6 October 2026

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Medicine Nobel honours pioneers who used light to study the brain

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the medicine Nobel for discoveries that made it possible to control nerve-cell activity with light. Optogenetics has transformed brain research, while medical applications remain an active area of investigation.

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Nine dengue deaths reported as 1,902 patients enter hospital

The latest DGHS bulletin reported nine dengue deaths and 1,902 hospital admissions in 24 hours. This year’s recorded totals reached 271 deaths and 88,360 admissions. The figures describe reported hospital activity, rather than all infections.