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A record number of 2,456 fuel lobbyists, tied to the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas firms and their trade groups, have been granted access to the COP28 summit in Dubai.
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Fuel lobbyists swarm COP28, creating a ‘fog of climate denial’

HQ Team December 8, 2023: A record number of 2,456 fuel lobbyists, tied to the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas firms and

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Global nations have raised $83.3 billion so far for financing climate change, according to COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference.
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UN’s COP28 raises $83.3 billion to finance climate change

HQ Team December 7, 2023: Global nations have raised $83.3 billion so far for financing climate change, according to COP28, the UN Climate

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AbbVie Inc., will buy Cerevel Therapeutics, developing drugs for neuroscience diseases, for $8.7 billion in a bid to boost the North Chicago, Illinois-based company’s presence in the psychiatric and neurological disorder segment.
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AbbVie to acquire Cerevel for $8.7b to bolster neurological treatments

HQ Team December 7, 2023: AbbVie Inc., will buy Cerevel Therapeutics, developing drugs for neuroscience diseases, for $8.7 billion in a bid to

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About 40 million women, or one-third, were likely to have a long-term childbirth-related health problem, which is often ignored in clinical research, practice and policy, a Lancet report quoted by the WHO stated.
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40 million women susceptible to long-term childbirth health issues: Study

HQ Team December 7, 2023: About 40 million women, or one-third, were likely to have a long-term childbirth-related health problem, which is often

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Climate funds sanctioned by nations globally for Indigenous Peoples and local communities tend to “evaporate” when channelled through third parties, according to a report.
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Funds allotted to indigenous people, local communities ‘evaporate’: GATC

HQ Team December 7, 2023: Climate funds sanctioned by nations globally for Indigenous Peoples and local communities tend to “evaporate” when channelled through

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The ongoing annual UN climate conference in Dubai, COP28, must deliver a bullet train to speed up climate action and stop the current “old caboose chugging over rickety tracks,” UN Climate Chief, Simon Stiell said.
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Get off rickety tracks, deliver a ‘bullet train’ on climate action: UN

HQ Team December 6, 2023: The ongoing annual UN climate conference in Dubai, COP28, must deliver a bullet train to speed up climate

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Pfizer and Valneva announce relaunch of Lyme disease vaccine trial

HQ Team December 6, 2023: Pfizer and Valneva SE announced that they have finalized enrolment in the VALOR Phase III trial of their

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Junior hospital doctors, who make up about half of the National Health Service (NHS) medical workforce in England, are going on the longest strike in NHS history around Christmas and January after pay talks with the government failed.
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UK’s junior NHS doctors to strike around Christmas, pay talks fail 

HQ Team December 6, 2023: Junior hospital doctors, who make up about half of the National Health Service (NHS) medical workforce in England,

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France has upgraded its level of bird flu risk to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ to ensure better protection and ordered poultry farms to close or enclose the birds with nets in farmyards and zoos.
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France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu, imposes poultry curbs on farms

HQ Team December 6, 2023: France has upgraded its level of bird flu risk to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ to ensure better protection and

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Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are undermining sustainable development, with a dire impact on global food security, displacement, and migration, according to a WMO report.
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Greenhouse gases ‘turbocharged’ glacier loss, sea-level rise: WMO 

HQ Team December 5, 2023: Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are

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