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Sweet protein brazzein shows promise in reducing blood sugar spikes: Study

Russian research reveals that the protein brazzein could help reduce blood sugar spikes.

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Oct 11 • 8:23 AM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
Politics chat: Trump announces fuel deal with Russia. What does it mean for sanctions?

President Trump announced a deal to import Russian fuel to the U.S. We look at what this means for the sanctions he recently signed off on against Russia, as well as the U.S.'s support for Ukraine.

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Oct 11 • 8:03 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Tickets for Leverkusen: Advance sales start on Monday!

Members on Monday, October 12, at noon.This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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Oct 11 • 7:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UK does not support Trump's Russia diesel deal, says Streeting

The defence secretary says the US and its allies need to increase pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war with Ukraine.

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Oct 11 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
Britain stands behind Zelenskyy, says Streeting after Trump’s call for new leader in Ukraine

Defence secretary backs Ukrainian president and says priority is to maintain western unity over Russia conflict

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Oct 11 • 6:03 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Leclerc Points at Ferrari: “We Have Lost Pure Performance”

The Monegasque is not satisfied with third position in the Sprint qualifying in Singapore, assures that the SF-26 has lost competitiveness in the last races and that it is still not at the level of Verstappen and Russell over one lap.

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Oct 11 • 1:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WHO says no plague case registered after Russian lab worker’s death

The WHO says the lack of a confirmed diagnosis remains a key uncertainty, with no sign of ongoing transmission.

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Oct 10 • 6:34 PM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases

The World Health Organization says it still doesn't know what caused the death of a young worker at a Russian lab focused on plague and other illnesses

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Oct 10 • 4:13 PM EDT • Health • abcnews.com
Mystery surrounds young worker's death at Russia lab studying severe diseases

The World Health Organization says it still doesn't know what caused the death of a young worker at a Russian lab focused on plague and other illnesses.

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Oct 10 • 4:13 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
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Trump calls for Ukraine to replace Zelenskyy after clash over Russia diesel deal: 'Get a new president'

President Donald Trump demanded Volodymyr Zelenskyy stop striking Russian oil refineries, warning the attacks worsen global diesel and fuel supplies.

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Oct 10 • 3:54 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Russian Anti-Plague Laboratory Death Raises Questions On Biosafety And Global Health

A number of questions linger after the Russian anti-plague laboratory death. A doctor explains the most important questions that remain that impact public health.

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Oct 10 • 1:04 PM EDT • Health • forbes.com
Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab workers death?

A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.

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Oct 10 • 12:51 PM EDT • Health • opb.org
All About Alabama QB Keelon Russell’s Family

His dad is a former college football player.

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Oct 10 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
🚨 Augsburg-Bayern XIs: Saibari starts; Gnabry on the bench!

Augsburg and Bayern kick off Saturday's Bundesliga action, alongside other matches. The Bavarians want to capitalize on Borussia Dortmund's slip-up after they drew with Werder Bremen on Friday despite...

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Oct 10 • 9:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Russia Using Taliban Ties To Reshape Regional Politics, Says Pakistani Analyst

A Pakistani security analyst says Russia’s changing stance towards the Taliban and ISIS suggests Moscow is reshaping its Afghanistan policy and creating a new “Great Game” in the region.

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Oct 10 • 7:25 AM EDT • Politics • afintl.com
Battenfeld: Maura Healey’s Trump tactic is why Americans hate politics

The incumbent Massachusetts governor was allowed by a weak moderator to dodge every question. The late, legendary Tim Russert would never have tolerated that.

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Oct 10 • 5:52 AM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com
'Tip Toe' is one of 2026's most talked-about TV shows. Russell T Davies 'would love to be wrong' about it.

"In writing this, in saying what I believed about the state of the world, there was part of me hoping I was wrong."

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Oct 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com
Ethan Nwaneri Continues Promising on Loan at Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal loanee, Ethan Nwaneri has continued his encouraging start to life in Dortmund. He started Borussia Dortmund’s first game after the September international break against Werder Bremen in a 2-2 draw, marking three consecutive starts for his club in all competitions.

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Oct 10 • 3:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dianna Russini Hires "Crisis Publicist" Before Return To Sports Media
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Oct 9 • 8:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump deal for Russian diesel sparks anger in Ukraine, doubts among analysts

President Donald Trump said on Friday he secured an agreement from Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply markets with Russian diesel fuel as he works to bring down energy costs ahead of the midterm elections.

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Oct 9 • 6:34 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump announces diesel fuel deal with Russia

President Donald Trump said Friday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to a deal to supply the United States with Russian diesel fuel. Diesel prices remain a significant issue ahead of the 2026 midterm elections amid the war in Iran. Trump administration officials were previously working on freeing up Russian diesel, which had […]

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Oct 9 • 5:42 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
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Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices

The amount is small compared with U.S. demand, but the deal aligns the U.S. with Russia and against Ukraine’s efforts to bomb Russian refineries.

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Oct 9 • 4:56 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Russell Westbrook wants to carry torch for L.A. Olympics

Retired NBA player and Olympic gold medal winner Russell Westbrook said he wants to carry the torch when his native Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Games.

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Oct 9 • 4:06 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices

President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But Russia has an ongoing ban on exporting diesel.

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Oct 9 • 3:57 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump says US to get diesel from Russia

Trump’s shocking announcement comes after he signed a sweeping Russia sanctions law last month.

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Oct 9 • 3:08 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Did Russia play by the rules in reporting lab worker's death?

A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.

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Oct 9 • 12:43 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Who’s afraid of a 6-hour documentary about exiled Russian journalists?

Julia Loktev has released a new documentary, “My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,” capturing the lives of Russian journalists who fled the country after Russia invaded Ukraine. Loktev began

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Oct 9 • 11:25 AM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Dianna Russini hires "crisis publicist" as comeback looms
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Oct 9 • 11:12 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Russia lifts plague lab-related quarantine measures. Should China be relieved?

Moscow says the incident is over but questions remain among Chinese commenters and others on social media globally.

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Oct 9 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com
NEWSBRIEF: HURRICANE ISAIAS, UKRAINE WAR LATEST, POLITICS OF IRAN WAR

Gulf Coast Preps for Isaias, Ukraine expects Russian winter offensive, and Trump's Iran War in focus as Midterms approach.

