Health

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak has surpassed 3,000 confirmed cases with over 1,350 deaths, becoming the fastest-growing outbreak in history. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine, and health workers have gone on strike.

England is experiencing a worrying increase in type 2 diabetes diagnoses among women in their 20s, experts warn, with lifestyle factors, rising obesity rates, and polycystic ovary syndrome driving the trend.

Experts say more than 2,700 people may have died during England and Wales's exceptional May and June heatwaves, with most deaths in the June red-alert event.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 500 people among 1,561 confirmed cases, the WHO reports. Declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in May, the Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine, and WHO warns the outbreak is still in an expansion phase as population movement fuels transmission.

A long-awaited inquiry into Nottingham University Hospitals found systemic failures in maternity care harmed over 500 mothers and babies, with a toxic culture of bullying and failure to listen to families.

The US State Department is ending all PEPFAR HIV funding to South Africa — roughly $400 million per year — citing Pretoria's failure to comply with Washington's policy demands, leaving more than 8 million South Africans living with HIV without critical support.

The FDA approved bemotrizinol on June 9, the first new sunscreen active ingredient cleared in the US in over 25 years. The compound blocks both UVA and UVB rays and has been used in Europe and Asia since 2000.