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A US government’s decision to pause funding for HIV programmes in low and middle-income countries will take the world back to the 1980s and 1990s when millions died of the virus, including many in the United States, according to the World Health Organization.
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US aid pause to take ‘world back to 1980s, 1990s’ on fighting HIV: WHO 

A US government’s decision to pause funding for HIV programmes in low and middle-income countries will take the world back to the 1980s

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Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc., and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo’s therapy to treat a certain form of breast cancer has been approved by the US drug regulator in the adult population. 
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AstraZeneca-Daiichi’s breast cancer drug gets broader US nod

Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc., and Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo’s therapy to treat a certain form of breast cancer has been approved by the US drug

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Biogen Inc. and its Japanese partner, Eisai Co. Ltd., announced that the US regulator had approved four-weekly maintenance dosing for its Alzheimer's drug.
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Biogen-Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug gets 4-weekly dosing nod in US

Biogen Inc. and its Japanese partner, Eisai Co. Ltd., announced that the US regulator had approved four-weekly maintenance dosing for its Alzheimer's drug.

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About five children were born in the UK using a three-person in vitro fertilization procedure, to reduce the risk of mothers passing hereditary diseases to their babies, according to the county’s health regulator.
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Maternal bonding — the bedrock of human development

By Aparna S January 27, 2025: Maternal bonding is a fundamental medium of human interaction that shapes later development and personality functioning. The

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Medical Research

Protein can reactivate dormant gene to repair damaged heart cells

HQ Team January 27, 2025: Researchers at the Hubrecht Institute have discovered that a protein can restore a damaged heart by activating dormant

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Britain's AstraZeneca will invest $3.5 billion in the US, its largest market, to expand its research and manufacturing footprint by the end of 2026, according to a company statement.
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AstraZeneca to invest $570 million in Canada to boost innovation, clinical delivery

HQ Team January 26, 2025: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has announced plans to invest US$570 million in Canada over the next decade, positioning the

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Scientists have converted cancer cells to healthy ones to treat a devastating pediatric cancer through a method called differentiation therapy.
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SMC proteins can reverse direction; study redefines DNA dynamics

HQ Team January 26, 2025: Scientists from Delft University of Technology, Vienna Biocenter, and Lausanne have discovered that Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC)

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Kisspeptin hormone could treat hypoactive sexual desire disorder when a person has an extremely low sex drive that causes distress, scientists from the Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust found.
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Guillain Barre Syndrome outbreak in Pune causes one death, 73 affected

HQ Team January 26, 2025: Over 73 people are down with Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder, in Pune city in

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Covid-19
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New model improves epidemic predictions by leveraging Friendship Paradox

HQ Team January 24, 2025: A recent study led by Empa researchers has developed a new mathematical model that improves predictions of how

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More than 35,000 sexual safety incidents, ranging from abusive remarks to rape, have been allegedly perpetrated by staff, patients, or visitors at the National Health Service of the UK for five years ending 2022, a probe by The Guardian and British Medical Journal found.
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Largest genetic study of bipolar disorder identifies 298 risk-associated genome regions

HQ Team January 24, 2025: A comprehensive genome-wide association study (GWAS) has found 298 regions containing DNA variations for increased risk of bipolar

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