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Oct 9 • 4:28 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body

By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes.

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Oct 9 • 2:09 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Inside the Deadlock at the World's Top Climate Science Body

By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world’s leading authority on ⁠climate change ⁠still can’t agree on a timeline to publish its next review of the latest science ...

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Oct 9 • 2:04 AM EDT • Science • usnews.com
Colorado state GOP secretary endorses Greg Lopez in governor’s race

Colorado Republican Party Secretary Russ Andrews broke with the state party Thursday to endorse unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Greg Lopez over GOP nominee Victor Marx, saying he’d found it “impossible” to support Marx’s candidacy “in good conscience” after a series of recent revelations. “I feel it was the right thing to do, and staying true to […]

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Oct 8 • 10:11 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
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OpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in media

OpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday. The latter of which the tech company said had the greatest re…

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Oct 8 • 7:26 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Chris Russell and Shea Bennett Launch ENTER, An Entertainment Company for Brands

The Sydney-based business is built on the belief that 'brands are the great entertainers of our time' and uses its own methodology to assess how entertaining a brand currently is

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Oct 8 • 7:16 PM EDT • Entertainment • lbbonline.com
Russia’s plague scare and the danger of unpreparedness

The erosion of global public health infrastructure does not serve America's interests.

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Oct 8 • 6:34 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Putin pledges Russia’s support to end US-led war on Iran
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Oct 8 • 6:30 PM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
The big unanswered question about Russia's 'plague' death

Russia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think these were needed at all?

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Oct 8 • 1:18 PM EDT • Health • newscientist.com
F1 Singapore: George Russell Penalized for Engine Change

The Briton will start from the back of the grid after the power unit failure in Malaysia. Mercedes brings forward the engine change planned for later. The sanction will be applied on Sunday, not in the Sprint, which gives him an opportunity to score.

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Oct 8 • 11:48 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Photo shows top Trump aide's daughter with pro-Russia politician in Bosnia

Katie Wiles is a partner at the political lobbying firm Continental Strategy. A spokesperson for the firm acknowledged to CBS News on Thursday that Wiles had taken the trip to Republika Srpska but not on business.

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Oct 8 • 11:30 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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What were Trump operatives doing for pro-Russian politician Dodik in Bosnia?
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Oct 8 • 11:01 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
2026 Heisman Poll Week Five

Welcome to the 2026 Heisman Poll Week Five. Alabama's Keelon Russell has entered the poll after a big win over Mississippi State. The same game also saw poll favorite Kamario Taylor get injured. We are getting deeper into the season, and the stakes keep climbing. To see all the movement from last week, check out …

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Oct 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Open science is compatible with research security, says Canada’s chief science advisor

Open science is “not incompatible” with research security and science leaders and policymakers should “demystify” the false dichotomy between the two, according to Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science advisor. More than a decade ago, EU policymakers were promoting open science, open innovation and open collaboration across the world. It was a political movement that aimed to make scientific research, data, software, publications and methodologies transparent, accessible and reusable for everyone.But that rhetoric has changed over the past few years. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 and Donald Trump came back to power in 2025, international partnerships have become more pragmatic. Countries are trying to implement protectionist policies and governments are increasingly worried about technology espionage. According to Nemer, science can remain open if the sector can come up with improved security protocols that would protect research data from undue manipulation by foreign actors. “If anybody can fiddle with the with the data, then [open science] is actually quite dangerous and quite useless,” she told Science|Business. Universities and research institutions are increasingly vulnerable to attempted espionage and other types of foreign interference. In September, the UK’s domestic counter-intelligence service MI5 issued a security warning against collaborations with the China General Technology Research Institute. And earlier this year, Germany’s Helmholtz Center for Information Security was criticised by federal research minister Dorothee Bär, who told a parliamentary hearing that “existing rules and systems” at the institute “were not suitable” for preventing leaks to China. According to Nemer, universities and research institutions should perhaps follow the example of the private sector, as companies have been able to safeguard their research while still publishing results. “I think that there is a level of research security hygiene that researchers and institutions need to just adopt,” she said. “You don't have to tell Sanofi or IBM how to safeguard their research, which they end up publishing anyway.”While certain areas of research will not be open for collaboration with certain partners, in other areas cooperation is necessary even with researchers based in adversarial countries. “I stress this because politics change,” she said. “Science and politics don't make for good fellows, and whether we like it or not, politics will influence certain things.”Researchers will play an important role in “protecting the integrity of science,” said Nemer. “I think that it's time that there's a commitment to a certain scientific compact, so that citizens don't think that science is actually an open door for espionage and for anti-nationalism.”New partnershipsNemer spoke with Science|Business on the margins of the Hamburg Science Summit on September 17, the day when Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for increased cooperation with the EU, including in science and technology. Canada is looking to strengthen ties with partners in other corners of the world, after the Trump administration threatened to put tariffs on Canadian goods and services and even openly suggested Canada could become the 51st state. In parallel, the US government has indicated it wants to retreat from international science projects, including US collaboration with Europe’s CERN particle accelerator and other big science labs.Related articlesThe stats we need to better understand R&DCanada looks to deepen research and education links with the EUCan researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas?Nemer said the US is still a science “powerhouse,” but Canada and Europe will have to work closely together on global challenges. “It’s important for both [sides], but I think it's also important for the rest of the world, because the cut in funding for development, in health, in regions like Africa and other places, have dramatic effects.” The Trump administration is also planning a review of the Nelson memo, a Biden-era document that mandated that results of federally funded research would be openly available. With that idea being called into question, Nemer said it could be “very disruptive” to scientific collaborations and could jeopardise research on climate change, the Arctic and global health. “When your collaborator suddenly tells you I'm not going to share the data with you as a researcher, if this happens, I think it's very worrisome,” she said. “I'm certainly hoping that a lot of the Canadian institutions, funders, researchers, have started looking at joining forces on databases and using more European research infrastructures,” Nemer added.

