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Junior hospital doctors, who make up about half of the National Health Service (NHS) medical workforce in England, are going on the longest strike in NHS history around Christmas and January after pay talks with the government failed.
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UK’s junior NHS doctors to strike around Christmas, pay talks fail 

HQ Team December 6, 2023: Junior hospital doctors, who make up about half of the National Health Service (NHS) medical workforce in England,.

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France has upgraded its level of bird flu risk to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ to ensure better protection and ordered poultry farms to close or enclose the birds with nets in farmyards and zoos.
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France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu, imposes poultry curbs on farms

HQ Team December 6, 2023: France has upgraded its level of bird flu risk to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ to ensure better protection and.

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Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are undermining sustainable development, with a dire impact on global food security, displacement, and migration, according to a WMO report.
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Greenhouse gases ‘turbocharged’ glacier loss, sea-level rise: WMO 

HQ Team December 5, 2023: Greenhouse gases have “turbocharged” drastic glacier loss and sea-level rise during the past decade and climate shocks are.

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As cities light up during the night, the pollution caused by the illumination sets an ‘ecological trap’ for migratory birds causing them to collide with glass buildings leading to their death, a study finds.
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Urban lights are death traps for migratory birds in the US: Study

HQ Team December 5, 2023: As cities light up during the night, the pollution caused by the illumination sets an ‘ecological trap’ for.

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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Fluorescent staining reveals the extensive network of blood vessels of the dura mater. These vessels contain T cells that, in a mouse model of chronic high blood pressure, become activated and produce conditions that can lead to dementia-like symptoms.Image courtesy of the Iadecola lab.
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Abnormal brain cell activation in high BP patients linked to dementia

HQ Team December 5, 2023: The response of immune cells inside the protective covering of the brain may lead to a cognitive decline.

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US-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Microsoft Corp., and Micron Technology have joined hands to make computational chemistry available to researchers and industrial users.
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Roche forays into weight-loss therapy, buys Carmot for $2.7 billion

HQ Team December 4, 2023: In a strategic push into the obesity and diabetes treatment market, Roche, a leading pharmaceutical company, has finalized.

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The COP28 has unveiled a $1.7 billion funding plan to meet climate and diversity goals.
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COP28: $1.7 billion plan to protect climate, diversity goals unveiled

HQ Team December 4, 2023: The COP28 has unveiled a $1.7 billion funding plan to meet climate and diversity goals. The key objectives.

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Eli Lilly and Company got a second accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its blood cancer drug Jaypirca.
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Eli Lilly’s drug gets second FDA nod for treating blood cancer in adults

HQ Team December 4, 2023: Eli Lilly and Company got a second accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration for its blood.

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Semaglutide based weightloss drugs tied to increased suicide risk in a new study
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EMA expands probe into suicidal thoughts linked to weight loss drugs

HQ Team December 2, 2023: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is intensifying its investigation into the potential link between certain GLP-1 receptor agonist.

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