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Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Yemen displacement, Gaza flooding

Africa CDC’s latest Ebola figures put the death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 5,372. Researchers have begun vaccine trials against the outbreak strain, which has no approved vaccine or specific treatment. The UN says fighting has displaced more than 323,000 people in Yemen since August, while hospitals in besieged Taiz warn that emergency services could close if fuel runs out. Gaza authorities say rain flooded at least 70,000 tents, leaving displaced families without dry shelter as emergency crews respond.

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Science weekly, covering 2–8 NovemberPublished By AveNews SI desk4 minScience

Written by AveNews superintelligence (SI) from AveNews articles and their sources.

Two masked health workers in protective gowns examine a paper and a vial at a table with sample tubes, beneath a Democratic Republic of the Congo flag. SI illustration
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Health

Cocaine-linked deaths overtake heroin in England and Wales

Cocaine was mentioned more often than any other single substance in drug-poisoning deaths registered in England and Wales, although opiates and opioids combined were linked to more deaths. Registration delays mean the figures do not all relate to deaths in the same year.

US FDA says three estrogen patches to lose boxed risk warnings

The US FDA says three more menopause estrogen patches will lose boxed risk warnings, following changes to six treatments in February. A Yale researcher says removing warnings without clear justification could mislead patients; the agency says it is working on labels for remaining treatments.

Earth

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Health

  1. US disease control agency confirms third measles death of 2026

    Painterly scene of three dark oval objects in a shallow tray on a wooden table, with blank white sheets behind them and window shadows on a blue wall. SI illustration

  2. Novo Nordisk drug lowers inflammation markers but not heart events in trial

    Painting of a curved glass office building beside two rows of white hearts, one surrounded by a red haze. SI illustration

  3. Congo raid leaves 33 bodies, local leaders say

    A painted scene shows a masked health worker in protective clothing beside empty beds and mosquito nets, looking toward people on a rural road. SI illustration
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  1. Armenia’s food inspectorate bans sales of some Kinder sweets

    A gloved person examines the label on a red-and-white wrapped sweet at a shop counter, with similar packets and shelves of colorful goods nearby. SI illustration

  2. Pennsylvania records over 1,400 measles cases and 6 deaths, state data show

    A gloved woman gives a man an injection in his upper arm, while three people sit at a table behind them. A town is visible through the window. SI illustration

  3. Northern Ireland’s health minister pauses Phone First cuts

    A painted telephone handset lies beside a folded map, its cord reaching a turquoise-highlighted area. SI illustration

  4. Azerbaijan’s food agency orders Ukrainian spread off sale

    A worker handles small tubs beside grocery shelves, with Azerbaijani and Ukrainian flags hanging above. SI illustration

  5. England records more than 373,000 cancer diagnoses in 2024

    A clinician stands beside a patient on a scanner bed, with stacks of folders in the foreground and an NHS England sign on the wall. SI illustration

  6. British healthcare worker with Ebola reaches specialist unit

    A painted white van with a blue roof light on a wet, curving road beneath a grey sky. SI illustration

  7. Armenia’s food safety body checks 11 dairy companies

    A blue-gloved lab worker pours a white liquid into a beaker beside bottles, tubs and Petri dishes, with test tubes and a microscope in the background. SI illustration

  8. UK flu hospitalizations rise to 2.83 per 100,000, health agency says

    A healthcare worker in blue scrubs holds a sheet of paper beside a patient in a hospital bed, with more beds and blue curtains behind them. SI illustration

  9. Trial finds Repatha outperforms ezetimibe

    A painted balance scale holds a syringe on one side and a white tablet on the other, with a large anatomical heart behind it. SI illustration

  10. US health agency delays competitive rural health awards for 2027

    Painted folders lie on two paths: one leads to a rural building, the other to a closed gate beneath a CMS sign. A blank desk calendar and papers sit nearby. SI illustration

  11. England’s Football Association launches women’s anterior cruciate ligament study

    A painted footballer runs toward a ball on a training pitch, with a pale swirl around her knee. In the foreground, a person holds an open booklet labeled “IMPERIAL.” SI illustration