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Oct 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Concern after Europeans endorse US science agenda

Germany’s biggest research funder has said it is “concerned” after Berlin, plus several other European countries, endorsed a controversial US-led science policy statement. On October 4, the White House announced that 16 countries, including Germany, the UK, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Japan and South Korea had backed the Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science.The document, agreed on the margins of the annual Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto, which gathers science ministers from across the world, appears uncontroversial at first sight. It’s a one-page statement, without any concrete measures, that touches on reducing administrative burden on scientists, experimenting with new funding models and the use of “super intelligence” in science, the Trump administration’s preferred term for artificial intelligence. However, what’s controversial is that much of the language in the Kyoto Vision reflects Science: A New Golden Age, a major policy document released by the White House in July.That document attracted criticism for deriding universities as “legacy institutions” and suggesting money be diverted to new research labs. In a speech in Kyoto on October 4, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office for Science and Technology Policy and the report’s author, said that the US was seeking to “diversify the ways that we support research to meet our best scientists where and when they do their best work.” The worry is that the Trump administration may be using genuine dysfunctions in academia as a pretext to defund and disempower universities, which US vice president JD Vance has labelled “the enemy.” Many in Europe also want more experimentation and reform of how science is organised and funded, and agree with criticisms of academia made by Science: A New Golden Age. But some also fear that if the US pushes for reform partially in bad faith, it could politicise and undermine the whole agenda. Washington is currently trying to change federal funding rules so that political appointees can block and cancel scientific grants. It has cut grants mid-project on topics related to diversity and other politically forbidden areas. And last year, it threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless it admitted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create campus “viewpoint diversity.” “Particularly concerned”Because of this wider US political context, the Kyoto Vision’s otherwise innocuous sounding statement that “we encourage experimentation with new institutional models for science that provide varying levels of autonomy, resources and direction” has caused consternation in Europe, particularly from some of Germany’s biggest science organisations. A spokesperson for the German Research Foundation (DFG), the country’s biggest funder, said that it would “closely monitor whether the current US administration uses the Kyoto Vision to restructure research funding to the detriment of research institutions such as universities and their autonomy.” The DFG was “particularly concerned” with the statement’s references to Science: A New Golden Age, they continued. A spokesperson for the German Rectors’ Conference, which represents the country’s universities, said that the reference to “new institutional models” raises “questions on the underlying understanding of academic freedom and autonomy.” Research funding must “guided first and foremost by scientific not political principles,” they went on. Dampen criticismEuropean endorsement of the Kyoto Vision might dampen domestic criticism of the Trump administration’s science policy, some in the US fear, by suggesting international support. “What we saw from Germany, Japan, the UK and other countries, is an impulse that the administration has exploited with our own science reform movement, a belief they can use dialogue to make things better,” said Cole Donovan, director of science policy at the campaigning group Stand Up for Science. “In practice, the administration has done the opposite.” Not a binding statementThere’s been so much concern in Germany that the country’s federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space put out a statement defending its endorsement of the Kyoto Vision, which it has posted on its website. Related articlesIs metascience being co-opted?European researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationThe US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The ministry said that it “should be regarded as a basis for discussion and does not constitute a binding statement.” Backing the statement gives Germany the chance to raise “issues and concerns” with the US during upcoming talks on science and technology scheduled for November. “Although these intentions appear, in principle, to be worthy of support, they will be scrutinised and examined more closely as the process continues,” the statement continues. Super intelligence?A ministry spokesperson confirmed to Science|Business that Germany had broadly endorsed the Kyoto Vision.However, they said Berlin had not agreed to final changes in the statement to refer to AI as super intelligence. In September, facing protests against data centres and polling that suggests US citizens are far more concerned than excited by the technology, Trump issued an executive order that attempts to rebrand AI as super intelligence, following polling on social media.The name change is to “reflect the transformative capabilities of these technologies and the limitless opportunities they create for the American people,” the order says. EU askedThe UK and Italian science ministries did not respond to a request for comment on their endorsement of the Kyoto Vision. Although most EU countries did not endorse the statement, it’s not clear which states the US asked. The White House Office for Science and Technology Policy did not return a request for comment. A European Commission official, speaking under condition of anonymity, said that the US had approached the EU, but too late for the EU to quiz all its member states on whether Brussels should endorse the statement.

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Oct 8 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Russia’s public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case

Russia’s public health watchdog has denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague.

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Oct 8 • 6:01 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case

Russia's public health watchdog on Thursday denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person, as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague.Rospotrebna...

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Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case

Russia’s public health watchdog has denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague.

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Oct 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • clickondetroit.com
Russia's public health watchdog denies a second infection in suspected pneumonic plague case

Russia’s public health watchdog has denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague.

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Oct 8 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • clickorlando.com
Cybersecurity firm, also North Augusta Small Business of the Year, marks 25 years in the CSRA

Founder Russell Wyatt started PC Techware in 2001, fixing home computers across Augusta. Today, the company serves businesses throughout the CSRA as an all-commercial cybersecurity and IT provider.

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Oct 8 • 5:15 AM EDT • Business • postandcourier.com
Covid, Brexit and Liz Truss mini-budget led to lasting decline in mental health, study finds

Researchers found five events, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, caused serious damage to mental wellbeing across UK

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Oct 8 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Juventus joins the race for the new Jude Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund has unearthed a player they believe could be the next Jude Bellingham and they might lose him soon. Juventus is one of the clubs interested in the teenager.The player in question is ...

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World Health Organization says Russian lab worker’s death has not been clearly linked to plague
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Former US envoy demands answers on suspected plague death: ‘Hold the Russians’ feet to the fire’
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Oct 7 • 8:29 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Russia dismisses reports of second plague case as ‘false information’
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Oct 7 • 8:16 PM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
'No one can come in': Birmingham restaurant owner says City Hall events cost his business

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBMA) — When Birmingham City Hall hosts events, Leroy Russell says they can leave his restaurant out of reach.Russell, owner of Spice of Life

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The WHO seeks more details on the death of a plague research lab employee in Russia

The World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.

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Oct 7 • 5:53 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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What is the pneumonic plague?

The ancient disease of plague is back in the headlines after the death this month of a Russian lab worker.

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Oct 7 • 5:06 PM EDT • Health • npr.org
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Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government

President Donald Trump distanced himself on Wednesday from two of his top political advisers — less than 30 days before the midterm elections — writing that if their outside work presents a conflict, “I will terminate them, immediately!”

