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02Well
First-of-Its-Kind Vaccine Ushers in New Hope for Cancer Patients
Beyond melanoma, scientists are studying cancer vaccines for glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and more.
Nina Agrawal
03Climate
Heat Waves Killed an Estimated 50,000 in European Cities, a Likely Record
This summer’s heat was the continent’s deadliest by far this century, according to new peer-reviewed estimates.
Raymond Zhong
04Climate
Losing Ground in the Climate Fight
From Brazil to the North Sea, economic interests have been edging out climate priorities this week.
05Politics
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections
Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump, pushed food reforms but grew frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.
Christina Jewett
06Climate
Nearly All of the World’s Shallow Coral Reefs Are Now Critically Endangered
If climate change continues apace, 96 percent of shallow coral reef ecosystems may collapse within 50 years, including in Australia’s Great Barrier reef.
Catrin Einhorn
07Climate
To Make Way for Data Centers, Google Will Pay Others to Use Less Power
The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.
Brad Plumer
08Australia
Australian Zoo Plays Matchmaker for Giant Birds, and Big Green Eggs Are Proof
A southern cassowary at the Adelaide Zoo has laid eggs there for the first time in 34 years, after a carefully managed breeding process.
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
09Health
C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test
The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.
Apoorva Mandavilli
10Climate
Trump Ties Disaster Aid to Votes as Midterm Fight Heats Up
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance have dangled FEMA money to disaster-struck states during recent campaign rallies.
Scott Dance