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What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread?
A vaccination programme targeting one million teenagers and young adults is being launched due to concerns about meningitis B infections, which can cause life-threatening illness if left untreated.
UK HRT shortages: which products are affected and what to do about it
UK women face ongoing shortages of certain HRT products, with some expected to remain unavailable until late November or January, prompting calls for government intervention.
‘I get really upset when I visit’: the harsh reality of life in a high-security hospital in England
Rampton high-security hospital in Nottinghamshire holds people deemed mentally unfit after committing serious crimes. A mother describes the emotional toll of visiting her son, held there for eight years following a fatal incident.
Kenya reports second Ebola case
Kenya confirmed a second Ebola case, a 39-year-old man related to the country’s first patient. A WHO official stated there is no evidence of an outbreak despite the two cases.
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A “quantum bath” puts quantum entanglement on autopilot
Physicists at Austria’s Institute of Science and Technology demonstrated a fully autonomous method for creating distributed entanglement between distant quantum bits using a quantum bath of correlated light particles.
Scientists find a human-only gene that may help explain our brainpower
Scientists discovered that human-specific copies of a gene called SRGAP2 slow the development of microglia, the brain’s immune cells, potentially contributing to enhanced human cognitive abilities.
One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow
Winter storms brought unusual snowfall to Chile’s Atacama Desert in August 2026, with one storm reaching from the Andes toward the Pacific coast, an exceptionally rare occurrence.
Bristol scientists may have found first evidence of dark matter
Scientists from the University of Bristol may have detected dark matter for the first time using an underground detector in the US, though the findings await independent verification.
The universe has plenty of hydrogen. So why is star formation collapsing?
A new study finds that star formation has plummeted over the past 4.5 billion years, yet hydrogen supplies have remained relatively stable, suggesting gas conversion rather than depletion drives the decline.
Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground
Indonesia’s peatland fires are burning underground, producing three times more pollution than typical forest fires and becoming increasingly difficult to extinguish as El Niño intensifies drought conditions.
Free NHS meningitis jab available for some teenagers – what you need to know
England is offering a free meningitis B vaccine to approximately one million young people, following a significant outbreak in Kent earlier this year that resulted in 29 confirmed or suspected cases and two deaths.
Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggests
A study of over 180,000 postmenopausal women found that hormone replacement therapy users had a 10% lower risk of developing dementia and 16% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Treatment involving patient’s family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds
A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry found that involving family and friends in mental health treatment reduces psychiatric hospital admissions by approximately three times compared to standard care approaches.
New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks
New York City is increasing cooling tower inspections and strengthening regulations following recent legionnaires’ disease outbreaks that killed multiple residents and sickened over 100 people across two neighborhoods.
Tuesday’s takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated a democratic socialist challenger in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary, reflecting deeper party divisions between centrist and progressive wings heading into the general election.
Election takeaways: Donalds joins historic field and progressive scores upset victory in Florida
Progressive state lawmaker Angie Nixon defeated former National Security Council official Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, while Republican Rep. Byron Donalds won his party’s gubernatorial nomination.