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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.

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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April 17, 2024
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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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April 15, 2024
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If you are in a hospital, then at times, you get bacterial infections from one source — yourself.

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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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April 15, 2024
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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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April 14, 2024
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Gram-negative, Chlamydia psittaci bacteria

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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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April 12, 2024
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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.

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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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April 10, 2024
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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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April 10, 2024
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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.