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FDA has granted full approval for Janssen Biotech’s Balversa drug to treat metastatic bladder cancer after clinical trials showed “significant” improvement in overall survival rates.
Drugs Health Pharma

J&J’s metastatic bladder cancer drug gets full FDA approval

HQ Team January 21, 2024: The FDA has granted full approval for Janssen Biotech’s Balversa drug to treat metastatic bladder cancer after clinical

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Energy drinks linked to ADHD, anxiety among youth: Study

HQ Team January 20, 2024: Energy drinks have become increasingly popular among teenagers, with over 30% of teens aged 12–17 regularly consuming these

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Global health bodies in more than 100 nations are uniting to vaccinate children after COVID-19 waves severed supplies, shuttered clinics, and overburdened health services.
Drugs Health Medical

UK sees an upsurge in measles, declares it as ‘public health risk’

HQ Team January 20, 2024: Measles is fast witnessing a surge across the world and the latest region reporting an upsurge is central

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GSK Plc announced that its subsidiary ViiV Healthcare got a green light from the European Commission for the company’s HIV prevention medicine.
Drugs Medical Pharma

GSK offloads 300 million shares in Haleon for $1.2 billion

HQ Team January 19, 2024: GSK is giving up more of its stake in Haleon, the consumer health business the British pharma giant

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blue light filtering not beneficial for eye health
Drugs Health Medical

Study finds gene variants tied to higher incidents of glaucoma in Africans

HQ Team January 19, 2024: A comprehensive multicohort genome-wide association study (GWAS), led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the

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Planet Earth had its hottest ever week early this month, with an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures and record Antarctic sea ice loss, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Climate Health Uncategorized

Accelerated Greenland ice sheet loss raises concerns over sea level rise

HQ Team January 18, 2024: The Greenland ice sheet has lost approximately 1,965 square miles since 1985 – an area roughly the size

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The FDA has approved US-based DermaSensor Inc.'s handheld wireless skin cancer detection device that is powered by artificial intelligence technology.
Drugs Medical Pharma

FDA green lights DermaSensor’s skin cancer detection device in the US

HQ Team January 18, 2024: The FDA has approved US-based DermaSensor Inc.’s handheld wireless skin cancer detection device that is powered by artificial

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Merck announced its experimental trial on patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension had led to an extension in walking distance and reduced exacerbating the condition by 84%.
Climate Health Medical

EPA abandons plan to phase out animal testing for chemicals by 2035

HQ team January 18, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reversed its decision to implement to phase out the use of

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The number of adults who smoke has fallen to one in five from one in three in 2000 with 150 nations reducing tobacco use successfully, according to the World Health Organization.
Health Medical Pharma

More smokers quit globally, WHO warns against industry’s tactics

HQ Team January 16, 2024: The number of adults who smoke has fallen to one in five from one in three in 2000

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The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the first time in the sub-Antarctica region, threatening its fragile ecosystem and the risk of the disease spreading to other seabirds and sea mammals.
Climate Health Pharma

First confirmed case of avian influenza in mammals found in sub-Antarctica 

HQ Team January 16, 2024: The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the

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