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U.S. overdose deaths fell nearly 14% in 2025
CDC’s provisional estimate fell to 69,973; opioid-involved deaths also declined.
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WHO: 287 million people lived with chronic hepatitis B or C in 2024
WHO’s 2026 report estimates 1.34 million viral hepatitis deaths in 2024 and highlights gaps in diagnosis and treatment.
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UN estimates: 4.9 million children died before age five in 2024
New child mortality estimates put neonatal deaths at 2.3 million in 2024 and show slower progress since 2015.
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WHO says population requiring trachoma interventions fell below 100 million
By November 2025, 97.1 million people required trachoma interventions, a 94% decline from 2002, WHO said.
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WHO estimated 282 million malaria cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024
Prevention tools helped avert an estimated 170 million cases and one million deaths, yet total burden rose.
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U.S. online retail sales were $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated seasonally adjusted retail e-commerce sales at $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3, up 5.1% year over year.
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UN agencies estimate 260,000 maternal deaths in 2023
A joint report finds maternal deaths fell 40% from 2000 to 2023, but progress slowed.
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ITU: 74% of the world was online in 2025
The ITU estimated that about 6 billion people used the internet in 2025, equal to 74% of the world population. Its revised 2024 estimate is 5.8 billion.
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Eurostat: EU railway accident deaths fell 10.8% in 2024
Accident deaths fell from 841 in 2023 to 750. Unauthorised people on tracks accounted for 65.6%.
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