Moderna and Merck said a personalized mRNA vaccine, used with Keytruda, reduced recurrence and spread of high-risk melanoma in a late-stage trial. Experts called the results promising but cautioned that full data have not yet been released or peer-reviewed.
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President Trump said he will nominate White House health policy aide Dr. Heidi Overton to lead the FDA. If confirmed, she would take over amid disputes over vaccines, abortion medication, vaping policy and food safety.
Moderna and Merck said an experimental personalized mRNA vaccine combined with Keytruda helped keep high-risk melanoma from returning or spreading in a late-stage trial. The companies have not yet published the full data and plan to present it at a medical meeting and share it with regulators.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has reached 5,021 cases and 2,378 deaths, according to government data. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the epidemic is “far from being under control.”
Rumi, a baby born in Texas with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, underwent a Norwood procedure Monday, his biological parents’ lawyer said. The surgery comes amid a multistate custody and medical-care dispute involving the surrogate who gave birth to him.
U.S. kindergarten vaccine exemptions rose to a record 4.2% in the 2025-26 school year, while coverage for measles and other routine shots declined. The data come during the nation’s worst measles year since 1991.
President Trump welcomed 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams and 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai to the Oval Office after Williams rescued the boy from a rip current in Santa Cruz. The viral rescue has renewed attention on efforts in California to classify lifeguards as first responders.
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province has killed at least 68 people and left thousands displaced. Aid deliveries and medical care have been slowed by landslides, damaged hospitals and continuing aftershocks.