The 2025 chikungunya outbreak has surged from the Indian Ocean to Europe, prompting an urgent global research response. With no antivirals and limited vaccine access, laboratories and biotech firms are under pressure to deliver solutions fast.

The appearance of thousands of formulaic biomedical studies has been linked to the rise of text-generating AI tools. Data from five large open-access health databases are being used to generate thousands of poor-quality, formulaic papers, an analysis has found. Its authors say that the surge in publications could indicate the exploitation of these databases by people using large language models (LLMs) to mass-produce scholarly articles, or even by paper mills — companies that churn out papers to order.

Kasus campak di Kabupaten Sumenep, Madura, Jawa Timur, kian mengkhawatirkan. Berdasarkan data Dinas Kesehatan Pengendalian Penduduk dan Keluarga Berencana (Dinkes P2PKB) Kabupaten Sumenep, tercatat 1.944 balita terserang campak sejak Januari hingga Agustus 2025, dengan 12 balita meninggal dunia.

WHO today launched a new guide on Measuring and monitoring quality of care for maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health services. The guide and its accompanying tool are designed to support programme managers, policymakers and health workers in strengthening efforts to measure, monitor and improve the quality of health services, especially for maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. Key messages in the guide include the following.