Weekly Debrief October

The Daily D

Oct 19

1. Pope Leo XIV’s cancer surgery. The 71-year-old pope was diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer and released from the hospital days after surgery. On Sunday he thanked crowds in St. Peter’s Square and said he’ll gradually return to his usual duties.

2. Strokes are rising in younger adults. Stroke rates have nearly doubled among people ages 20 to 54 over almost three decades.

3. RFK Jr. renews vaccine fight. On a Friday visit to Concord, the HHS Secretary again questioned the hepatitis B vaccine’s safety, and the NIH Clinical Center board publicly denounced him for undermining trust in the hospital’s work.

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