with-btk-inhibitor/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: September 1, 2026 13:34
More Trump drug pricing deals, GSK speeds up development of mRNA flu vaccine, and other biotech news
STAT+: New CDC director tells staff she is prepared to speak ‘truth to power’
https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/cdc-director-erica-schwartz-staff-meeting-truth-to-power/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: August 19, 2026 19:31
Then new CDC director told staff she is “very comfortable and very confident ... [in] speaking truth to power.”
Talks on launch of clinical trial of Ebola vaccine in DRC advance, WHO says
https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/ebola-who-drc-ebola-vaccine-trial/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: August 12, 2026 20:46
Talks are underway between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the WHO to expedite the start of a multi-armed Phase 3 clinical trial of Ebola vaccines.
WHO says Trump’s latest vaccine policy order is misguided
https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/trump-vaccine-executive-order-critiqued-by-tedros-who/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: August 12, 2026 18:03
The White House's order attempting to overhaul the vaccine schedule could subject children to more needles and more disease risk, world health leaders say.
FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first to use the technology
https://www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/fda-approves-moderna-mflusiva-first-mrna-flu-vaccine/?utm_campaign=rss
Published: August 6, 2026 02:18
The FDA has approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.