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Oct 7 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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All 50 States Should Legalize The 'Booming Business' Of Marijuana, Brittney Griner Says

Brittney Griner, the professional basketball player who was previously incarcerated in Russia over possession of marijuana, says it’s time for cannabis to be legalized across the U.S., citing its role as a safer alternative to painkillers that athletes are commonly prescribed. “At this point, I feel like all 50 states…just might as well” legalize marijuana, […]

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Heisman Watch: Alabama's Keelon Russell could continue his climb with a big win over Georgia
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Oct 7 • 9:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
WHO questions Russia on reported second plague lab death

The World Health Organization is pressing Russia for more information about the unexplained death of a worker at a Siberian plague research institute — and a potential second incident. WHO Director…

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Oct 7 • 8:33 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
Small Business Administration head visits Howell defense contractor

The administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Kelly Loeffler, was in Livingston County Tuesday to check out a government contractor. As Russ McNamara reports, the stop was well-received.

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Oct 7 • 6:27 AM EDT • Business • wemu.org
WHO seeks details from Russia on media reports of a second lab worker with pneumonia

The World Health Organization said it ​had requested information from ‌Russian authorities on media reports of a ​second laboratory employee ​with pneumonia of undetermined cause.

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Oct 7 • 5:06 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Emre Can sidelined until 2027

Borussia Dortmund captain Emre Can has suffered a fresh injury blow. According to Bild, the 32-year-old will unlikely return to team training until after the international break after requiring surger...

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Oct 7 • 4:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kobel reflects on Newcastle interest and his Borussia Dortmund future

Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel has consistently been linked with a transfer over the past few years.Last summer, Newcastle United were reportedly interested in the Swiss shot-stopper, but h...

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Oct 7 • 3:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Russia pneumonic plague: Outbreak risk, symptoms, what to know

Fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak follow an Irkutsk lab employee's death last week. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk is low.

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Oct 6 • 8:33 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Global health officials give update on Russian lab worker death

WHO says Russian health officials claim she died after getting severe pneumonia and plague not detected.

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Oct 6 • 7:26 PM EDT • Health • abcnews.com
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Health experts in touch with Russia since last Friday: US official

Fox News senior foreign policy correspondent Gillian Turner reports on Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressing Russia for information about a suspected plague death and the U.S. response on ‘Special Report.’

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Oct 6 • 6:57 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com
Health experts say public risk is low after reported plague death in Russia
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Oct 6 • 5:54 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Trump admin struggles to get answers from Russia on potential plague death

The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode.

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Oct 6 • 5:53 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
CDC: Monitoring Russian plague risk, "prepared" for any threat

The pneumonic plague is the most dangerous version of the plague.

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Oct 6 • 3:26 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker death
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Oct 6 • 3:26 PM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
What to know about plague amid reports of Russian lab worker's death
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Oct 6 • 2:47 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia (October 6, 2026)

Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia (October 5, 2026) Location: Irkutsk, Russia Event: The U.S. Embassy is aware of press reports from the Irkutsk region of suspected pneumonic plague resulting in the death of an individual and of associated quarantine measures in, and closures of, hospitals in Irkutsk. We continue to track the situation closely. The U.S. government has limited ability to help U.S. citizens in Russia, especially outside of Moscow. U.S. government personnel may face additional restrictions for personal and official travel to specific regions due to health and security concerns. The State Department’s Level 4 Travel Advisory (Do Not Travel) for Russia remains in place and states U.S. citizens currently in Russia should depart immediately. U.S. citizens planning travel to Russia are again strongly advised not to travel to Russia due to risk of wrongful detention and security concerns. Actions to Take: S. citizens in the area should follow the guidance of local health authorities, avoid affected facilities, and seek medical care promptly if they develop fever or respiratory symptoms. Visit the CDC Page on Plague for additional information about the disease. Visit the CDC Travelers’ Health Page for Russia for country-specific health updates. Monitor your health for 14 days following travel if you traveled to an area experiencing the outbreak. Review the S. Embassy country page for general health information. Refer to the Embassy’s list of medical providers. Check with your travel insurance provider about medical evacuation options should you fall ill while overseas. Have a plan to depart in an emergency that does not depend on U.S. government help. Monitor local media for updates. Be prepared to adjust your plans. Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program(STEP) to receive health and security updates. Assistance: U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russia +7 495 728-5577 MoscowACS@state.gov U.S. Embassy Moscow web page State Department – Consular Affairs (+001) 888-407-4747 or (+001) 202-501-4444 Russia Country Information Follow us on Facebook and Twitter State Department – Consular Affairs 1-888-407-4747 or 1-202-501-4444

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How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker death

The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a “very low” risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week.

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What We Really Know About the Russian ‘Plague’ Case

Even though many questions remain unanswered, the death probably isn’t cause for panic.

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Oct 6 • 1:17 PM EDT • Health • theatlantic.com
Dakota Fanning reveals valuable lesson she learned from working with Kurt Russell

Dakota Fanning reveals the valuable lesson she learned from working with Kurt Russell on the 2005 sports drama film ‘Dreamer.’

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Oct 6 • 10:40 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
'Whatever it is, they're worried:' Ex-WH health expert knocks lack of info on Russia plague
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Oct 6 • 10:29 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
WHO: No further signs of infections at Russian plague lab

The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday there were no further signs of infections at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, following one researcher at the facility reported…

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Oct 6 • 9:31 AM EDT • Health • thehill.com
“When democracy is secure, business is too”, says Deputy Secretary General at the European Democracy Summit 2026 in Brussels

“Our standards are stronger when they are built with those who apply them”: the event focuses on the role of business in defending Europe’s democratic foundations

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Oct 6 • 6:14 AM EDT • Business • coe.int
Countries race to provide oral health care for all in 100-Day Sprint across Asia

