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Valneva SE, a French vaccine maker, has got USFDA approval for its chikungunya vaccine, Ixchiq, to treat individuals older than 18 years of age and who are at increased risk of exposure to the disease.
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Valneva’s chikungunya jab gets FDA nod, first such for disease

HQ Team November 10, 2023: Valneva SE, a French vaccine maker, has got USFDA approval for its chikungunya vaccine, Ixchiq, to treat individuals

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Eli Lilly’s weight-loss injection Zepbound, taken along as a supplement with diet and exercise, got the USFDA and UK regulator’s nod after clinical trials proved adults lost 48 pounds on average during treatment.
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US, UK regulators give green light to Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment

HQ Team November 9, 2023: Eli Lilly’s weight-loss injection Zepbound, to be taken along as a supplement with diet and exercise, got the

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Chimpanzees spy on rival groups and confront them when there is a reduced risk, a study finds.
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Chimpanzees use high-ground reconnaissance to track rival groups 

Chimpanzees spy on rival groups and confront them when there is a reduced risk, a study finds.

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More than 3,700 babies in the US were born with syphilis in 2022 — ten times the number in 2012 — and people from racial and ethnic minorities bore the brunt of the epidemic eight times more than White mothers.
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Newborn syphilis cases rise ten-fold in 2022 in a decade in US: CDC data

More than 3,700 babies in the US were born with syphilis in 2022 — ten times the number in 2012 — and people

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Last year about 7.5 million people had tuberculosis (TB), the world’s second-most infectious killer, and multi-drug resistant form of the disease remains a health crisis, the WHO stated.
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Globally, 7.5 million people got tuberculosis last year: WHO report

Last year about 7.5 million people had tuberculosis (TB), the world’s second-most infectious killer, and multi-drug resistant form of the disease remains a

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Otsuka Medical Devices Co., announced its treatment for hypertension has got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.
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Otsuka Medical gets USFDA nod for treatment of hypertension  

Otsuka Medical Devices Co., announced its treatment for hypertension has got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.

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Johnson & Johnson will apply with the USFDA to start clinical trials in the second half of 2024 for its robotic surgical system.
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J&J to file USFDA request to start trials for surgical robots

Johnson & Johnson will apply with the USFDA to start clinical trials in the second half of 2024 for its robotic surgical system.

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Shareholders of Abcam Plc., a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of antibodies and reagents used for medical research, have approved a plan from US’s Danaher Corp to acquire the company for $5.7 billion.
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Abcam shareholders approve Danaher Corp acquisition for $5.7 billion

HQ Team November 7, 2023: Shareholders of Abcam Plc., a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of antibodies and reagents used for medical research, have

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The WHO says close to 18 million people die due to cardiovascular disease every year out of which maximum deaths are due to SCA. Heart attacks occur when there is a blockage in one or more of the arteries to the heart, preventing the heart from receiving enough oxygen-rich blood.
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Opinion: Smoking, hypertension, stress snuffing out young people’s lives

By Dr K. Leelamoni November 7, 2023: My cousin’s son, 46, went to a hospital in the southern Indian state of Kerala as

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The USFDA plans to revoke a regulation authorising the use of brominated vegetable oil in food as it considers it no longer safe, following studies conducted by the National Institutes of Health.
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US regulator may ban brominated vegetable oil in food products

HQ Team November 6, 2023: The USFDA plans to revoke a regulation authorising the use of brominated vegetable oil in food as it

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