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Federal investigators have linked 1,947 Cyclospora illnesses and at least 98 hospitalizations in nine states to shredded iceberg lettuce recalled by Taylor Farms de Mexico, and the case count is still climbing.
A target trial emulation in The BMJ found 37% more hair loss diagnoses among adults with type 2 diabetes who started a GLP-1 drug than among those who started an SGLT-2 inhibitor, and the FDA is now evaluating the finding as a formal safety signal.
The CDC has confirmed 2,318 measles cases so far in 2026, already more than all of last year and the highest total since 1991, as kindergarten vaccination coverage slips to 92.5%.