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Standard Fentanyl Addiction Treatment Doses Are Failing in High-Potency Markets

LA study: standard methadone and buprenorphine doses may be inadequate for high-potency fentanyl users. Families should advocate for appropriate dosing. Here's the clinical guidance.

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MS patients face losing cheap access to $30,000 drug

An overhaul of drug pricing in the US is partly to blame for two companies threatening to pull their products from Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Measles vaccination rate for Texas kindergarteners increased slightly after 2025 outbreak

Despite the spike in demand for measles shots following the deadly 2025 outbreak, exemptions on all vaccines for schoolchildren rose after the release of a downloadable exemption form.

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One dead, three ill after unknowing heroin intake

Health authorities are issuing a warning to party drug users after heroin was found in methamphetamine and cocaine products across one state.

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Two Non-COVID Respiratory Viruses Are Elevated Nationally This Summer: What Parents Need to Know

Parainfluenza virus and human metapneumovirus are both elevated nationally this summer per CDC surveillance data. No vaccines exist. Here's what parents need to know about both viruses.

Medical Daily

Two New Scientific Reports Identify the Real Obstacle to Stopping Measles Outbreaks — It Is Not Just Vaccination Rates

Two peer-reviewed reports published this week on measles outbreaks in Texas and South Carolina both identify community trust — not just low vaccination rates — as the central obstacle to control.

Medical Daily

Covid booster jabs could protect against other coronaviruses with ‘future pandemic potential’

Billions of Covid vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, but these jabs could help protect against the next pandemic

The Independent UK

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A Rewritten Federal Vaccine Charter Could Determine Whether Your Fall Flu Shot Is Covered by Insurance

A rewritten federal vaccine committee charter and ongoing court fight mean fall 2026 flu and COVID vaccine insurance coverage decisions have no official body to finalize them.

Medical Daily

Women say contraceptive jab complications ‘life-changing’ at MSP meeting

Pfizer’s Depo-Provera has been previously linked to an increased risk of a type of brain tumour.

Evening Standard

Blocked COVID vaccine report finally emerges as critics demand answers

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has finally been published after being blocked from a government health journal

The Independent UK

COVID-19 vaccine study that was blocked from CDC journal is published elsewhere

A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has been published after being blocked from a government health journal

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on nicotine: we shouldn’t buy the idea of addiction without harm

Editorial: The UN is set to review the legal status of nicotine. An outright ban would go too far, but there is no case for its easy availability

The Guardian - UK

EastEnders actor charged with importing £157m worth of meth into Australia

Police allege Hussen, along with couple from Australia, tried to import 320kg of meth hidden in bags of charcoal

The Independent UK

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market

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FDA panel considers a first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

U.S. health advisers are debating a new kind of flu vaccine

Medical Daily

CDC Confirms Parainfluenza Virus and HMPV Are Elevated Nationally — Here's What Parents Need to Know About Croup Right Now

CDC's June 12 data confirms parainfluenza and HMPV are elevated nationally. Croup cases rising in children under 5. What parents and providers need to know now.

The Guardian - US

Leading OB-GYN group breaks from CDC on maternal vaccination schedule

Medical societies endorse ACOG’s schedule, saying maternal vaccines are ‘key element’ of protection

Medical Daily

Human Metapneumovirus Is Elevated Nationally This Week — and Most Emergency Room Doctors Are Not Testing for the Respiratory Virus That Hospitalizes 200,000 Americans Every Year

CDC's Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel (June 12, 2026) confirms human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is elevated nationally. HMPV hospitalizes 200,000 Americans annually, disproportionately affects older adults and immunocompromised patients, and is routinely missed because most clinicians test only for flu and RSV.

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FDA Set to Rule on First New Smoking Cessation Drug in 20 Years: Cytisinicline Decision Due June 20

Cytisinicline, a plant-based alkaloid for smoking cessation, has an FDA PDUFA date of June 20, 2026 — 8 days away. If approved, it would be the first new quit-smoking drug in 20 years. Phase 3 ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 trials showed significantly higher quit rates than placebo.

The Times of India

UK to offer free Meningitis B vaccine to 1 million young people after deadly outbreaks

A major NHS programme will offer the meningitis B vaccine to around one million young people across the UK, including Year 13 students and those under 25 starting university. This initiative aims to protect vulnerable individuals entering environments where the disease spreads easily, following recent life-claiming outbreaks.

Newcastle Herald

'I begged for this to work': A mother's desperate plea for her baby son

Bohdi was the first person in the world in a new drug trial.

The Guardian - UK

UK school leavers and new students to be offered meningitis B vaccine

One-off programme to begin in July after recent MenB outbreaks in Kent, Dorset and Berkshire killed three people

The Independent UK

One million young people to be offered meningitis B vaccine on NHS after deadly outbreaks

The one-off programme is set to be offered to young people this autumn

Medical Daily

CDC June 2026 Health Outlook: COVID Summer Surge Risk, West Nile Early Season, and Salmonella Moringa Alert

CDC's June 5, 2026 respiratory data shows COVID very low nationally, but a summer surge is possible in South and West. West Nile positive pools confirmed in TX and LA. Salmonella-moringa outbreak expanding to 119 cases.

The Guardian - US

US measles cases pass 2,000 this year as outbreak nears worst in decades

Outbreak driven by falling vaccination and misinformation as federal public health cuts hamper state response

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