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A personalised mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Moderna and Merck reduced melanoma recurrence risk by 42% compared with standard treatment in a large clinical trial. Patients lived significantly longer without their cancer returning, a result oncologists described as an important advance.
Source: statnews.com
Read the original story →Pittsburgh nurses joined working parents and advocates to help secure Allegheny County Council’s approval of 12 weeks of paid parental leave. The policy would protect eligible parents’ jobs and health benefits at businesses with at least 15 employees, giving families more room to care for children without giving up their pay.
Source: Good Good Good
Read the original story →Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says partners have resumed giving Kyiv early warnings of incoming Russian missiles after a recent gap. Such intelligence allows the public to be alerted and gives military units time to attempt interceptions, though the report provides no independent confirmation or measured impact on casualties.
Source: npr.org
Read the original story →Brazil’s Amazon lost nearly 42% less forest between August 2025 and July 2026 than in the previous year, while deforestation in the Cerrado savanna fell 24%. Both reached their lowest levels since monitoring began, showing substantial reductions are possible even as clearing continues.
Source: Mongabay
Read the original story →Russia and Ukraine exchanged soldiers’ remains at the Novaya Guta border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, in a handover reported as 252 bodies for 25. Ukraine’s coordination headquarters thanked the International Committee of the Red Cross for its assistance, while attributing the identification of those returned as Ukrainian servicemen to the Russian side.
Source: aa.com.tr
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