Staff of USAID placed on leave, overseas missions may shut down
All the US Agency for International Development (USAID) direct hire personnel have been placed on administrative leave globally.
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First vaccine efficacy trial for Sudan Ebola during an outbreak starts in Uganda
The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the.
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WHO director-general rebuts US criticism, plans to cut budget
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, has given a four-point rebuttal to the US government’s accusations against the global.
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EssilorLuxottica gets regulator nod for audio glasses in US, EU for hearing loss
Franco-Italian EssilorLuxottica SA got approval from the Food and Drug Administration to market its over-the-counter audio glasses in the US for people with.
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Global researchers complete world’s first synthetic yeast genome project
Global researchers, led by Australia’s Macquarie University, in a bid to re-engineer life in a laboratory, have completed the world’s first synthetic yeast.
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Discipline comes at the cost of mental health in kids, research finds
By Bharti Jayshankar February 1, 2025: A study from the University of Minnesota has revealed a connection between exclusionary discipline (ED) practices in.
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Don’t Look Down movie tells kids to reclaim childhood, stop ‘doomscrolling’
HQ Team February 1, 2025: A nine-hour film titled Don’t Look Down, released recently, addresses the problem of smartphone addiction among pre-teens and.
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45% of T2 diabetes patients suffer from micronutrient deficiency: Study
Bharti Jayshankar January 31, 2025: A recent meta-analysis published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health reveals that more than 45% of patients with.
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Vertex’s non-opioid painkiller receives approval from US drug regulator
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s non-opioid analgesic to treat moderate to severe acute pain in adults got approval from the US drug regulator.
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UK’s NHS to provide gene therapy that may cure sickle cell disease in adults
Britain’s National Health Service will provide a gene therapy that may cure sickle cell disease for patients 12 years and older, according to.