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A Longer Life Needs More Than a Longer Medical Record

Europe’s new healthy-ageing strategy puts care, communities and ageism on the same agenda. Implementation will determine whether those connections reach people.

By June Calder · October 29, 2026 · 3 min read

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A Seat at the Table Needs a Way to Change the Decision

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A Training Map Is Not a Treatment Recommendation

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A Hospital’s Ebola Response Also Has to Protect Ordinary Care

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A Blood-Donation Pledge Is Not a Bag of Blood

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Prepare for Influenza Without Pretending to Predict the Season

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Bringing Malaria Care Closer Means Supporting the Whole Journey

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A Better TB Test Needs Evidence Beyond Accuracy

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The National Average Has Excellent Camouflage

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The Gambia's Dementia Plan Makes Room for the People Giving Care

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HUMAN · BREAST-CANCER CARE

WHO's Breast-Cancer Training Manual Connects the Whole Care Pathway

October 20, 2026 · 4 min read

HUMAN · YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

What It Takes to Turn a Teenager's Request for Help Into Care

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HUMAN · Evidence commentary

The Pertussis Vaccine Worked in Alaska. Read the Fine Print Anyway.

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HUMAN · Evidence and care explainer

Early Menopause Needs Better Evidence—and Better Questions

October 17, 2026 · 4 min read

HUMAN · Surveillance explainer

Europe’s West Nile Numbers Need Two Dates and a Map Key

October 17, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Food safety

A Foodborne-Outbreak Investigation Does Not End When the Advisory Disappears

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Aging

A Fall-Risk Screen Is Not Prevention Until Someone Can Use the Referral

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Substance use

“Kratom” Is Not One Chemical. The New Federal Threshold Tries to Treat It That Way.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Maternal health

A Box at Birth Can Help. The Public-Health Question Is What Comes Next.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Mental health

No, This Study Does Not Say a Walk Will Fix a Mental-Health Crisis

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Health systems

A Licensed Injector Is Only One Link in the Safety Chain

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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More COVID Circulation, Limited Hospital Impact: Both Can Be True

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Global

Leaving a Psychiatric Hospital Is Not the Same as Having Somewhere to Live

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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A Blood-Pressure Check Starts the Response. A Health System Has to Finish It.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Kids

WHO’s New Childhood-Obesity Guidance Starts With Support, Not Surgery

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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Bangladesh Is Fighting Measles and Dengue at Once. Their Numbers Do Not Mean the Same Thing.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Data

WHO Put a Mouth Exam Inside Its NCD Survey. That Changes What Countries Can See.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Policy

FDA Is Asking How to Study Ibogaine. That Is Not the Same as Approving It.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Earth

More Than a Billion People Receive Care Where Basic Water Is Missing. The Fix Is a Health-System Job.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Global

WHO Wants Mental-Health Voices Heard. Who Gets to Change the Plan?

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Human · Food

WHO’s Childhood-Obesity Guidance Is Coming. Here Is What to Read For.

October 14, 2026 · 4 min read

Antimicrobial Resistance · Surveillance

Europe’s Drug-Resistance Warning Is About More Than One Superbug

October 4, 2026 · 3 min read

Preparedness · Infection Prevention

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Human Health · Climate & Environment

Most Heat Illness at Big Events Can Be Managed On Site. That Is Not the Same as Zero Risk.

October 1, 2026 · 3 min read

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An Ebola Count Is a Snapshot. Response Capacity Is the Story.

September 30, 2026 · 8 min read

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How the World Chooses a Flu Vaccine Before the Next Season Begins

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When a Local Health Department Loses Capacity, Follow the Budget

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What Public Health Actually Means When the ER Is Full

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The Future of Healthcare Access in America

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Community Health Workers: The Backbone of Local Health Systems

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