  12. Armenian court extends ex-minister Gagik Khachatryan’s detention by two months

    Sunlit operating room with a spine model on a draped surgical table, an overhead lamp, imaging machines, and a city view through a large window. SI illustration

  13. Sudan drone strikes stop dialysis for 25 patients, UN coordinator says

    A painted low-angle view of a man standing beside a dialysis machine with a dark screen and looping tubes. Another machine sits in the background near a window. SI illustration

  14. US president signs ALS program reauthorization through 2031

    Painterly close-up of a transparent multiwell tray, with branching cell-like shapes in pastel-colored wells against a blue-gray surface. SI illustration

  15. 16 English health bodies report not using Palantir’s data platform

    Painted hospital workstation with an old beige computer, a black monitor, keyboards and a tray of papers. Behind it is an empty corridor with doors and a wheeled bed. SI illustration

  16. Washington’s Yakima County resident dies of bird flu, health officials say

    An illustration of a milking machine’s four metal cups resting on a wet barn floor, with a cow behind a railing. SI illustration

  17. Northern Ireland’s health department confirms UK wholesalers lack Nabilone

    A painted illustration of a seated woman holding an empty two-compartment tray as a man gestures toward it. Autumn trees are visible through the window. SI illustration

  18. Lancet Countdown estimates 710,000 heat-linked deaths in 2023

    In a sunlit worksite, a worker reaches for a cup offered by a woman under a canopy, beside a water cooler. Other workers dig and rake in the background. SI illustration

  19. Lilly says experimental retatrutide beats Ozempic in diabetes study

    Overhead illustration of a woman pulling out the waistband of oversized trousers, with a man behind her doing the same. SI illustration

  20. US drug regulator grants Voceryq accelerated approval for airway disease

    Medical illustration of a cutaway airway with pale pink, clustered growths on its inner walls. SI illustration

Earth

  1. Singapore sets 40% emissions threshold for aviation fuel purchases

    Painted airport scene with a plane, control tower and fuel pipes; two horizontal bars and a double-headed arrow marked 40% appear in the foreground. SI illustration

  2. Belgian court refers 3 Project One emissions questions to EU court

    A painted waterfront industrial complex with an INEOS sign, beneath three blank sheets hanging between classical court buildings. SI illustration

  3. Armenia’s rescuers free 7 vehicles stranded by snow

    A yellow tow truck pulls a white semi on a snowy mountain road as two workers stand nearby. Other vehicles follow, and red, blue and orange stripes appear in the sky. SI illustration
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  1. EU Parliament committee opposes listing 2 Indian shipyards

    Illustration of six people at a curved meeting table, four raising their hands, with two model ships in front and a European Parliament emblem and EU flag on the wall. SI illustration

  2. China approves law governing Antarctic research and exploration

    Three penguins stand on a snowy shore near a bundled person and equipment cases. A ship sits offshore against icy mountains, with a pale yellow band curving across the water. SI illustration

  3. Study links mercury in Maya lakes to aquatic losses

    Two transparent cylinders of layered sediment with small organism shapes stand beside a calm lake, with a boat in the distance. SI illustration

  4. Russia’s emergency ministry reports blackouts in 12 towns

    A painted snowy town beneath dark clouds, with glowing windows, power lines and a Russian flag on a building against a backdrop of wooded hills. SI illustration

  5. Peru seizes more than 3,000 tarantulas bound for Germany

    A painted airport scene shows tarantulas among socks in an open suitcase, with ventilated containers nearby and a Peruvian flag on the wall. SI illustration

  6. UK Environment Agency orders action at 1,000-tonne sludge site

    A large dark mound sits beside a muddy track in an excavated landscape, with a person in a high-visibility jacket standing on the ridge. SI illustration

  7. McCaysville crews rescue more than 30 from flooding, police chief says

    A painted scene of people in a boat on a flooded residential street, with others guiding it toward a house and a person standing at the doorway. SI illustration

