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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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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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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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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Poland’s Legionnaires’ disease cases highest in 7 years
At least 23 people have died in Poland from Legionnaires' disease as of September 11, with a total of 166 cases being reported
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Diphtheria cases in Nigeria on an ‘unusual’ climb: WHO
Nigeria has recorded an “unusual” rise in diphtheria with 5,898 cases being reported during the three months ended August.
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Unsafe healthcare systems claim lives of 3 million people each year: WHO
Every year about three million deaths occur globally due to unsafe healthcare and an estimated one in every 10 patient experience harm in
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Researchers develop ‘inverse’ vaccine for autoimmune diseases
HQ Team Sept 14, 2023: Researchers at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have developed an “inverse vaccine” to combat
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CIA paid analysts to change sides on COVID-19 origins: Whistleblower
The Central Intelligence Agency offered bribes to six analysts to change their position on COVID-19’s origins from a lab leak theory in China
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CDC, ECDC differ on vaccination program for fall-winter season
HQ Team September 13, 2023: The US national public agency has recommended a COVID-19 vaccination policy where updated shots are given starting from