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Zara Desai covers health and medicine for Shadowfetch, translating evidence and clarifying risk without hype or miracle-cure framing. A San Diego native and UC San Diego international-relations graduate.
Health & MedicineJul 11, 2026 · Zara Desai
A fast-growing cyclospora outbreak tied to no publicly identified source yet has sickened confirmed patients across 31 states, with Michigan and northwest Ohio reporting major clusters and federal traceback investigations still underway.
Read the story →Health & MedicineJul 10, 2026 · Zara Desai
A 17-year-old British footballer required hospital treatment after being injected with an unknown substance in a Magaluf nightclub, spotlighting an under-tracked public health risk affecting young tourists across Europe.
Read the story →Health & MedicineJul 9, 2026 · Zara Desai
As confirmed Ebola deaths in DR Congo reach at least 600, misinformation-driven attacks and delayed pay for frontline workers are threatening the outbreak response.
Read the story →Health & MedicineJul 8, 2026 · Zara Desai
A government-commissioned review is expected to say England and Wales’s PIP assessment system is failing disabled people and needs a root-and-branch redesign for fluctuating, mental health and long-term conditions.
Read the story →Health & MedicineJul 7, 2026 · Zara Desai
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 500 reported deaths as frontline workers in Ituri threaten to strike, putting diagnostics, contact tracing and a new treatment trial under pressure.
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