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Tuberculosis has emerged as the world’s top infectious disease with about 8.2 million people newly diagnosed with the illness last year — the highest on records since WHO began global monitoring in 1995.
Drugs Health Medical

Tuberculosis was the world’s top infectious disease killer last year

Tuberculosis has emerged as the world’s top infectious disease with about 8.2 million people newly diagnosed with the illness last year — the

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The World Health Organization has for the first time activated its emergency health network in eight countries affected by the mpox outbreak, including the worst-hit Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.
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WHO activates emergency health network in mpox-hit nations for first time

The World Health Organization has for the first time activated its emergency health network in eight countries affected by the mpox outbreak, including

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Israel has passed a law to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency from operating in the country after it earlier accused its employees of participation in the October 7 attacks — a move which came in for criticism from Western European leaders.
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Israel bans UN relief agency, EU, Western European leaders slam move 

Israel has passed a law to ban the UN relief agency, UNRWA, from operating in the country after it earlier accused its employees

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Researchers have found genomic variants in one-third of people from the West African countries of Ghana and Nigeria that significantly increase the risk of developing kidney diseases.
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One-third of West Africans have gene variants causing kidney disease

Researchers have found genomic variants in one-third of people from the West African countries of Ghana and Nigeria that significantly increase the risk

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Exiting plans to combat climate change “fall miles short” of what’s needed to stop global heating from destroying every economy and wrecking billions of lives and livelihoods across every nation, a UN climate official said.
Climate Health Medical

Global heat to cripple economies, wreck billions of lives: UN official says

Exiting plans to combat climate change “fall miles short” of what’s needed to stop global heating from destroying every economy and wrecking billions

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Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that affects many high-achieving individuals, often leading them to downplay their accomplishments and attribute their success to luck or external factors.
Drugs Health Medical Opinion

Opinion: Imposter syndrome can lead to anxiety, depression, guilt

By Aparna S October 29, 2024: Imposter syndrome is a psychological phenomenon that affects many high-achieving individuals, often leading them to downplay their

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Novartis AG, a global Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc., $150 million upfront to develop, manufacture and commercialise drug candidates, mainly in immunology.
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Novartis to pay Monte Rosa $150m upfront for MGD drug candidates

Novartis AG, a global Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, has agreed to pay Monte Rosa Therapeutics Inc., $150 million upfront to develop, manufacture and commercialise

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AbbVie Inc. will acquire Aliada Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing drugs to treat diseases of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer’s disease, for $1.4 billion in cash.
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AbbVie to acquire Aliada for $1.4 billion, bags Alzheimer’s therapy 

AbbVie Inc. will acquire Aliada Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing drugs to treat diseases of the central nervous system such as

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AstraZeneca Plc’s drug Fasenra got approval from the European Union regulator for treating adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.
Drugs Health Pharma

AstraZeneca’s drug to treat rare blood vessel disease gets EU nod

AstraZeneca Plc’s drug Fasenra got approval from the European Union regulator for treating adult patients with a rare inflammation of blood vessels.

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The world’s top 50 richest billionaires, with their private jets, yachts and polluting investments, produce more carbon pollution in over an hour than an average person does in their lifetime, a study by Oxfam reports.
Climate Health Medical

‘Luxury jets, yachts emit more carbon an hour than a person’s lifetime’

The world’s top 50 richest billionaires, with their private jets, yachts and polluting investments, produce more carbon pollution in over an hour than

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