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US Measles Outbreak Reaches 20-Year High with Two Deaths
The US is facing its worst measles outbreak in over two decades, with 712 cases reported across 25 states by Q1 2024, resulting in two confirmed deaths—a sharp increase from 1,274 cases in 2019 and far below the 27,000 cases in 1990. 97% of patients were unvaccinated.
US Measles Outbreak Reaches 20-Year High with Two Deaths
The US is facing its worst measles outbreak in over two decades, with 712 cases reported across 25 states by Q1 2024, resulting in two confirmed deaths—a sharp increase from 1,274 cases in 2019 and far below the 27,000 cases in 1990. 97% of patients were unvaccinated.
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32% Bias Score
UK Watchdog Cracks Down on Illegal Weight-Loss Drug Ads
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched a crackdown on illegal online ads for prescription-only weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, finding roughly 1,800 potentially illegal ads in January and issuing a joint enforcement notice with the MHRA and GPhC to remove them immediately...
UK Watchdog Cracks Down on Illegal Weight-Loss Drug Ads
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) launched a crackdown on illegal online ads for prescription-only weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, finding roughly 1,800 potentially illegal ads in January and issuing a joint enforcement notice with the MHRA and GPhC to remove them immediately...
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40% Bias Score
Climate Change Exacerbates Hay Fever Globally
Rising global temperatures are lengthening and intensifying pollen seasons, causing a surge in hay fever cases and severe events like thunderstorm asthma, with significant economic consequences and the spread of invasive species like common ragweed adding to the problem.
Climate Change Exacerbates Hay Fever Globally
Rising global temperatures are lengthening and intensifying pollen seasons, causing a surge in hay fever cases and severe events like thunderstorm asthma, with significant economic consequences and the spread of invasive species like common ragweed adding to the problem.
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16% Bias Score
Hungary's Tough Drug Stance: Public Support vs. Expert Critique
A Europion poll shows strong Hungarian support for stricter drug laws, despite expert concerns that this approach is primarily political posturing and neglects effective prevention and treatment programs; police raids have increased, but the underlying social issues remain.
Hungary's Tough Drug Stance: Public Support vs. Expert Critique
A Europion poll shows strong Hungarian support for stricter drug laws, despite expert concerns that this approach is primarily political posturing and neglects effective prevention and treatment programs; police raids have increased, but the underlying social issues remain.
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60% Bias Score
Surge in Deadly Carfentanil Seizures Underscores US Opioid Crisis
Authorities seized 30 pounds of carfentanil—a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl—in Nebraska, highlighting a surge in this highly lethal drug across the US, linked to Mexican cartels and resulting in a 720 percent increase in carfentanil-related deaths from summer 2023 to summer 2024.
Surge in Deadly Carfentanil Seizures Underscores US Opioid Crisis
Authorities seized 30 pounds of carfentanil—a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl—in Nebraska, highlighting a surge in this highly lethal drug across the US, linked to Mexican cartels and resulting in a 720 percent increase in carfentanil-related deaths from summer 2023 to summer 2024.
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64% Bias Score
UK Health Secretary Backs National Prostate Cancer Screening
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting declared support for a national prostate cancer screening program, prioritizing high-risk men (Black men or those with family history), following a poll showing 94% of GPs favor the initiative and research suggesting 775 extra early diagnoses annually.
UK Health Secretary Backs National Prostate Cancer Screening
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting declared support for a national prostate cancer screening program, prioritizing high-risk men (Black men or those with family history), following a poll showing 94% of GPs favor the initiative and research suggesting 775 extra early diagnoses annually.
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44% Bias Score
CDC Rejects Milwaukee's Lead Poisoning Investigation Request After Layoffs
The CDC rejected Milwaukee's request for help investigating lead poisoning in schools after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team, leaving Milwaukee to manage the crisis alone and raising concerns about the nation's ability to handle environm...
CDC Rejects Milwaukee's Lead Poisoning Investigation Request After Layoffs
The CDC rejected Milwaukee's request for help investigating lead poisoning in schools after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team, leaving Milwaukee to manage the crisis alone and raising concerns about the nation's ability to handle environm...
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32% Bias Score
CDC Funding Cuts Disrupt Vaccination Efforts Nationwide
The CDC's abrupt cancellation of \$11.4 billion in COVID-related funds has resulted in numerous vaccination clinic cancellations across the U.S., raising public health concerns amid a measles resurgence and growing vaccine hesitancy; a federal judge temporarily blocked the cuts in some states.
CDC Funding Cuts Disrupt Vaccination Efforts Nationwide
The CDC's abrupt cancellation of \$11.4 billion in COVID-related funds has resulted in numerous vaccination clinic cancellations across the U.S., raising public health concerns amid a measles resurgence and growing vaccine hesitancy; a federal judge temporarily blocked the cuts in some states.
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40% Bias Score
China Begins Phase I Trials for First Mpox Vaccine Candidate
China's first mpox vaccine candidate, an MVA strain developed by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, has started Phase I clinical trials in Zhengzhou, involving 120 participants from high-risk groups, aiming to accelerate mpox prevention in China and globally.
China Begins Phase I Trials for First Mpox Vaccine Candidate
China's first mpox vaccine candidate, an MVA strain developed by the Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, has started Phase I clinical trials in Zhengzhou, involving 120 participants from high-risk groups, aiming to accelerate mpox prevention in China and globally.
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20% Bias Score
Trump's Unprecedented Cuts to US Science Threaten Global Health and Leadership
President Trump's drastic cuts to US scientific funding, impacting agencies like the CDC, FDA, NIH, and NASA, threaten global health, space exploration, and the nation's scientific leadership, potentially causing hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and reversing decades of progress.
Trump's Unprecedented Cuts to US Science Threaten Global Health and Leadership
President Trump's drastic cuts to US scientific funding, impacting agencies like the CDC, FDA, NIH, and NASA, threaten global health, space exploration, and the nation's scientific leadership, potentially causing hundreds of thousands of preventable deaths and reversing decades of progress.
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72% Bias Score
Texas Measles Outbreak Threatens U.S. Elimination Status
Texas is experiencing a severe measles outbreak with 505 cases, two pediatric deaths, and spread to 22 counties, jeopardizing the U.S.'s measles elimination status due to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s insufficient vaccination advocacy and low vaccination rates in some areas.
Texas Measles Outbreak Threatens U.S. Elimination Status
Texas is experiencing a severe measles outbreak with 505 cases, two pediatric deaths, and spread to 22 counties, jeopardizing the U.S.'s measles elimination status due to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s insufficient vaccination advocacy and low vaccination rates in some areas.
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48% Bias Score
West Texas Measles Outbreak Exceeds 500 Cases, Three Dead Amidst Vaccination Challenges
A measles outbreak in West Texas has exceeded 500 cases, spreading to two other states and causing three deaths; declining vaccination rates due to misinformation and funding cuts hinder containment efforts, with a projected one-year timeline for elimination.
West Texas Measles Outbreak Exceeds 500 Cases, Three Dead Amidst Vaccination Challenges
A measles outbreak in West Texas has exceeded 500 cases, spreading to two other states and causing three deaths; declining vaccination rates due to misinformation and funding cuts hinder containment efforts, with a projected one-year timeline for elimination.
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36% Bias Score
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