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Dr. Anand Sharma

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WHO's First Global Map of NCD Inequality Finds Data Gaps
MedicalOct 21, 2026 · 5 min read

WHO's First Global Map of NCD Inequality Finds Data Gaps

WHO's Oct. 20 report analyses 35 indicators across up to eight inequality dimensions and finds poorer, rural and less-educated groups lag on NCD care.

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Dostarlimab Approved for Rectal Cancer: 68% Versus 47%
MedicalOct 20, 2026 · 5 min read

Dostarlimab Approved for Rectal Cancer: 68% Versus 47%

FDA approved dostarlimab Oct. 19 for dMMR rectal cancer; 68% had a 12-month complete response by investigators but 47% by independent review.

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EU Regulator Backs Over-the-Counter Naloxone Spray Nyxoid
MedicalOct 19, 2026 · 5 min read

EU Regulator Backs Over-the-Counter Naloxone Spray Nyxoid

EMA's committee backed non-prescription Nyxoid on Oct. 15; the EU recorded at least 7,600 overdose deaths in 2024, and Bulgaria has no take-home naloxone.

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EMA Backs Daraxonrasib for Pancreatic Cancer After FDA
MedicalOct 18, 2026 · 5 min read

EMA Backs Daraxonrasib for Pancreatic Cancer After FDA

EMA's committee backed Rasonque on Oct. 15 after a trial in which patients lived a median 12.4 months versus 6.7 on chemotherapy, but the study was open-label.

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Siberia Lab Death Remains Undiagnosed, WHO Says
MedicalOct 17, 2026 · 5 min read

Siberia Lab Death Remains Undiagnosed, WHO Says

WHO's Oct. 10 notice says Russia's tests found no plague among 5,500+ checks, but the lab worker's fatal illness has no confirmed cause.

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US Measles Tops 4,000; CDC and States Split on Deaths
MedicalOct 16, 2026 · 5 min read

US Measles Tops 4,000; CDC and States Split on Deaths

US measles cases hit 4,080, the most since 1991, while the CDC counts 2 deaths and Pennsylvania alone reports 5 to 6 amid a political dispute.

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Pritelivir: First New Herpes Drug Class in Nearly 30 Years
MedicalOct 14, 2026 · 5 min read

Pritelivir: First New Herpes Drug Class in Nearly 30 Years

FDA approved pritelivir Oct. 9 for immunocompromised adults whose herpes lesions resist standard drugs; 63% healed by day 28 versus 34% on alternatives.

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Pain Climbs Fastest Before 55, 6-Million-Person Study Finds
MedicalOct 13, 2026 · 5 min read

Pain Climbs Fastest Before 55, 6-Million-Person Study Finds

A Nature Medicine analysis of 6.1 million people in 118 countries finds pain rises fastest before 55, and women report more at all 11 body sites.

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Lancet Maps 17 Health Threats to 2100, Two Existential
MedicalOct 12, 2026 · 5 min read

Lancet Maps 17 Health Threats to 2100, Two Existential

A Lancet Commission launched Oct. 11 names 17 catastrophic health threats to 2100, including AI misuse and nuclear conflict, and leaves out heart disease.

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FDA Approves Tecentriq for Stage III dMMR Colon Cancer
MedicalOct 11, 2026 · 5 min read

FDA Approves Tecentriq for Stage III dMMR Colon Cancer

FDA's Oct. 8 approval adds atezolizumab to chemotherapy after surgery, halving relapse-or-death hazard in ATOMIC, though overall survival has not yet differed.

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WHO Says Lifestyle First, Drugs Last for Child Obesity
MedicalOct 10, 2026 · 4 min read

WHO Says Lifestyle First, Drugs Last for Child Obesity

WHO's first child obesity guidelines, issued Oct. 7, rule out drugs and surgery under age 10 and allow GLP-1s from 10 only after lifestyle care fails.

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NEJM: Optogenetic Therapy Raised Light Sensitivity in 7/10
MedicalOct 9, 2026 · 5 min read

NEJM: Optogenetic Therapy Raised Light Sensitivity in 7/10

Days after the Nobel Prize, a NEJM trial of 10 blind patients found optogenetic gene therapy plus goggles improved light sensitivity in seven.

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