Response

• The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), representing over 3,300 local health departments, released new research on public health preparedness and response capacities. • Findings indicate that over half of local health departments feel completely prepared to handle small-scale infectious disease outbreaks (59%), pandemics (57%), and vaccine-preventable diseases (53%). • This data is critical for identifying systemic strengths and gaps in the U.S. public health infrastructure to ensure more effective responses to future health crises.

• Info-Tech Research Group released its 2026 Data Quadrant report on June 24, 2026, identifying the top "Champions" in the Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) market. • The rankings are based on verified end-user feedback to highlight solutions that effectively improve threat visibility and accelerate incident detection and response. • This report matters as organizations increasingly rely on EDR tools to strengthen cybersecurity resilience and protect modern IT environments from evolving threats.

• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to formally end its hantavirus response, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing acting director Jay Bhattacharya. • The decision follows a cruise ship outbreak that occurred nearly two months prior, which resulted in three fatalities. • This wind-down signifies the conclusion of the official public health emergency response to this specific cluster of infections.

Police will investigate how they interacted with Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, after her family requested the reviewGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice in Western Australia have agreed to review how they interacted with Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent victims of the disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein, in the lead-up to her death a year ago by suicide.Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, told ABC radio on Wednesday morning that they had written to both the state coroner and the police requesting an investigation into how police handled a domestic violence dispute she was involved in before she took her life on her WA farm last April at age 41. Continue reading...

• Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy stated she is "not satisfied" with Channel 4's response to the government regarding allegations of rape and sexual assault. • The concerns follow a BBC Panorama report featuring two former cast members of Married at First Sight UK who alleged they were victims of abuse. • While the men accused in the report have denied the allegations, the government is questioning the broadcaster's handling of the situation and cast safety.

Number of people infected now tops 1,000 though health officials say the global risk remains lowSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will tap $107m in emergency funding for Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, officials said on Thursday.The continued Ebola outbreak in the DRC comes as Canada, Mexico and the US jointly host the Fifa World Cup, attracting visitors from around the world. The officials said the outbreak, now the third largest on record, required “strong immediate support”, but that the global risk remained low. Continue reading...

The attack forced commercial flights and airports to be suspended for safety reasons Hegseth says that “some of Nato’s largest economies, some of our richest countries, allies that are happiest to go on about the rules-based international order and middle powers banding together still think the era of free riding is here.”He says Trump disagrees.“This is not what any reasonable person would expect, and it’s not going to cut it any more.”“The United States has defended Europe for generations, and the President said all he said was that our jets would need to take off from bases in Europe or our ships from ports to strike targets in the Middle East, Iranian targets that threaten European interests even more directly than they threaten us.But too many of our allies said no, or tried to drown us in arcane legal debates, or criticised us publicly for doing what they aren’t prepared or able to do themselves. It was shameful. Continue reading...