Public health
- HealthEU Records Highest-Ever Spread of West Nile Virus With 700 Cases ReportedThe European Union has recorded its highest-ever number of West Nile virus cases, with approximately 700 infections reported across member states this season, raising public health concerns ahead of autumn.
- Trump Offers US Help to Russia Amid Plague OutbreakWorld
- EU Monitors Potential Plague Outbreak in Russia's SiberiaHealth
- HealthScotland drug deaths rise 11% to 1,133 in 2025, worst rate in EuropeDrug deaths in Scotland rose 11% to 1,133 in 2025, maintaining the country's position as having the worst drug death rate in Europe at 214 per million. Nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids, were implicated in 247 of the deaths.
- DRC Ebola Outbreak Spreads to New Province: 7,022 Cases in Deadliest-Ever EpidemicWorld
- Obese children miss significantly more school days, UK study findsHealth
- HealthHow a Viral Outbreak Is Connecting Germany and Kosovo Through the DiasporaA viral respiratory illness spreading through Kosovo's Albanian diaspora communities in Germany has prompted health alerts on both sides, revealing the cross-border health challenges of transnational migration.
- France Reports 301 Drowning Deaths Linked to Summer HeatwavesHealth
- Under-Fives and Pregnant Women Warned to Avoid Runny Eggs Over Salmonella RiskHealth
- HealthGermany Records 12,500 Heat-Related Deaths in 2026 — Worst in a DecadeGermany's Robert Koch Institute reports at least 12,500 premature deaths linked to heat in 2026 through August 2 — a ten-year record, with Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate hit hardest.
- Japan Turns to 'Human Fridges' as Summer Heatstroke Deaths MountWorld
- Trump Orders Fewer Childhood Vaccines and Splits MMR ShotsHealth
- HealthEngland on Track to Eliminate Hepatitis C, Deaths Down 36%England is on course to become one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030, with 100,000+ people treated since 2015 and deaths from the virus down 36% in a decade.
- Type 2 Diabetes Surge Among Women in Their 20s Alarms Health ExpertsHealth
- Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets US Midwest and NortheastWorld
- HealthUK Heatwave: Over 2,700 Feared Dead in England and WalesExperts 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.
- MenB Vaccine Offers No Protection Against Gonorrhoea, Study FindsHealth
- Ebola Patients Begin Recovering in DRC as Outbreak Response StrengthensHealth