Twenty Asian countries and areas across the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions vowed to strengthen essential oral health benefits as part of a “100-Day Sprint” initiative, during the 16th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting held from 27 to 29 September in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The meeting marked the midpoint of the 100-day sprint bolstering support for countries to develop essential oral health benefit packages that can be integrated into national universal health coverage plans. Convened by the two WHO regional offices and the Malaysian Ministry of Health as the Secretariat, the meeting brought together national oral health leaders from 20 Asian countries, staff from all levels of WHO, WHO collaborating centres and other development partners. Participating countries and areas included: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR) China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam. Participants reviewed progress and refined proposals using the WHO Service Package Delivery and Implementation (SPDI) Platform. Countries conducted bottleneck analyses across four key areas: service delivery, workforce, access to essential medicines and health products, and health financing. They identified practical actions to address implementation challenges and refined proposed revisions to their national oral health benefit packages. “There is no health without oral health. Through the 100-Day Sprint, countries are advancing the implementation of the Western Pacific regional implementation plan on oral health and strengthening progress towards universal health coverage,” noted WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala. Participants identified bottlenecks and proposed workable solutions to strengthen access to essential oral health care through primary health care, sharing experiences and discussing how best to translate policy commitments into feasible and sustainable action at the country level. Malaysian Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad highlighted the importance of prevention and primary health-care approaches to improve oral health: “Oral diseases can have lifelong consequences, yet many are preventable. By integrating essential oral health care into primary health care and promoting prevention in schools and communities, we can improve oral health across the life course.”The WHO team led by Dr Huong Tran, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control of the WHO Western Pacific Region and national oral health leads from over 20 Asian countries visited the SK Pekan Putatan School, Sabah for school oral health programme including flouride mouth rinsing. © WHO / V. ChaudharyDr Huong Tran, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control for the WHO Western Pacific Region, emphasized key collaborative roles WHO can play. “Oral diseases are the most common noncommunicable diseases, yet many can be prevented and treated through essential oral health services delivered at the primary health-care level,” she said. “By sharing experiences and using WHO tools such as the SPDI Platform, countries are accelerating progress towards universal health coverage for oral health.” “Integrating oral health into broader health services is essential for reducing inequities, expanding access and recognizing oral health as an integral component of overall health and well-being. The 100-Day Sprint provides an important opportunity to translate this commitment into practical action and ensure that quality oral health services reach all people, especially those most in need,” said Dr Suman Rijal, Director of the WHO South-East Asia regional Department of Healthier Populations and Noncommunicable Diseases. As host of the meeting, Malaysia showcased ongoing efforts to strengthen oral health care through primary health care and prevention-focused approaches, while providing a platform for countries across the two WHO regions to exchange experiences and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage for oral health. “WHO is encouraged by Malaysia's leadership in addressing the burden of oral diseases and advancing universal health coverage for oral health through practical, country-led action,” said Dr Rabi Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. Countries will continue to refine and figure costs for national oral health benefits during the remaining sessions of the 100 days. These efforts support implementation of the WHO Global strategy and action plan on oral health 2023–2030, while also helping to expand access to essential oral health services through stronger and more equitable health systems across the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions.______________For more information, or to arrange media interviews, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia: SEMediaRelations@who.int

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Oct 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane Reacts to Alex Ovechkin’s Retirement News

The Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin has enjoyed one of the most prolific NHL career’s of all time. Ovechkin has made his mark as one of the central figures of the modern game with a legacy that will be felt long after his playing days have concluded. Those days are coming soon as the Russian forward […] The post Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane Reacts to Alex Ovechkin’s Retirement News appeared first on HEAVY.

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Oct 5 • 6:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Top Line MN Wild Center Leaves Practice with Injury

The Minnesota Wild have another injury concern after Russian centerman Danila Yurov left Monday's practice early with a previously undisclosed injury.

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Oct 5 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
RBI sees no signs of expropriation of Russian business, CEO says

Raiffeisen Bank International currently sees no signs of an expropriation ​of its Russian business, CEO Michael Hoellerer ‌said on Monday, after several attempts by the Austrian lender to sell the division have failed.

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Oct 5 • 7:10 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Jobs in health care. Jobs for women. The US labour market is segmenting. Chernobyl’s radiation and Lenin’s love of literature.

Thank you for opening your Chartbook email. Elmer Bischoff, Two Figures at the Seashore, 1957 The only really dynamic job-creator in the US economy is health care: The largest crunch has come in Federal government, which has shed 2.7 m jobs. Source: tchouvkov on Twitter Tech is struggling. [ Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈@JosephPolitano The US tech sector continues bleeding jobs in official data released today—overall, employment decreased by 17k last month and is down 69k over the last year That's nearly as bad as the worst of the 2024 tech-cession, and much worse than the 2022 boom or even pre-2020 norms 12:42 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 15.2K Views 15 Replies · 47 Reposts · 390 Likes ](https://x.com/JosephPolitano/status/2106001807847940232?s=20) The new jobs are all for women. [ Justin Wolfers@JustinWolfers I'm not sure who saw this coming, but so far nearly all the jobs created during the second Trump administration have gone to women. 1:09 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 33K Views 70 Replies · 146 Reposts · 644 Likes ](https://x.com/JustinWolfers/status/2106008723533533601?s=20) Meanwhile, real wages are being eaten up by modest over-target inflation. [ Heather Long@byHeatherLong The financial pain is real: Wage growth fell to 3% (y/y) in September. That's the lowest in 5 years. Wage growth: 3% Inflation: ~3.4% Inflation has eaten up all wage gains for the average worker since April. Many people are having to make hard choices about what to buy and what … 1:24 PM · Oct 2, 2026 · 37K Views 24 Replies · 275 Reposts · 533 Likes ](https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/2106012367712620728?s=20) HEY READERS, THANK YOU for opening the Chartbook email. I hope it brightens your day. I enjoy putting out the newsletter, but tbh, what keeps this flow going is the generosity of those readers who clicked the subscription button. If you are persuaded to click, please consider the annual subscription of $60. It is both better value for you and a much better deal for me, as it involves only one credit card charge. Why feed the payments companies if we don’t have to. Subscribe Elmer Bischoff, Bathers, 1960 Americans are disillusioned with higher ed. For contributing subscribers only. Subscribe Where the Chernobyl radiation went. h/t Simon Kuestenmacher aka simongerman600 How Lenin’s love of literature shaped the Russian Revolution - Tariq Ali This, then, was the intellectual atmosphere in which Lenin came of age. His father, a highly cultured conservative, was the chief inspector of schools in his region and much respected as an educationalist. At home, Shakespeare, Goethe and Pushkin, among others, were read aloud on Sunday afternoons. It was impossible for the Ulyanov family – “Lenin” was a pseudonym adopted to outwit the tsarist secret police – to escape high culture. At high school, Lenin fell in love with Latin. His headteacher had high hopes that he might become a philologist and Latin scholar. History willed otherwise, but Lenin’s passion for Latin, and taste for the classics, never left him. He read Virgil, Ovid, Horace and Juvenal in the original, as well as Roman senatorial orations. He devoured Goethe during his two decades in exile, reading and rereading Faust many times. Lenin put his knowledge of the classics to good use in the time leading up to the October revolution of 1917. In April of that year, he broke with Russian social-democratic orthodoxy and, in a set of radical theses, called for a socialist revolution in Russia. A number of his own close comrades denounced him. In a sharp riposte, Lenin quoted Mephistopheles from Goethe’s masterwork: “Theory, my friend, is grey, but green is the eternal tree of life.” Source: The Guardian Elmer Bischoff, The River, 1953 If you’ve scrolled this far, you know you want to click: Subscribe

