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Briefing: Tiktok leads social media platforms in mental health misinformation, study finds

Strategic angle: Social media, particularly TikTok, is full of mental health misinformation, posing risks to young people who increasingly turn to these platforms for diagnosis.

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Briefing: Congress must fix the No Surprises Act before it bankrupts patients and employers

Strategic angle: James Gelfand and Patricia Kelmar argue for urgent reforms to the No Surprises Act to protect patients and employers from financial ruin.

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Briefing: Food for thought: The Mafia sits at the table, but who is paying the bill?

Strategic angle: The well-known Italian restaurant, founded by an Aragonese family, has been controversially ordered by a court to change its name, but can a commercial claim clash with memory or common sense?

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Briefing: Drug development is booming in China. Should the U.S. view it as a threat or an opportunity?

Strategic angle: If the U.S. wants to hold on to its title as the world's top biotech innovator, it might want to take a page out of China's book.

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Briefing: Trump’s Medicare Director Seeks to Rein in Expectations for TrumpRx

Strategic angle: The Trump administration is counting on its drug pricing efforts to help with the midterm elections.

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Briefing: HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration 2025-2026

Strategic angle: A comprehensive timeline of public health policy actions by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump administration from 2025-2026.

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Briefing: How an RNA-binding protein detects and responds to non-optimal codon usage in human cells

Strategic angle: Exploring the role of RNA-binding proteins in gene expression and protein synthesis.

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Novo Nordisk’s high-dose Wegovy approved in the U.S.

A high-dose version of Novo Nordisk’s injectable obesity drug Wegovy received U.S. approval.

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Senate Democrats Lay Out Plans to Overhaul Health Insurance After Setbacks Under Trump

Democrats are sharpening their health care message as the midterms loom.

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Two doctors on the challenges of medicine today

In today's Morning Rounds newsletter, a Texas couple getting rich off out-of-network medical bills, two doctors on the challenges of medicine today, and more.

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Briefing: Maguire, Mainoo, Garner? Who made Sky Sports writers' England squads

Strategic angle: Ahead of a crunch England squad selection, Sky Sports writers reveal their picks for potential World Cup hopefuls.

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Briefing: Will the Jalisco cartel's new US-born leader complicate Trump's war on drugs?

Strategic angle: An analysis of the implications of the Jalisco cartel's leadership change on US drug policy.

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Briefing: Mystery fish deaths in Papua New Guinea prompt health warning

Strategic angle: Villagers on a remote island in Papua New Guinea have been warned not to eat fish until scientists can identify the cause of thousands of deaths of marine creatures and hundreds of cases of illness.

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Briefing: Activists deliver medical aid to crisis-hit Cuba as US energy blockade continues

Strategic angle: European activists provided crucial medical supplies to Cuba amidst a severe economic crisis exacerbated by a US energy blockade.

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Briefing: HHS Watchdog Critiques Nursing Homes for Antipsychotic Drug Misuse

Strategic angle: Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguising the practice as schizophrenia treatment, a watchdog finds.

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Briefing: Plant survival under three simultaneous stressors may hinge on a single protein

Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when multiple stressors hit at the same time.

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Briefing: Diverse C-terminal variation rewires protein stability in health and disease

Strategic angle: Proteins are the tiny machines that keep our cells running, and how long they last in the cell often determines how well they can do their job.

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Briefing: Europe’s healthcare - A right or a business model? MEPs face off in The Ring

Strategic angle: In this special edition of The Ring, MEPs debate the funding of European health innovation.

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Briefing: Farage Calls for Release of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Strategic angle: Reform UK leader praises efforts to free imprisoned rapper and drug trafficker.

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Briefing: Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, hailed as an 'epochal figure,' dies at 93

Strategic angle: Ilia II was hospitalised on Tuesday morning in critical condition with "mass bleeding from the stomach," the director of the Caucasus Medical Centre said.