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Maternal deaths have risen or stagnated globally over recent years, and every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth, according to the WHO.
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Labcrop unveils new blood test to predict preeclampsia early in pregnant women

HQ Team May 16, 2024: Preeclampsia is a serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy that affects roughly 2% to 8% of pregnant women worldwide.

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The World Health Organization has prequalified a dengue vaccine for children made by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Company — the third-largest drug firm in Asia.
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WHO prequalifies Japan-based Takeda’s dengue vaccine for children

HQ Team May 15, 2024: The World Health Organization has prequalified a dengue vaccine for children made by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Company —

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Last year was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere for the past two thousand years, researchers reveal after foraging through tree ring width data.
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2023 comes up as hottest summer in 2,000 years: Scientists reveal

HQ Team May 14, 2024: Last year was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere for the past two thousand years, researchers found

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An 18-month-old baby girl, Opal Sandy, who was born deaf got back her hearing ability after gene therapy — the youngest child to receive such treatment.
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Deaf 18-month girl gets back hearing ability after gene therapy

HQ Team May 15, 2024: An 18-month-old baby girl, Opal Sandy, who was born deaf got back her hearing ability after gene therapy

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At least 75.9 million people were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence or disasters within their state’s borders in 2023, according to a UN report.
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About 76 million people are internally displaced worldwide, says UN

HQ Team May 15, 2024: At least 75.9 million people were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence or disasters within

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The world’s top sixty private banks have financed 4,200 fossil fuel companies through lending and underwriting to the tune of $6.9 trillion during the last eight years, a report found.
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Top global banks pump in about $7 trillion into fossil fuel companies

HQ Team May 14, 2024: The world’s top sixty private banks have financed 4,200 fossil fuel companies through lending and underwriting to the

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Families of patients with severe traumatic brain injury will have to think twice before plugging out the life support systems of their near ones as a study cited “poor neurologic prognosis” by physicians as the main reason for withdrawing the breathing aid.
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Jury out on when to unplug life-support for patients with brain injury

HQ Team May 14, 2024: Families of patients with severe traumatic brain injury will have to think twice before plugging out the life

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Factors like the patient’s character, carer’s personality and attitude towards the patient, relationship between the carer and patient, time spent together, and the severity of the illness impact the intensity of the caregiver burden.
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Opinion: Who will worry about caregivers for the mentally ill?

By Aparna S May 14, 2024: A caregiver is a person who takes care of and provides for another individual who cannot take

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BioNTech signs pact with Australia
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Covid-19 vaccines increase life expectancy of heart patients, study

HQ Team May 13, 2024:  New research says Covid-19 vaccines given to people suffering from heart failure improve their chances of living longer

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer Inc.’s treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Merck discontinues trial for combo cancer drug for melanoma

HQ Team May 13, 2024: Merck has discontinued another cancer experimental immunotherapy treatment in patients with a severe form of melanoma due to

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