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Oct 5 • 6:47 AM EDT • Health • adamtooze.substack.com
Serb nationalist Milorad Dodik credits 'vast majority' to Trump, Putin

Pro-Russia Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik – who is serving a six-year ban from holding public office for defying rulings of Bosnia’s international envoy and Constitutional Court, claimed victory on Sunday, saying his party would hold a “vast majority”.

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Russia hospitalizes almost 200 people after researcher's death from plague: reports

Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.

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Countries race to provide oral health care for all in 100-Day Sprint across Asia

Twenty Asian countries and areas across the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions vowed to strengthen essential oral health benefits as part of a “100-Day Sprint” initiative, during the 16th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting held from 27 to 29 September in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The meeting marked the midpoint of the 100-day sprint bolstering support for countries to develop essential oral health benefit packages that can be integrated into national universal health coverage plans. Convened by the two WHO regional offices and the Malaysian Ministry of Health as the Secretariat, the meeting brought together national oral health leaders from 20 Asian countries, staff from all levels of WHO, WHO collaborating centres and other development partners. Participating countries and areas included: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR) China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam. Participants reviewed progress and refined proposals using the WHO Service Package Delivery and Implementation (SPDI) Platform. Countries conducted bottleneck analyses across four key areas: service delivery, workforce, access to essential medicines and health products, and health financing. They identified practical actions to address implementation challenges and refined proposed revisions to their national oral health benefit packages. “There is no health without oral health. Through the 100-Day Sprint, countries are advancing the implementation of the Western Pacific regional implementation plan on oral health and strengthening progress towards universal health coverage,” noted WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala. Participants identified bottlenecks and proposed workable solutions to strengthen access to essential oral health care through primary health care, sharing experiences and discussing how best to translate policy commitments into feasible and sustainable action at the country level. Malaysian Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad highlighted the importance of prevention and primary health-care approaches to improve oral health: “Oral diseases can have lifelong consequences, yet many are preventable. By integrating essential oral health care into primary health care and promoting prevention in schools and communities, we can improve oral health across the life course.”The WHO team led by Dr Huong Tran, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control of the WHO Western Pacific Region and national oral health leads from over 20 Asian countries visited the SK Pekan Putatan School, Sabah for school oral health programme including flouride mouth rinsing. © WHO / V. ChaudharyDr Huong Tran, Director of the Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Control for the WHO Western Pacific Region, emphasized key collaborative roles WHO can play. “Oral diseases are the most common noncommunicable diseases, yet many can be prevented and treated through essential oral health services delivered at the primary health-care level,” she said. “By sharing experiences and using WHO tools such as the SPDI Platform, countries are accelerating progress towards universal health coverage for oral health.” “Integrating oral health into broader health services is essential for reducing inequities, expanding access and recognizing oral health as an integral component of overall health and well-being. The 100-Day Sprint provides an important opportunity to translate this commitment into practical action and ensure that quality oral health services reach all people, especially those most in need,” said Dr Suman Rijal, Director of the WHO South-East Asia regional Department of Healthier Populations and Noncommunicable Diseases. As host of the meeting, Malaysia showcased ongoing efforts to strengthen oral health care through primary health care and prevention-focused approaches, while providing a platform for countries across the two WHO regions to exchange experiences and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage for oral health. “WHO is encouraged by Malaysia's leadership in addressing the burden of oral diseases and advancing universal health coverage for oral health through practical, country-led action,” said Dr Rabi Abeyasinghe, WHO Representative to Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. Countries will continue to refine and figure costs for national oral health benefits during the remaining sessions of the 100 days. These efforts support implementation of the WHO Global strategy and action plan on oral health 2023–2030, while also helping to expand access to essential oral health services through stronger and more equitable health systems across the WHO Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions.______________For more information, or to arrange media interviews, contact: WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific: wprocom@who.int WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia: SEMediaRelations@who.int

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Oct 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia

Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.

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Oct 4 • 4:18 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large and ethnic tensions simmer
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Oct 4 • 2:43 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Polls close in Bosnia in race where pro-Russia politician looms large and ethnic tensions simmer

Polls have closed evening in Bosnia after an election shaped by economic pressures, a youth exodus and concerns over corruption. Some leading politicians stoked ethnic tensions that have divided the

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Can Alabama Star Keelon Russell Win Heisman Trophy This Season?

Alabama star quarterback Keelon Russell has pushed himself into the Heisman Trophy conversation this season.

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Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large and ethnic tensions simmer

Around 3.4 million voters are choosing the three members of the country's multi-ethnic presidency, lawmakers for the national Parliament and heads of institutions for the country's two entities.

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Ukraine’s Science Under Fire: Russia Is Targeting Knowledge, People and the Future

Russian strikes are killing scientists, destroying laboratories and equipment, and putting Ukraine’s scientific and technological capacity at risk.

