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WHO’s AI-based chatbot falls short on giving correct medical advice

HQ Team April 18, 2024: The World Health Organisation’s foray into AI has run into trouble. The organization has launched SARAH, short for.

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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.”
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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Synchron, a US-based brain implant company, plans to recruit motor-impaired patients for its clinical trial in competition with Elon Musk’s Neurolink.
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Rivalling Elon Musk’s Neurolink, Synchron plans brain implant trial 

HQ Team April 9, 2024: Synchron, a US-based brain implant company, plans to recruit motor-impaired patients for its clinical trial in competition with.

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Pfizer Inc., announced its experimental drug for treating a lower respiratory tract disease for adults between 18- to 59 years has met its primary goals in trials.
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Last-stage trials achieve “positive” results for RSV drug: Pfizer says

HQ Team April 9, 2024: Pfizer Inc., announced its experimental drug for treating a lower respiratory tract disease for adults between 18- to.

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