  8. Armenia’s inspectorate reports pumps removed, 4 traps and dead fox found

    A painted riverbank scene with two pumps, a long pipe and four wire traps, one holding a fox; fields and mountains stretch beyond. SI illustration

  9. Singapore’s Parliament passes tougher haze enforcement law

    A painted parliamentary chamber with people seated around a central desk piled with papers. A Singapore flag hangs beside an empty chair, with a hazy city skyline visible through the windows. SI illustration

  10. Rescuers bring all 11 missing boat occupants ashore in Telangana

    An orange boat rests at a muddy riverbank as five people in rain-soaked clothing walk along the shore under a grey sky. SI illustration

  11. Corpus Christi voters approve industrial water surcharges

    A painted scene shows a hard-hatted worker crouching beside a large pipe gauge, with industrial tanks and a shallow water channel behind him. SI illustration

  12. Bacteria leave 4 times fewer algae than virus alone in lab test

    A painted close-up of green spheres and small gray rod shapes in a turquoise dish, with laboratory glassware in the background. SI illustration

  13. Antarctic ozone hole ranks seventh largest in 48 years, NASA and NOAA say

    A painted view of Antarctica on a blue globe, surrounded by swirling white bands and a purple halo. SI illustration

  14. Nearly 200 nations adopt biodiversity agreements in Yerevan

    Painterly illustration of people working around tables with stacks of papers in a sunlit room; large windows overlook a city and a snow-capped mountain. SI illustration

  15. Climate funding to poorer countries stalls at up to $32 billion, UN says

    A woman and a man stack sandbags in a gap in a coastal embankment, with houses and palm trees along the shore. SI illustration

  16. India’s Supreme Court permits certified green firecrackers in Delhi

    A uniformed man examines a bag of red firecrackers as a woman watches and another man holds an open box containing more packets on a hazy street. SI illustration

  17. UK plans to put energy brokers under regulator Ofgem

    A painted scene shows a woman in an apron holding two blank sheets. Behind her, another woman gestures toward a man carrying a stack of papers. SI illustration

  18. Cali Fund receives just $7,085 against $1 billion annual goal

    Illustration of a large, mostly dry earthen basin with a small pool fed by a stream. Seedlings line its rim; a lake and mountains lie beyond. SI illustration

  19. Rio Tinto and partners commit to cane-toad containment plan

    A painted toad sits on red earth beside a low oval barrier surrounding a rectangular water trough, with dry grass, trees and red mesas in the distance. SI illustration

  20. Brazil publishes roadmaps on fossil fuels and deforestation

    A painted metal lever with a wooden handle sits between two branching channels: one filled with coal, the other with green plants and exposed roots. SI illustration

  21. Vietnam records its hottest October since 1961

    Overhead illustration of four people walking toward a shaded canopy across a sunny, leaf-strewn path; one carries a hand fan. Green foliage borders the scene. SI illustration

  22. US environmental agency ends factory-farm emissions estimates work

    Overhead illustration of cattle in fenced pens beside long barns, with a person at a gate and pale wisps drifting across the scene. SI illustration

  23. Cyclone Murasu makes landfall on India’s east coast

    People carrying bags board a bus near a windswept shore, where boats and bent palm trees stand beneath a cloudy sky. A hooded person helps a woman at the door. SI illustration

  24. Armenia’s mining inspectorate finds 114 suspected illegal extraction cases

    A painted overhead view of a terraced stone quarry, where one person stretches a measuring tape along a rock face while another writes on a pad. SI illustration

  25. Armenia joins Freshwater Challenge to restore rivers and wetlands

    A painted landscape of a winding river flowing through reed-filled wetlands, with trees and low hills beneath a cloudy sky. SI illustration

  26. Four Corners floods force evacuations and rooftop rescues

    Illustration of a flooded neighborhood: one person holds a rope on a house roof while another holds it from a motorboat alongside. SI illustration

Space

  1. NASA awards Blue Origin $94 million to deliver Moon rover

    Technicians work on a wheeled rover in a sunlit hangar, with a large gold-and-silver lander on supports behind them. SI illustration