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How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy

Hey all, Jason here. Money20/20 is still two weeks away, but I’ve already started packing (not procrastinating for once!). My calendar is already filling up with various sessions I want to catch, meetings, and of course happy hours, dinners, and other side events. If you’ll be in Vegas and want to catch up, let me know by replying to this email, and we can try to find a time amidst the chaos of the Venetian. A big if not totally unexpected piece of news dropped on Friday: the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group that represents smaller U.S. banks, filed a lawsuit against the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould, arguing that the regulator’s move to grant trust bank charters to firms seeking to use them to conduct substantial non-fiduciary activities exceeds the authorities granted to the OCC by Congress. I haven’t had time to fully digest the legal filing or speak to folks in my network about it, but you can expect to see coverage and analysis on it in next week’s newsletter. Subscribe or Support by Upgrading The NerdCon agenda just dropped. It’s stacked. Partner content: Nubank built an AI-first bank. Chime built its own banking core. Figure and Valon are rebuilding the mortgage stack. At NerdCon, you’ll hear from the people behind those bets: what they chose, what they learned, and what they’re still figuring out. The agenda is live, with leaders from Nubank, Chime, OpenAI, Remitly, Mercury, Figure, Valon and more. Follow the mainstage conversations, bring the problem your team is wrestling with to a hands-on workshop, or pull up a chair at a roundtable. Pick your quests. Meet us in San Diego, November 18–20. Fintech Business Weekly readers save 20% with code FBW20. Explore the Agenda Things To Know & Other Good Reads Federal Reserve Board finalizes changes to enhance the transparency and public accountability of its stress test and reduce volatility in its stress test-related capital requirements (Federal Reserve Board of Governors) FDIC Announces Conclusion of Independent Monitorship (FDIC) Modernizing Financial Regulation: Initial Observations from eSLR (Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman) The Data Version of Godzilla versus Kong: FRED Takes on AI (Fed Governor Christopher Waller) Financing the AI buildout (Brookings) Q3’26: Rules for Banks but Not for Crypto (Fintech Takes Banking) The Inevitability of Local Stablecoins (Lombard Notes) Delusions of AI Governance: The Human-in-the-Loop Comfort Blanket (Fintech Snark Tank) Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow (Stripe) Listen: Fighting Fraud in the Age of AI, with SEON’s Tamas Kadar (Fintech Business Weekly) How Americans’ Financial Health Is Faring In The “K-Shaped” Economy If there is one overarching theme across the economy and politics in the U.S. at the moment, it’s “affordability.” The term is vague enough to encompass a panoply of factors shaping Americans’ day-to-day lives: rising costs for the hallmarks of being “middle class,” including healthcare, housing, childcare, and education, inflation and rising interest rates, and a job market with the specter of AI hovering over it. At the same time, policy shifts under the Trump administration have resulted in reduced subsidies to those who get health insurance under the Affordable Care Act and new restrictions on qualifying for Medicaid and SNAP, the impacts of which have yet to be fully felt. These factors are contributing to declining consumer confidence and general dissatisfaction with the economy, despite continuing GDP growth and stock market records. This divergence is encapsulated in the idea of the “K-shaped” economy, in which a small proportion of Americans have seen their wealth balloon, while the majority of American households struggle to preserve the lifestyle they have. Perhaps the greatest determinant of which branch of the “K” a household is on is whether their wealth and income are primarily derived from employment vs. from assets. Nearly two decades of low interest rates and, more recently, elevated rates of inflation have benefited asset owners, while those whose income is primarily or solely derived from labor have largely seen real purchasing power stagnate or decline. This is reflected in recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing that labor share of U.S. GDP — the fraction of economic output that accrues to workers as compensation in exchange for their labor — dropped to just 52.8% in Q2 2026, the lowest since the BLS began keeping records. In 1947, approximately 2/3rds of economic output accrued to workers; even as recently as 2001, labor’s share of GDP was 64.1%. Against this backdrop, we’ve seen the rise of more credit and credit-like products: cash advance apps, “no-fee” overdraft, earned wage access, and buy now pay later, which are often used as small-dollar short-term borrowing mechanisms to meet immediate consumption needs or pay other bills (eg utilities, cell phone, other debt payments). With the markers of a middle class existence and, increasingly, basic financial stability seemingly out of reach for many, it should be no surprise there’s been an increase in “financial nihilism,” something industry peers like Alex Johnson and Frank Rotman have discussed and analyzed the roots of. The explosion of gambling and gambling-adjacent products and services — often marketed under the guise of being an “investment” — is inextricably intertwined with the rise of financial nihilism. Crypto, sports betting, and, more recently, prediction markets offer an escape or even hope of sorts, like a contemporary, digital version of a scratch-off lottery ticket, while leaving the overwhelming number of people who use such products worse off. Share of Households That Are Financially “Vulnerable” Ticks Up The Financial Health Network’s 2026 Financial Health Pulse® report adds context on how American households are faring. (I linked to this report in last week’s newsletter, but wanted to take time to further unpack the data in the report this week.) The Financial Health Network publishes the report annually, providing insight into how Americans’ financial circumstances are changing over time. The 2026 report is derived from a survey fielded in April and May 2026. The report leverages survey responses to assess indicators of financial health across spending, saving, borrowing, and planning/protecting and to determine a zero to 100 “FinHealth” score. Those with scores between 0 and 39 are considered “Financially Vulnerable,” consumers with scores ranging between 40 and 79 are defined as “Financially Coping,” and those with scores of 80 to 100 are “Financially Healthy.” The report found that moderate improvements in 2025 were reversed, with the share of respondents considered financially “vulnerable” rebounding to 17%. The longitudinal data reflect the impact of pandemic-era programs, like expanded unemployment, cash stimulus payments, and pauses of federal student loan payments. The positive impacts of those programs, as reflected in the Financial Health Pulse reports, had largely disappeared by 2023. While pandemic-era inflation — to be fair, in part caused by the various support and stimulus measures — had come down from as high as 9% in 2022, it has rebounded since the start of Trump’s second term, with tariffs and energy market disruptions owing to the war in Iran pushing prices back up. Specific indicators in the survey that deteriorated from 2025 to 2026 include the share of respondents spending less than their income over the past 12 months, the share paying all bills on time over the past 12 months, the share that have a manageable amount or no debt, the share that are “moderately” or “very” confident their insurance is adequate to cover them in an emergency, and the share that “somewhat” or “strongly” agree that their household plans ahead financially. Unsurprisingly, lower- and moderate-income