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Today's topics:

New malaria drug for infants - WHO has prequalified Coartem Baby, the first malaria medicine designed for newborns and young infants, improving dosing accuracy and safety in high-burden African settings.

Australia’s cervical cancer elimination push - Australia’s HPV vaccination and HPV-based screening have put it on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035, but gaps for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and falling vaccination rates threaten progress.

Pancreatic cancer early-access treatment - The FDA cleared an expanded access program for Revolution Medicines’ experimental pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib, offering some patients earlier treatment options amid high mortality and limited therapies.

Pentagon expands AI vendors program - The Pentagon is partnering with major tech firms including Google, Microsoft, AWS, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection, and SpaceX to bring AI into classified systems, intensifying debates over safeguards and oversight.

AI reshaping startup team sizes - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI is enabling ultra-lean startups, where small teams can build and scale faster, potentially reshaping venture funding, competition, and jobs in the tech economy.

Hypersonic missile request for Middle East - US Central Command is seeking approval to deploy the Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile system to the Middle East, signaling growing concern over Iran’s missile reach and mobile launchers.

Stalled US-Iran talks, Hormuz shut - US-Iran negotiations remain stuck as the Strait of Hormuz stays effectively closed, raising global energy and shipping risks alongside disputes over nuclear enrichment and ceasefire sequencing.

Rebels seize key northern Mali base - Mali’s military and Russian mercenary allies lost the Tessalit camp to rebels, highlighting coordinated pressure from Tuareg separatists and jihadist factions and increasing instability in the north.

India private satellite images through clouds - India’s GalaxEye launched the “Drishti” Earth-observation satellite on a SpaceX rocket, aiming for all-weather, day-night imagery useful for disaster response, agriculture, and security needs.

NASA nuclear-electric spacecraft plans - NASA unveiled SR-1 Freedom, a nuclear-electric propulsion spacecraft concept aimed at deeper-space missions and a Mars “Skyfall” helicopter deployment, though timelines, budgets, and safety questions remain.

Episode Transcript

New malaria drug for infants
We’ll start with global health—and a milestone for the smallest patients. The World Health Organization has approved the first malaria treatment made specifically for newborns and very young infants, after prequalifying Coartem Baby. Until now, clinicians often had to rely o