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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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Pfizer and AstraZeneca will invest about $1 billion separately in France to set up and expand facilities, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said, according to a publicly-funded television network, France 24.
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Pfizer, AstraZeneca to invest close to $1 billion in France to expand

HQ Team May 13, 2024: Pfizer and AstraZeneca will invest about $1 billion separately in France to set up and expand facilities, Finance.

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The world’s tropics lost 4.1 million hectares of forests, the equivalent of 11 soccer fields, every minute in 2022, according to the World Resources Institute.
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Unauthorised ghost roads in tropical forests raising fears of deforestation

HQ Team May 10, 2024: There are many unauthorised roads in tropical forests than what is shown in official records. This has raised.

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overuse of cannabis can result in impaired memory
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Preoperative botox jabs may help identify migraine trigger sites

HQ Team May 10, 2024: Botox has been traditionally used to treat migraine, but there is not enough data available to prove its.

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Moderna Inc., a biotechnology company, and Merck announced that an experimental personalised cancer vaccine, based on the messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the USFDA.
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Merck’s end-stage trials of endometrial cancer therapy fail to meet goals

HQ Team May 9, 2024: Merck announced that its Phase 3 trial evaluating Keytruda therapy in combination with chemotherapy, with or without radiotherapy,.

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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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Early assessment can predict cerebral palsy severity in infants

Early neurodevelopmental assessments can predict cerebral palsy and its severity in infants, according to an Australian study. Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne.

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