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We spent decades teaching people that cancer is mostly bad luck, bad genes, or bad habits.
Then you find out 2.3 million cases in a single year were attributable to infections.
Infections were responsible for 2.3 million new cancer cases in 2024, 12% of total global cases that year, a study has found.
The research found Helicobacter pylori to be the leading infectious cause of cancer
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
Natural Grocers recalls 2-lb organic mung beans over possible glass.
UPC 000080112600
Pack dates:
26-160, 26-173, 26-196, 26-224, 26-258.
Don’t eat. Return or discard.
Pay attention
On 20 October 2026, France reported the first documented case of human disease caused by the Shamonda virus. This virus primarily affects animals such as cattle, sheep, goats and horses.
WHO is in touch with the French authorities and is closely monitoring the situation.
Here is what you need to know ➡️
U.S. going to require all passengers flying into the U.S. to sign an attestation that they have not been in DRC past 21 days before boarding
France reports the first known human Shamonda infection.
“Never documented in humans” has an expiration date.
Fatal case.
Your pet’s medication may be the wrong strength.
Wedgewood recalled compounded vet drugs nationwide after unreliable potency testin.
Low potency can fail.
High potency can cause overdose.
"Ebola"
Nigeria: The Government of Nigeria reported a case of Bundibugyo virus disease (“Ebola”) on October 20. Health officials are conducting contact tracing. According to the Nigerian Ministry of Health, the individual traveled by air from Uganda. Ebola is a rare, severe, and often fatal hemorrhagic fever illness. More at: ng.usembassy.gov/health-aler…
Nigeria confirms imported Ebola in Abuja.
Symptoms: Oct 7
Hospital admission: Oct 11
Diagnosis: Oct 20
Authorities identified 44 contacts.
Nine days passed between admission and confirmation.
Right glucose. Wrong patient.
FDA’s new StatStrip Gen 2.0 recall notice warns that results can land in someone else’s chart, risking inappropriate insulin.
Kenya is now “reconsider travel” for Americans.
The Oct 19 US advisory cites Ebola alongside "security and road risks."
CDC’s Ebola notice remains Level 1: usual precautions.
FDA: avoid oysters from Little Wicomico Oyster Co. (VA-1421-SP), harvested in Virginia’s Little Wicomico River Sept 18–Oct 8.
Another bird flu outbreak.
Another poultry farm quarantined.
Another flock destroyed.
Wisconsin just reported its second outbreak in the same county in five weeks.
At what point does a recurring biological emergency stop being treated like routine paperwork?
