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The World Health Organization has unveiled a '3 by 35 initiative,’ urging governments to impose a health tax of about 50% on alcohol, sugary drinks and tobacco that are fuelling a noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic globally.
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Slap 50% tax on alcohol, sugary drinks, tobacco to curb NCDs: WHO

HQ Team July 3, 2025: The World Health Organization has unveiled a ‘3 by 35 initiative,’ urging governments to impose a health tax.

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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s drug for a type of blood cancer in patients who have received four treatments before, and the disease has recurred, has received the US regulator’s green light.
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Regenron’s drug to treat a type of blood cancer gets US regulator’s nod

HQ Team June 3, 2025: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s drug for a type of blood cancer in patients who have received four treatments before,.

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Organon & Co. has discontinued its clinical development programme for an oral medicine to treat endometriosis-related pain after it failed to meet its main efficacy goal.
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Organon halts endometriosis drug trial as it fails to meet efficacy goal

HQ Team July 2, 2025: Organon & Co. has discontinued its clinical development programme for an oral medicine to treat endometriosis-related pain after.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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