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Portuguese hospital lets pets visit owners on the wards: test for paradigm shift
In northern and central Europe, pets are usually kept outside hospitals. Sao Joao's flexible model balances clinical benefits and safety, with no infections so far. "There is excessive fear," says the doctor who helped draft the rules.
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Menopause medicine crisis goes beyond Spain
The shortage of Lenzetto has had a domino effect on other menopause hormone treatments in Spain and other European countries. Spain's Health Ministry expects supplies to improve in November, but Spain's Medicines watchdog warns the timetable is still unclear.
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Russia dismisses transparency calls amid reports of second plague case
Rospotrebnadzor said nearly 5,000 tests found no dangerous pathogens and saw "no epidemic risk," while the Kremlin called most media reporting "false" and said it had no knowledge of a US demarche formally requesting additional information.
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Invasive plant spreads across Portugal and lengthens allergy season
Known for its showy plumes and used as an ornamental for decades, pampas grass, also known as Cortaderia selloana, is spreading, threatening biodiversity and raising vegetation management costs. Experts call for urgent action to halt its advance and reduce pollen exposure.
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Russia denies lab worker died of plague as quarantine stays in place
Rospotrebnadzor said tests found no pathogen linked to the deceased lab worker's work at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, but more than 60 colleagues remained isolated inside the building and several hospitals stayed closed without explanation.
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German and US scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their research into light-gated ion channels and optogenetics — a method that "provides opportunities for mapping the brain in a way that we could once only dream of."