Health roundup: Trump pledges $500 rebates, Ebola spreads, and assisted-dying vote returns

Donald Trump pledged to send $500 rebate checks to about one million Obamacare participants in thirty states, aiming to boost enrollment. In the UK, Parliament will hold another vote on whether to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales after a previous attempt failed. The World Health Organization’s Africa regional office warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is expanding beyond its initial epicentre, raising concerns of wider transmission.

Meanwhile, a nationwide effort to replace lead service lines continues, though many water utilities still lack precise pipe location data. In the United States, Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asked a judge to spare her a second trial for the deaths of her children, and a coroner released details about infants who died amid a growing measles surge in Pennsylvania. An appeals court is reviewing a proposal to limit the most common abortion medication, while Bangladesh struggles to contain a measles outbreak that has produced nearly 1,000 suspected cases. A recent poll shows low public confidence in political campaigns and in Trump as midterm elections approach, and Royal Antwerp’s sports director Overmars resigned for health reasons.