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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Health stories, unbiased and brief: the facts, why they matter for your life, and a link to go deeper.

The Centre Block and Peace Tower of Canada's Parliament Hill in Ottawa under a clear sky

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Canada drops its plan to open assisted dying to mental illness alone

Justice Minister Sean Fraser said legislation this fall will indefinitely extend a ban that had been scheduled to lift in March 2027.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Gatorade bottles lined up on a supermarket shelf above a promotional display

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PepsiCo recalls 122,000 cases of Gatorade in 37 states over dyes

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Electron microscope image of Ebola virus particles

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Kenya confirms its first Ebola case as Congo's outbreak passes 8,500 cases

Monday, October 5, 2026

Stacked petri dishes and sample tubes on a microbiology laboratory bench

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Russia monitors 189 people after a plague lab worker's death

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Bar chart of bird flu drill results: 93% screened, 82% masked, 71% isolated, 60% did both, 25% full PPE

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Mystery patient drills found 40% of clinics missed the basics

Friday, October 2, 2026

A stack of white sugar cubes on a plain white surface

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Eating sweets during antibiotics worsens gut damage, a Nature study finds

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Horizontal bar chart of 2024 cancer cases caused by infections: H. pylori 760K, HPV 750K, hepatitis B 360K, Epstein-Barr virus 260K, hepatitis C 160K

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One in eight cancers worldwide is caused by an infection, and most are preventable

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