Moderna and Merck report a late-stage win for their personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine, used alongside Merck’s Keytruda after surgery. The companies say the treatment lowers the risk that melanoma returns or spreads compared with Keytruda alone, marking a significant step for individualized cancer vaccines in a large phase 3 setting.

A former senior adviser to Anthony Fauci pleads guilty in a U.S. case involving the concealment of federal records tied to research connected to the origins of COVID-19. The case centers on the handling of government documents related to a politically and scientifically sensitive chapter of the pandemic.

Queen Camilla says it is difficult to keep King Charles’s cancer diagnosis private, describing for the first time the strain of maintaining secrecy before the announcement. Her remarks bring public attention back to the personal and family pressures that can accompany serious illness, even inside highly managed institutions.