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Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by more than one million people every day, the WHO stated.
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Require access to testing, diagnostic services to control STI: WHO

HQ Team July 26, 2023: Better access to testing and diagnostic services is required to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STI) being acquired by

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At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths occurred in low and middle-income nations, according to the WHO.
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Drowning kills 236,000 people, mostly children, every year globally

HQ Team July 25, 2023: At least 2.5 million people died because of drowning in the last decade and 90% of these deaths

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Switzerlandā€™s healthcare company, Roche, signed a pact with US-based Alnylam to jointly develop and commercialize a therapy to treat hypertension in people with high cardiovascular risk.
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Roche, Alnylam to jointly develop hypertension therapy

HQ Team July 25, 2023: Switzerlandā€™s healthcare company, Roche, signed a pact with US-based Alnylam to jointly develop and commercialize a therapy to

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Sixty-seven percent of Sudanā€™s hospitals are out of service and 10 healthcare workers have died in the internal conflict since mid-April, the WHO stated.
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Sudan internal strife claims lives of 10 healthcare workers

HQ Team July 25, 2023: Sixty-seven percent of Sudanā€™s hospitals are out of service and 10 healthcare workers have died in the internal

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The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus has killed 12 people in the UAE and infected 94 others from July 10, when the first case was reported, according to the WHO.
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MERS-Coronavirus kills 12 people in the United Arab EmiratesĀ  Ā 

HQ Team July 25, 2023: The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus has killed 12 people in the UAE and infected 94 others from

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British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and tablets, cabotegravir, to prevent HIV.
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Britainā€™s GSK gets EMA clearance for drug to prevent HIVĀ 

HQ Team July 24, 2023: British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and

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The reliance of countries on external support for funding initiatives to combat HIV is worrisome, and though new infections and deaths are falling, some nations are experiencing rising incidence, the WHO stated.
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Challenges to fight HIV remain, funding ā€˜precariousā€™: WHO

HQ Team July 24, 2023: The reliance of countries on external support for funding initiatives to combat HIV is worrisome, and though new

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Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a US developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, announced its anthrax vaccine has been approved by the FDA for people between 18 and 65 years.
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US-based Emergentā€™s anthrax vaccine gets FDA clearance

HQ Team July 21, 2023: Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a US developer of vaccines for infectious diseases, announced its anthrax vaccine has been approved

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US-based Verrica Pharmaceuticals, a dermatology therapeutics company, has got FDA approval for a drug to treat a contagious viral skin disease, the company announced.
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USFDA green lights Verricaā€™s drug to treat contagious viral skin diseaseĀ 

HQ Team July 24, 2023: US-based Verrica Pharmaceuticals, a dermatology therapeutics company, has got FDA approval for a drug to treat a contagious

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Bacteriophages effective in fast testing and treatment of UTIs

HQ Team July 22, 2023: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect nearly one in two women at least once in their lifetime. The growing

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