  2. NASA opens $1 million Moon Base student design challenge

    Two people work on a tabletop model of a cratered lunar base with domed buildings and solar panels; a NASA logo hangs on the wall. SI illustration

  3. NASA opens applications for its 25th astronaut class

    A woman sits at a desk using a laptop displaying the red NASA wordmark. Books, a mug and a notebook sit nearby, with a sunset and moon visible through the window. SI illustration
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  1. China’s space agency selects Pakistani astronaut for Shenzhou-24

    A person in blue coveralls stands with hands on hips, facing an open cylindrical chamber with steps leading to a workspace inside. SI illustration

  2. Astronomers find two debris rings around a white dwarf

    A bright white star sits inside two broad, concentric rings of orange and violet debris against a dark, star-speckled sky. SI illustration

  3. Astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Anil Menon deploy final station solar array

    Two astronauts in white spacesuits hold a long solar array outside a space station, with Earth and a sunrise below. SI illustration

  4. US aviation agency proposes launch-abort and debris rules

    A painted FAA seal sits between a rocket and a descending capsule with debris, alongside labels about flight-abort thresholds and reentry debris risk. SI illustration

  5. Researchers find evidence of dusty water ice in comet 3I/ATLAS

    A painted comet with a dark center and a broad, pale blue-white cloud, surrounded by scattered fragments against dark space. SI illustration

  6. NASA’s Swift observatory ends science mission after nearly 22 years

    Illustration of a telescope-like satellite with two solar panels above Earth's curved, cloud-covered horizon, with stars and a bright light in the distance. SI illustration

  7. Canada appoints Alexander MacDonald to lead its space agency

    A man seen from behind stands outside a glass-fronted building, looking toward a satellite displayed inside. Patches of snow line the walkway. SI illustration

  8. NASA awards relay contracts to Astranis, Global and Viasat

    A painted spacecraft and solar panel fill the foreground, facing a translucent satellite with a dish and solar panels; Earth appears in the distance. SI illustration

  9. Researchers image known planet 51 Eridani b in Webb data

    A small blue sphere against a dark purple, brushstroked background, with a bright white area in the upper left. SI illustration

  10. China outlines test missions for a crewed Moon landing before 2030

    A painted illustration of two gray spacecraft facing each other above a cratered lunar surface against a dark sky. SI illustration

  11. Researchers estimate dwarf galaxies retain only 4–25% of their oxygen

    A painterly purple and blue galaxy glows against a dark, star-speckled background, with broad turquoise wisps streaming upward. SI illustration

General Science

  1. Researchers identify giant ancient rodent from Thai fossil teeth

    A painted scene of two large fossil teeth embedded in dark earth, with calipers in the foreground and a terraced excavation behind them. SI illustration

  2. Researchers describe 280 Ice Age engravings in Catalan cave

    A painted cave passage with animal outlines and clusters of loop-shaped marks engraved on a warmly lit rock wall. SI illustration

  3. Burial yields oldest direct evidence of cannabis intoxication, researchers say

    Gloved hands use tweezers to examine a dark braid in a tray beside another tray of seeds, with an excavation and mountains in the background. SI illustration
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  1. Armenia’s government approves physical superintelligence program

    A painted scene shows a man listening to a gesturing woman at a table, beside a robotic arm and a wooden block. An Armenian flag hangs behind them. SI illustration

  2. Bell Beaker ancestry persisted in Europe through the Iron Age

    A painted clay pot, tooth and bone lie in reddish soil, with a winding path leading toward distant thatched buildings. SI illustration

  3. Tajikistan’s science academy and Xinjiang agree to build laboratory

    Two people crouch in a patch of soil, one holding up a vial and the other holding a tray of earth. A translucent blue building and snowcapped mountains rise behind them. SI illustration

  4. UK health agency launches study of chemical exposure

    Illustration of blue-gloved hands handling a rack of test tubes filled with red and yellow liquids in a laboratory. SI illustration

  5. Armenia’s Liana Khachatryan wins microelectronics Olympiad

    A painted scene shows three people examining circuit boards beside a podium, with a large gold medal on a circuit-patterned wall and a city visible through the windows. SI illustration

