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Surge in worldwide measles cases driven by lack of vaccine coverage, WHO says The Washington PostMeasles cases surge worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023 World Health OrganizationVideo Measles cases surge worldwide in 2023: WHO ABC NewsMeasles is debilitating and deadly, and cases are surging, WHO and CDC warn CNNProgress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2023 CDC

The ISS Is Leaking Air—And NASA and Russia Can’t Agree Why Gizmodo‘Possibility of a catastrophic failure’: Inside the space station leak problem that has NASA worried CNNNASA and Roscosmos disagree on cause and severity of ISS air leak SpaceNewsNASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens' Yahoo!

New study predicts 260M obese Americans by 2050, Trump nominates RFK Jr. as health secretary, and the Onion buys Infowars Yahoo! VoicesThree-Quarters of U. S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese The New York TimesAlmost 3 in 4 US adults overweight or obese: Research The Hill‘Obesity is at a crisis point’: Study predicts that 260 million in US will be overweight or obese by 2050 CNNUS Obesity Crisis Expected to Worsen by 2050, Study Warns Bloomberg

Mystery of the “Red Monsters”: Webb Finds Massive Early Galaxies That Shouldn’t Exist SciTechDailyJames Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative Space.com'The bottom line is, I told you so': JWST observations upend standard model of how galaxies form, new study claims Livescience.comAstronomers’ theory of galaxy formation may be upended The Daily | Case Western Reserve UniversityMysterious Ultra-Massive Galaxies Spotted in Early Universe Sci.

CDC: Overdose deaths set to dip below 100,000 for the first time since 2020 SalonCDC says US drug overdose deaths have declined BBC.comFatal drug overdoses are declining nationally — but not in Alaska Anchorage Daily NewsOpioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month, now lowest since 2020 CBS News

Partial resistance to key malaria drug found in young children in Uganda University of Minnesota Twin CitiesResistance to crucial malaria drug detected in severely ill kids in Africa Nature.comScientists Worried As Lifesaving Malaria Drug In Africa Proving Less Effective NDTVFears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug The Guardian