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– The American Heart Association has issued a scientific statement in Circulation affirming that most adults tolerate up to 400 milligrams of caffeine daily. This suggested upper limit corresponds to five standard 8-ounce cups of caffeinated black coffee prepared without

Belgium recorded 1,747 more deaths than expected during the heatwave from June 18 through July 1, 2026. The increase represented 47.8% excess mortality across the country during the measured period. Sciensano released the updated figures after reviewing deaths through the

France’s first Ebola patient diagnosed on French territory has recovered and left hospital, Health Minister Stéphanie Rist said. The patient, a humanitarian doctor, tested positive after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23. Rist said the patient

The World Health Organization said the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship could end on July 2, 2026, if no new cases emerge. The agency will consider the outbreak over when the last monitored contacts finish quarantine

France confirmed its first Ebola case on its territory after a doctor returned from a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a major outbreak continues. The French Health Ministry said the patient tested positive after returning from

The Council of the European Union approved a framework to implement the EU Drugs Strategy and endorsed a new EU action plan against drug trafficking, setting out measures to address drug use, organized crime, public health risks and drug-related harm

International health partners have accelerated work on investigational vaccines against Ebola’s Bundibugyo strain, as an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda continues without a licensed vaccine or specific approved treatment for the virus. The Coalition for

Low dose digoxin, a medicine derived from digitalis and used in cardiology for more than two centuries, has returned to the center of heart failure research after new Dutch and international studies reported fewer worsening heart failure events among patients

The World Health Organization said the Ebola outbreak linked to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda has grown sharply, with nearly 600 suspected cases and 139 suspected deaths under investigation, while confirmed infections remain lower than the wider

The European Commission has committed up to €73.7 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to support global epidemic and pandemic preparedness through vaccine research and development. The funding, announced on the occasion of the World Health Assembly, will