  6. US science agency cuts new social-science grant spending to $94 million

    A woman places papers and a folded chair into a canvas bag beside a recorder. Another folding chair stands near a window and a bookcase. SI illustration

  7. US agency offers up to $1 million to study gender dysphoria and violence

    A painterly illustration of a woman holding a stack of books and reaching for another on a library shelf, with a table and chairs in the background. SI illustration

  8. Czech mission documents Ikhetnefert’s chapel at Saqqara

    A painted desert scene shows a stone chamber entrance supported by wooden beams, with surrounding ruins and a stepped pyramid in the distance. SI illustration

  9. US medical library pauses Scientific Reports indexing, editor says

    A painted scene of a person handling a stack of papers beside a wheeled cart in a sunlit library lined with bookshelves. SI illustration

Reports for this week

  • A painted view of a grand stone building with columns, with a gold line rising across its lower facade and small brick houses to the right. SI illustration
    AveNews

    UK interest rates, French protests, US measles deaths

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, and Governor Andrew Bailey said another rise could be warranted. The next decision is due on 17 December. France’s Interior Ministry provisionally estimated at least 600,000 demonstrators demanding higher wages and better public services. Wisconsin recorded its first measles death in 36 years.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min38 sources

  • A painted supermarket scene shows a technician holding a cable beside a control box, with refrigerated shelves, a store worker and a Belgian flag in the background. SI illustration
    Technology

    Refrigeration cyberattacks, SonicWall patch deadline, false emergency alerts

    Refrigeration cyberattacks have reached at least 11 European countries, prompting US agencies to urge operators to secure exposed controls. Federal civilian agencies must secure systems affected by an actively exploited SonicWall flaw by 20 November 2026. Russia and Ukraine also experienced false emergency alerts, with Ukrainian authorities directing residents to official channels and sirens.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min44 sources

  • A painted streetscape shows pedestrians outside a large columned stone building, with “4%” displayed on a blue banner across its facade. SI illustration
    Business

    UK rate rise, Armenian and Australian rate increases, stock-market losses

    The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%, its first increase since August 2023, with the next decision due on 17 December. Armenia’s policy rate reached 7%, while Australia’s cash-rate target rose to 4.85%. A technology-share sell-off pushed the Nasdaq into correction territory.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min55 sources

  • People gather outside a modern building beneath an Irish flag; a radio studio with a microphone and mixing desk is visible through a window. SI illustration
    Culture

    RTÉ evacuation, Diamond stock settlement, Steam release checks

    A bomb threat interrupted RTÉ’s radio schedule and prompted staff evacuations at Irish newsrooms as authorities worked to identify those responsible. Diamond publishers secured a settlement requiring Sparkle Pop to make their stock available for removal. Valve added checks for games awaiting release on Steam to help reduce repeat reviews.

    Weekly report · covering

    3 min25 sources

  • A painted scene of five people gathered beneath an NCAA logo in an arena, facing a large closed door; basketball courts are visible through side entrances. SI illustration
    Sports

    Athlete eligibility reversal, Jesús de Miguel’s death, hockey exclusions

    A US appeals court reversed the fifth-year eligibility ruling for athletes who graduated high school in 2022, leaving separate state-court orders in place as cases continue. Tenerife confirmed Jesús de Miguel’s death after a collision during a match, with a disciplinary decision pending. Canada’s restriction excludes Russian and Belarusian players from the junior hockey tournament in Alberta.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min40 sources

  • Two gloved health workers handle a vial and a packaged syringe outside a building displaying the Democratic Republic of the Congo flag; people sit inside. SI illustration
    Politics

    DR Congo Ebola vaccine trials, Ukraine power cuts, France’s strike

    Africa CDC puts Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at 5,372, as vaccine trials begin against an outbreak strain with no approved vaccine or specific treatment. Attacks on energy infrastructure halted Kyiv’s water supply and metro network. France’s strike disrupted schools and other services, with Lecornu planning wage and purchasing-power talks.

    Weekly report · covering

    4 min34 sources