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Briefing: Eli Lilly’s ‘triple-G’ drug leads to significant blood sugar, weight reductions in diabetes trial

Strategic angle: Diabetes patients taking an investigational drug from Eli Lilly saw significant reductions in their blood sugar and weight in a late-stage study.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: STAT+: Six drugmakers, six months: Charting the FDA’s course in the post-Prasad era

Strategic angle: Will the FDA’s regulatory policies, particularly for rare-disease drugs, shift in the wake of Vinay Prasad’s imminent departure?

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: High-resolution atlas shows how thirsty plants hold out during drought

Strategic angle: A new study reveals how plants adapt to extreme drought conditions in the American Southwest.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Mystery fish deaths in Papua New Guinea prompt health warning

Strategic angle: Villagers on a remote island in Papua New Guinea have been warned not to eat fish until scientists can identify the cause of thousands of deaths of marine creatures and hundreds of cases of illness.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country

Strategic angle: Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, particularly affecting teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees

Strategic angle: This KFF survey examines the cost concerns and coverage changes experienced by ACA Marketplace enrollees in 2025 following the expiration of enhanced benefits.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: KFF Follow-Up Survey Reveals Rising Costs for Marketplace Enrollees

Strategic angle: A recent survey indicates that half of Marketplace enrollees are facing significantly higher costs after the end of enhanced premium tax credits.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Senate Democrats Lay Out Plans to Overhaul Health Insurance After Setbacks Under Trump

Strategic angle: Democrats are sharpening their health care message as the midterms loom.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Why $4 gasoline is the tipping point for EVs

Strategic angle: As fuel costs climb, the long-term math shifts toward EVs — but consumer hesitation and infrastructure gaps could slow the transition.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Tropical Cyclone Narelle to make landfall in far north Qld on Friday as category 5 storm, bringing 315km/h wind gusts

Strategic angle: Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, intensified offshore to category 5, fueled by warm waters in Coral Sea.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: UK to cut climate aid to developing countries by 14% to £2bn a year in ‘refocus’

Strategic angle: Move will put national security and lives overseas at risk, critics say, as overall UK aid budget is slashed to 0.3% of gross national income.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Apex sells satellite for Japanese technology demonstration mission

Strategic angle: Satellite manufacturer Apex has secured a contract to deliver a spacecraft bus for a Japanese technology demonstration.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Power prices expected to fall by up to 10% from July, bringing ‘welcome relief’ to Australia’s east coast

Strategic angle: Increased output from wind generation and batteries, and falling electricity contract prices, are expected to deliver lower energy bills.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Stopping gas dictating UK energy price could cut bills by £200, thinktank says

Strategic angle: Household energy bills could be reduced by up to £203 a year by stopping expensive fossil gas from setting the price of energy in the UK, according to Common Wealth.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Scientists recreated a dinosaur nest to solve a 70-million-year-old mystery

Strategic angle: Researchers have built a life-size oviraptor nest to uncover the hatching methods of these ancient dinosaurs.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: HHS Watchdog Critiques Nursing Homes for Antipsychotic Drug Misuse

Strategic angle: Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguising the practice as schizophrenia treatment, a watchdog finds.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Changing shower and toilet habits could help close England's five billion-liter water gap, research finds

Strategic angle: A new report suggests that altering daily water usage habits could significantly reduce England's water shortfall.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Australia’s “Red Centre” Turns Green

Strategic angle: Abundant rainfall in February and March 2026 transformed the desert landscape of Central Australia.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: More and more teachers and students are using AI, even though it might do more harm than good

Strategic angle: K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms.

Editorial Staff Mar 19

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Briefing: Some 'designer' crossbreed dogs may have more problem behaviors than pure breeds

Strategic angle: A study reveals that certain designer crossbreeds exhibit more undesirable behaviors compared to their purebred counterparts.

Editorial Staff Mar 19