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France’s first Ebola patient diagnosed on French territory has recovered and left hospital, Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said. The patient, a humanitarian doctor, tested positive after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23. Rist said the patient

The European Union announced €16.5 million in additional support to help contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The package adds money, testing tools and logistical backing for response teams. The European Commission said

EuroWire, GENEVA: Lower-income countries are set to contribute a record US$302 million toward Gavi-supported vaccines in 2025, marking the highest annual total since the alliance’s co-financing system began and underscoring continued domestic spending on immunisation despite tighter global aid flows.

EuroWire, KRASNOYARSK: Russian scientists have developed modified compounds derived from spruce wood that showed anticoagulant and antioxidant activity in laboratory tests, according to a study published on Feb. 16 in the journal Polysaccharides. The research focused on galactoglucomannan, a natural

EuroWire, GENEVA: The World Health Organization called on governments, scientists, health workers and the public to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as it marked World Health Day 2026 with a campaign centered on evidence-based health action.

EuroWire, BRUSSELS: The European Commission said it will invest €225 million to speed development of next-generation influenza vaccines designed to protect against a wider range of flu variants and to be adapted quickly if a pandemic strain emerges. The funding

GENEVA: The World Health Organization has granted prequalification to an additional novel oral polio vaccine type 2, expanding the pool of quality assured vaccines that can be bought for international immunization programmes and deployed in outbreak settings. WHO said the

EuroWire, LYON: Nearly four in 10 cancer cases worldwide could be prevented by reducing exposure to known, modifiable risk factors, according to a new analysis from the World Health Organization and its cancer research agency released for World Cancer Day.

EuroWire, CHELYABINSK: Scientists at South Ural State University have developed a soft brined cheese recipe enriched with berberine, a plant-based bioactive compound the university says is intended to support immune function. The work was carried out at the university’s Higher

EuroWire, CHICAGO: A 25-year research effort at Northwestern University has detailed a consistent pattern among a small group of adults in their 80s and beyond who retain memory performance more typical of people decades younger. The team studies “SuperAgers,” defined