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One child killed or maimed every 15 minutes in Middle East, North Africa

HQ Team July 2, 2025: In less than two years, one child has been killed or maimed every 15 minutes in conflicts across

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A majority of clinical research on adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) suffers from serious methodological shortcomings, making it difficult to use the results in practice, according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of São Paulo.
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Researchers find serious flaws in clinical trials with adult ADHD patients

HQ Team July 2, 2025: A majority of clinical research on adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) suffers from serious methodological shortcomings, making

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The European Commission has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals' drug to treat cystic fibrosis in adults and children above six years of age who have certain genetic mutations related to the disease.
Drugs Health Pharma

EC approves Vertex’s once-daily drug combination to treat cystic fibrosis 

HQ Team July 3, 2025:  The European Commission has approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals‘ drug to treat cystic fibrosis in adults and children above six

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Medical experts at Cincinnati Children’s have made an organoid, or ‘organs in a dish,’ of human lung tissue that produces its own blood vessels, according to a statement.
Drugs Health Research

Cincinnati team’s lab-made lung tissue produces its own blood vessels

HQ Team July 1, 2025: Medical experts at Cincinnati Children’s have made an organoid, or ‘organs in a dish,’ of human lung tissue

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Amgen Inc.’s drug to treat advanced gastric cancer, in combination with chemotherapy, showed that people lived longer compared to chemotherapy alone, according to a company statement.
Drugs Health Pharma

Amgen’s trial drug for gastric cancer patients helps them live longer

HQ Team June 30, 2025: Amgen Inc.’s experimental drug to treat advanced gastric cancer, in combination with chemotherapy, showed that people lived longer

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AbbVie Inc. will buy Capstan Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, for $2.1 billion in cash to acquire the latter’s investigational medicine to treat autoimmune diseases and its delivery technology.
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AbbVie to acquire Capstan for $2.1b, gets experimental drug, technology 

HQ Team June 30, 2025: AbbVie Inc. will buy Capstan Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company, for $2.1 billion in cash to acquire

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The two hypothetical origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, namely the animal-to-human transmission and a laboratory leak, remain on the table as more information is needed to fully evaluate both, according to the World Health Organization.
Drugs Health Pharma

WHO says more information needed to track SARS-CoV-2 origins

HQ Team June 30, 2025: The two hypothetical origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, namely the animal-to-human transmission and a laboratory leak, remain on

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World leaders have pledged $9 billion to support Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for the next five years after the US administration terminated its funding, arguing the organisation did not take vaccine safety seriously.
Drugs Health Medical

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, secures $9 billion funding from global donors

HQ Team June 28, 2025: World leaders have pledged $9 billion to support Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for the next five years after

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Two-thirds of the African continent, according to a new climate vulnerability index, is at increasing risk of extreme shocks among 64 ‘most-at-risk’ nations.
Climate Health Research

Forty-three Sub-Saharan African nations on a climate ‘red zone’ list

HQ Team June 26, 2025: Two-thirds of the African continent, according to a new climate vulnerability index, is at increasing risk of extreme

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At least 20 people died every day in Canada last year due to opioid toxicity, driven by a toxic illegal drug supply, according to government data.
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Last year 20 people died daily due to opioid overdose in Canada: Govt. data

HQ Team June 26, 2025: At least 20 people died every day in Canada last year due to opioid toxicity, driven by a

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