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Biogen, a US-based biotechnology company, will discontinue the development and commercialisation of its Alzheimer’s treatment and terminate its post-approval study as it failed to rope in a partner to cut costs of obtaining standard regulatory approval.
Drugs Health Medical

High rates of depression among stroke survivors over long periods: Study

HQ Team April 17, 2024: A recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health: Europe has found that nearly 60 percent of stroke

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The WHO has sounded a global alert on a batch of substandard cough syrup found in Cameroon, which has high levels of a toxic ingredient, diethylene glycol.
Drugs Medical Pharma

Six African nations recall J&J manufactured cough syrup after suspicious toxicity reports

HQ Team April 17, 2024: Drug regulatory authorities in South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, Kenya, Eswatini and Zimbabwe have issued a recall for

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hospital hygiene
Drugs Health Medical

Scientists find innocuous bacteria cause most hospital infections

HQ Team April 15, 2024: Superbugs are held responsible for most hospital-acquired infections, however, research delving into the genetic data of bacteria causing

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If you are in a hospital, then at times, you get bacterial infections from one source — yourself.
Climate Health Medical

Warming oceans drive flesh-eating bacteria northward, increasing infections

HQ Team April 15,2024:Adding to the climate change worries is the fear Vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, is expanding its territory

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FoMo has been conceptualised as a negative emotion due to unmet relatedness needs. It may be episodic as in a single conversation or a long-term disposition. Too much exposure to others’ activities results in a feeling of self-doubt and inadequacy — a feeling of “whether I am enough.”
Drugs Health Opinion Pharma

Opinion: FoMo’s ‘compulsive connectivity’ may cause anxiety

By Aparna S April 14, 2024: Social media has remodelled communication in good and bad ways. Those who have been increasingly lonely find

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Global temperatures associated with climate change may result in a stroke leading to death and disability, a study found.
Climate Drugs Pharma

Global stroke deaths may be linked to climate change: Study reports

HQ Team April 12, 2024: Global temperatures associated with climate change may result in strokes leading to death and disability, a study found.

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Gram-negative, Chlamydia psittaci bacteria
Drugs Health Medical

Chlamydia vaccine shows promise in initial trials

HQ Team April 12, 2024: An early-stage clinical trial for a chlamydia vaccine has shown some positive results, according to a report published

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About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in the linings of fast-food boxes and non-stick cookware to fire-fighting foams, raising health concerns, according to a US Geological Survey study.
Climate Health Medical

Study maps US, China, Australia as hotspots for ‘forever chemicals’ in water supplies

HQ Team April 10, 2024:  The Environmental Protection Agency in the US has regulated for the first time that municipal utilities will have

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pollution
Climate Health Medical

57 companies responsible for 80% of recent world carbon emissions, says report

HQ Team April 10, 2024: A report released by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals that just 57 companies are responsible for 80 percent of the

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Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, AstraZeneca will acquire clinical-stage Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $2 billion in cash to get access to the latter’s radioconjugates to treat cancer.
Drugs Medical Pharma

FDA’s accelerated approval of cancer drugs is hasty and doubtful, says new report

HQ Team April 10, 2024:  A new study has found that cancer drugs that got accelerated approval under the US Federal Drug Approval

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