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More than half of the world’s population is still not covered by essential health services, and two billion people face severe financial hardship when paying out-of-pocket for the services and products they need, according to a joint report by the WHO and World Bank.
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Half of global population not covered by basic health services: WHO, WB

HQ Team September 19, 2023: More than half of the world’s population is still not covered by essential health services, and two billion

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More than 1,000 people globally die of strokes and heart attacks every hour, mostly due to high blood pressure, an official of not-for-profit, Resolve to Save Lives, said.
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‘Every hour 1,000 people die of stroke, heart attack due to high blood pressure’

HQ Team September 19, 2023: More than 1,000 people globally die of strokes and heart attacks every hour, mostly due to high blood

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The European Commission granted Pfizer Inc., a marketing authorisation for its once-daily oral capsule to treat hair loss or alopecia aerate.
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Pfizer’s oral capsule Litfulo to treat hair loss gets EU approval

HQ Team September 19, 2023: The European Commission granted Pfizer Inc., a marketing authorisation for its once-daily oral capsule to treat hair loss

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The USFDA stated that Accord Healthcare Inc.’s generic tacrolimus oral capsules, meant to treat organ rejection, were no longer automatically substitutable at the pharmacy due to increased toxicity.
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FDA rules Accord’s tacrolimus oral drug not “substitutable” for US market

HQ Team September 19, 2023: The USFDA stated that Accord Healthcare Inc.’s generic tacrolimus oral capsules, meant to treat organ rejection, were no

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $44 million to GE Healthcare to create user-friendly, AI-assisted ultrasound imaging auto-assessment tools.
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GE Healthcare gets $44 million grant from Bill & Melinda Foundation

HQ Team September 18, 2023: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given a grant of $44 million to GE Healthcare to create

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German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE announced a $ 90 million program in partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to develop a  vaccine for mpox.
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Germany’s BioNTech, CEPI in $90m pact for mpox vaccine 

HQ Team September 18, 2023: German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE announced a $ 90 million program in partnership with the Coalition for Epidemic

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Cancer patients and survivors who drink alcohol make their treatment less effective and raise their chances of the disease returning — an exigency often ignored by caretakers.
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US cancer patients using alcohol pose new challenge for caretakers

Cancer patients and survivors who drink alcohol make their treatment less effective and raise their chances of the disease returning — an exigency

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The USFDA has approved GSK Plc’s oral therapy to treat anaemia in patients with myelofibrosis, a type of bone cancer.
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USFDA gives nod for GSK’s Ojjaara bone cancer therapy 

The USFDA has approved GSK Plc’s oral therapy to treat anaemia in patients with myelofibrosis, a type of bone cancer.

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The European Medicines Agency has recommended the stoppage of conditional marketing authorisation for GSK’s Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin), a medicine used to treat cancer of the bone marrow.
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EMA recommends stopping sale of GSK’s blood cancer drug in EU

The European Medicines Agency has recommended the stoppage of conditional marketing authorisation for GSK’s Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin), a medicine used to treat cancer of

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American voters who express negative opinions about academics are most likely to believe climate change is not caused by humans and is not a problem for the US, a study says.
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41% of US voters say climate change doesn’t have a human cause

American voters who express negative opinions about academics are most likely to believe climate change is not caused by humans and is not

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