Update: Kenya confirms a second Ebola case, a relative of the country's first patient
The man was among quarantined contacts; officials are still trying to reach six airline passengers.
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Cholera spreads in Congo as the country fights Ebola in the east, WHO says
More than 51,000 suspected cases and 1,487 deaths have been reported in 21 provinces this year.
Correction: Update: Ebola orphaning children in Congo, UNICEF says; Kenya confirms first case
Oct. 15, 2026 — The update line was revised to date the earlier report.
The corrected story: Update: Ebola orphaning children in Congo, UNICEF says; Kenya confirms first case.
FDA expands a bladder cancer drug to patients whose papillary tumors resist standard treatment
The approval of Anktiva with BCG rests on evidence from an earlier approval in a related form of the disease.
San Diego County sees an unusually early flu rise and adds forecasts to its respiratory report
Flu test positivity reached 8%, with 58 hospitalizations and eight deaths reported, the County said.
Security Council renews Sudan sanctions for two months as a wider arms embargo stalls
The unanimous rollover keeps the Darfur sanctions until Dec. 11; WHO warns of severe health shortages in Darfur.
San Diego County seeks researchers to study whether Tijuana River pollution is linked to illness
The study would compare health records across South Bay communities with different exposure; $200,000 to $250,000 is available.
Virgin Islands governor signs 15 bills and vetoes a shift of WAPA fuel-tax money to hospitals
Gov. Bryan approved behavioral health and road funding; he said the vetoed bill could weaken the utility's finances.
Update: WHO raises its Yemen health appeal to $31 million as cholera cases triple
WHO more than tripled its immediate funding need for Yemen as fighting strains hospitals and cholera spreads.
Update: Russia tells WHO there is 'no plague case' in Siberia
Russian regulators told WHO no pathogens were found after a lab technician's death in Irkutsk; about 200 contacts were quarantined.
Update: Kenya quarantines Ebola contacts and traces flight passengers
About 10 relatives are in quarantine and 21 health workers have been contacted after an Ebola death in Nairobi, WHO said.
Eight recalls: swing seats, trimmer mowers, dressers and infant bath seats among them
The CPSC announced eight recalls Oct. 8; four involve products that violate mandatory safety standards.
WHO issues its first global guidelines on child obesity
WHO says obesity among 5-to-19-year-olds has quadrupled since 1990, to about 170 million young people in 2024.
WHO watching suspected plague death of Siberian lab worker
A lab worker at an institute studying dangerous pathogens in Irkutsk died; authorities are checking for pneumonic plague.
Update: Ebola orphaning children in Congo, UNICEF says; Kenya confirms first case
UNICEF says more than 1,900 children are affected by Ebola in eastern Congo; Kenya confirmed its first case and death.
San Diego County to track e-bike injuries in real time
Supervisors approved a regional e-bike injury warning system as pediatric e-bike trauma cases soared.
FDA seeks public input on how to design early trials of ibogaine
The FDA asked for comments by Nov. 20 on how early clinical trials of the psychedelic ibogaine should be designed.
Update: WHO estimates show longer lives, more deaths from chronic disease and dementia
WHO's new estimates show life expectancy near pre-pandemic levels as chronic diseases, dementia and anxiety rise.
A thyroid compound once barred as a diet supplement returns as an approved rare-disease drug
The FDA on Monday approved tiratricol, sold as Emcitate by Sweden's Egetis Therapeutics, for MCT8 deficiency, a genetic disorder estimated to affect about 1…
FDA opens door to rewriting its vape and pouch approval rules
The FDA said Monday it will consider replacing the 2021 rule that governs how new e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and other tobacco products win permission…
San Diego County makes its interim health and human services chief permanent
San Diego County has named Elizabeth Hernandez, Ph.D., to lead its Health and Human Services Agency after a national search that drew more than 200 applicants.
A million San Diegans learned CPR. Did more people survive?
San Diego County and UC San Diego say more than 1 million people have now learned hands-only CPR, meeting a goal set in early 2024.
Newsom's reproductive-health package passed on divided votes, and his office framed it against Trump
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed nine reproductive-health bills Sunday, one of several themed packages he announced that weekend, including 10 gun bills Saturday,…
Second raw-milk cheese outbreak this year reaches San Diego, sickening two young children
San Diego County public health officials say two children under 5 in the county are among 13 people sickened in a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to…
First North County EMS Corps class graduates 18
Eighteen young adults have graduated from San Diego County Fire's first North County Emergency Medical Services Corps class, following two earlier…
What shoppers at 54 Midwest locations should know about the Gold Star recall
Shelf-stable products from Gold Star Distribution's Minneapolis warehouse went to 54 stores, restaurants and other locations, all but two in Minnesota, with…
A decade of rodent findings came before a court shut a Minneapolis warehouse
State and federal inspectors documented rodent problems at Gold Star Distribution's Minneapolis warehouse for more than a decade before a federal court…
FDA rewrites its rules so drug safety testing no longer defaults to animals
The FDA has updated its drug regulations to make clear that developers may use non-animal methods, such as tests on human cells, organs-on-chips and…
First treatment approved for Sanfilippo syndrome, a fatal childhood disease
The FDA on Sept. 17 approved Fayuvi, from Ultragenyx, as the first treatment for Sanfilippo syndrome type A, a rare, fatal inherited disease that erodes…
FDA pilot aims to speed the first human tests of new drugs
The FDA has opened applications for a pilot program meant to speed first-in-human drug trials in the United States, which the agency says can take up to two…
Why premature babies' first IV nutrition is at risk, and what the FDA is doing
The FDA has temporarily eased compounding rules after children's hospitals warned they could lose access to starter IV nutrition, the premixed dextrose,…
FDA approves a blood-test-guided switch for a common advanced breast cancer
The FDA on Sept. 4 granted accelerated approval to AstraZeneca's Etcamah (camizestrant), taken with a CDK4/6 inhibitor, for adults with advanced hormone…
FDA approves a first-of-its-kind pill that nearly doubled median survival in an advanced pancreatic cancer trial
The FDA has approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib), a daily pill from Redwood City, Calif.-based Revolution Medicines, for adults whose pancreatic adenocarcinoma…