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Drugs Health Medical

Study finds gene variants tied to higher incidents of glaucoma in Africans

HQ Team January 19, 2024: A comprehensive multicohort genome-wide association study (GWAS), led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the.

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Planet Earth had its hottest ever week early this month, with an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures and record Antarctic sea ice loss, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Climate Health Uncategorized

Accelerated Greenland ice sheet loss raises concerns over sea level rise

HQ Team January 18, 2024: The Greenland ice sheet has lost approximately 1,965 square miles since 1985 – an area roughly the size.

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Merck announced its experimental trial on patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension had led to an extension in walking distance and reduced exacerbating the condition by 84%.
Climate Health Medical

EPA abandons plan to phase out animal testing for chemicals by 2035

HQ team January 18, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently reversed its decision to implement to phase out the use of.

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The number of adults who smoke has fallen to one in five from one in three in 2000 with 150 nations reducing tobacco use successfully, according to the World Health Organization.
Health Medical Pharma

More smokers quit globally, WHO warns against industry’s tactics

HQ Team January 16, 2024: The number of adults who smoke has fallen to one in five from one in three in 2000.

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The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the first time in the sub-Antarctica region, threatening its fragile ecosystem and the risk of the disease spreading to other seabirds and sea mammals.
Climate Health Pharma

First confirmed case of avian influenza in mammals found in sub-Antarctica 

HQ Team January 16, 2024: The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has detected avian influenza in mammals for the.

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Drugs Health Medical

Global deaths from fungal disease double, account for 6.8% of overall

HQ team January 16, 2024: A recent study has found that global deaths from fungal diseases have doubled in the past decade. The.

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There are five species of plasmodium of which plasmodium falciparum is the deadliest and poses the greatest threat in Africa.
Drugs Health Pharma

Opinion: Vaccine for malaria took a while, but it’s worth the wait

By K. Leelamoni January 16, 2024: Vaccination is a simple, safe and effective method of protecting the body against infectious diseases. Ever since.

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Climate Health Medical

‘100,000 Afghani kids face a bleak future amidst strife and temblors’

HQ Team January 16, 2024: Over 96,000 children in Afghanistan are in dire need of support almost 100 days after earthquakes devastated the.

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The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford, according to a statement.
Drugs Health Pharma

University of Oxford starts human trials to develop vaccine against Nipah virus 

HQ Team January 11, 2023: The first human trials for a vaccine against Nipah virus have been started by the University of Oxford,.

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British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes medicines to treat asthma.
Drugs Health Pharma

GSK Plc., to buy asthma drugmaker Aiolos Bio for $1.4 billion  

HQ Team January 9, 2023: British drugmaker GSK Plc., will pay $1.4 billion to acquire Anglo-American biopharmaceutical company  Aiolos Bio Inc., which makes.

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