households are more likely to struggle to pay their bills on time and have any funds leftover to save. The share of low-income households whose income exceeded their spending dropped from 35% in 2025 to 31% in 2026, while the share of upper-income households whose income exceeded expenses remained unchanged at 63%. Households with student loans or revolving credit card debt reported having “a bit more” or “far more” debt than was manageable at rates far higher than those not carrying these types of debts. The share of those with student loan debt indicating their debt load was too high to manage increased from 50% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while the share of those with revolving credit card debt saying the same ticked up from 51% in 2025 to 54% in 2026. Households that had student loans were markedly more likely to be financially “coping” or “vulnerable” vs. those without student loans. In 2026, 27% of households with student loans were considered financially vulnerable, a jump of 6% points vs. 2025. Households without student loans saw just a 1% point increase (not statistically significant) in those considered financially vulnerable. Households’ perception of the affordability of categories of goods and services paints a stark picture, with less than one-fourth considering higher education affordable, about a third deeming childcare affordable, and less than half viewing healthcare as affordable. Fintech Business Weekly is made possible by the generous support of paying subscribers — bringing you independent analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto without fear or favor. You can support my work by becoming a paying subscriber if you aren’t already. Paying subscribers enjoy: access to the entire archive of nearly six years of newsletters extended versions of the weekly newsletter, with additional content and analysis and (for founding member tier) quarterly personal 1:1 fintech Q&A / strategy calls with me, tapping into my unparalleled knowledge of the intersection of banking and fintech and experience working in the sector, including helping to launch Goldman Sachs’ retail bank Marcus Support Fintech Business Weekly You can also support Fintech Business Weekly by sponsoring a newsletter or podcast, putting you in front of 93,000+ of the most influential decision makers in banking, fintech, and crypto. Learn more about sponsor opportunities or request a media kit by dropping me an email. Democratic Senate Report Highlights How Iran Uses Tether to Evade U.S. Sanctions Iran uses stablecoins, specifically Tether, to evade sanctions, fund regional proxies, and to purchase military drones, a report released last week by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations says. The report was authored by committee ranking member Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and the minority staff. Crypto and stablecoin proponents will often push back on criticism that criminals make use of these assets by arguing that, on an absolute dollar basis, far more illicit funds flow through traditional banking systems and payment rails than via crypto and stablecoins. And while that is likely true, it elides the reality presented in news story after news story: whether state actors — Russia, Iran, North Korea — or criminal groups, those looking to engage in illicit transactions increasingly favor stablecoins and, specifically, Tether (USDT). The report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released last week adds context to how Iran uses Tether has a lynchpin in its shadow banking system. The report analyzed 846 wallets that have been sanctioned or targeted for seizure, finding that 84% of them transacted exclusively or primarily in Tether. The ability to create near limitless, anonymous wallets and to move funds effectively instantaneously and irreversibly have made crypto a favored financial mechanism for bad actors. Stablecoins solved key drawbacks of bitcoin, namely, the original cryptocurrency’s highly volatile value in dollars. And while Tether (the company) has the technical ability to “freeze” or destroy funds, the company is often limited and reactive in its approach to doing so, the Senate report argues. Tether, which is nominally based in crypto-friendly El Salvador, “has stated that its compliance with OFAC sanctions is ‘voluntary’ and that it follows ‘OFAC guidelines,’” the Senate report says. Owing to these favorable attributes, Tether “became a primary cryptocurrency for Iran, Hamas, Hizballah, and the Houthis beginning in 2023 and has expanded in scale since,” according to the report. Tether’s role in Iran’s shadow banking system, the report says, is enhanced by crypto exchanges like Bybit, Kyrrex, OKX, Gate, and Binance, and through “over the counter” exchanges and hawala networks. The consequences of these financial flows aren’t hypothetical. The Senate report links Tether as a funds transfer mechanism to Iranian proxies in the region, including Hizballah, the Houthis, and Hamas. Tether has also been used to make payments to secure components necessary to manufacture drones, the report says. The report concludes by arguing that “[s]tablecoin issuers with a significant nexus to the United States, particularly those that offer dollar-denominated stablecoins, should be subject to American sanctions law rather than being allowed to hide behind foreign jurisdictions.” Stablecoin issuers like Tether must be held accountable for repeated failures to prevent illicit finance and sanctions violations by law enforcement, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and OFAC, the report argues. [Paying Subscriber Exclusive] OUSD Goes Live, Make Your Own Neobank, U.S. Sanctions Russia’s A7 Network As “Transnational Criminal Organization” OpenUSD, the stablecoin issued by the Open Standard consortium that includes Stripe, Visa, Mastercard, core providers, crypto firms, and numerous banks, went live last week. Social commerce platform Whop raised eyebrows in fintech by offering creators on its platform the ability to launch their own neobanks, which the company describes as “great businesses that are easy to run,” in just 15 minutes. And OFAC and FinCEN target Russia’s “shadow banking” A7 Network — more on these stories after the paywall.

Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large and ethnic tensions simmer

Bosnia is holding a general election with citizens of all ethnicities focused on everyday problems. But mainstream politicians are whipping up war-era tensions that have kept the country divided since

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Polls open in Bosnia and Herzegovina as pro-Russian politician looms large over race

Bosnians are heading to the polls Sunday in elections that ​could impact their European Union membership bid and the influence that Russia seeks over the small Balkan nation. Bosnia and Herzegovina,…

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Oct 4 • 1:55 AM EDT • Politics • france24.com
Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over the race and ethnic tensions simmer

Bosnia is holding a general election with citizens of all ethnicities focused on everyday problems

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Oct 4 • 12:13 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Bosnia votes as pro-Russian politician looms large over the race and ethnic tensions simmer

Bosnia is holding a general election with citizens of all ethnicities focused on everyday problems | WWJ Newsradio 950

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Oct 4 • 12:07 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
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Trump Negotiators’ Business Ties Collide With Multibillion-Dollar Russian Oil Deal: NYT

Trump’s negotiations with Russia about Ukraine reportedly now include an oil deal involving business figures connected to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

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