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Social determinants such as quality housing, education, and job opportunities can influence people’s health outcomes more than genetic influences or access to healthcare, according to a WHO report.
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Housing, education, jobs vital to health outcomes, not genes: WHO

HQ Team May 6, 2025: Social determinants such as quality housing, education, and job opportunities can influence people’s health outcomes more than genetic.

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In countries with low or middle incomes, physically punishing children result in poor health, lower academic performance and impaired social-emotional development, a study finds.
Health Medical Research

Physical punishment of kids leads to poor health: NYU researchers find

HQ Team May 6, 2025: In countries with low or middle incomes, physically punishing children result in poor health, lower academic performance and.

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Nuravax Inc. and its partner, the Institute for Molecular Medicine, have received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance its Alzheimer’s vaccine to human trials.
Drugs Health Pharma

Nuravax’s Alzheimer’s vaccine gets $3m grant to enter human trials

HQ Team May 5, 2025: Nuravax Inc. and its partner, the Institute for Molecular Medicine, have received a $3 million grant from the.

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Scientists have developed a test by studying how an abnormally-shaped protein in the spinal fluid can detect 90% of Parkinson’s disease in patients, even before symptoms appear.
Drugs Health Research

New Parkinson’s test to detect disease even before symptoms appear

HQ Team May 5, 2025: Scientists have developed a test by studying how an abnormally-shaped protein in the spinal fluid can detect 90%.

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The Global Virus Network warned of an avian influenza currently circulating in the US, spreading to humans and urged enhanced surveillance, biosecurity measures and preparations for a potential human-to-human transmission.
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Global virologists see potential for an H5N1 pandemic, urge rapid steps

HQ Team May 5, 2025: The Global Virus Network warned of an avian influenza currently circulating in the US, spreading to humans and.

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UK scientists at biotech company Stablepharma have developed a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that is completely stable at room temperature and does not need to be refrigerated or frozen.
Drugs Health Pharma

UK company starts trial on first ‘fridge-free’ tetanus-diphtheria vaccine

HQ Team May 1, 2025: UK scientists at biotech company Stablepharma Ltd. have developed a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that is completely stable at room.

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Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a new under-the-skin injection version of the cancer therapy, nivolumab (Opdivo), offering a quicker administration option for eligible patients than the currently available drip treatment. 
Drugs Medical Pharma

UK regulator clears subcutaneous injection of Bristol Myers for cancers

HQ Team May 1, 2025: Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved a new under-the-skin injection version of the cancer.

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Switzerland’s pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG,  will acquire Regulus Therapeutics for about $1.7 billion to get access to a drug to treat a genetic kidney disease called autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Drugs Health Pharma

Novartis buys Regulus for $1.7b to grab genetic kidney disease drug

HQ Team April 30, 2025: Switzerland’s pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG,  will acquire Regulus Therapeutics for about $1.7 billion to get access to a.

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Johnson & Johnson’s immune disorder drug has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) — a rare disease that causes muscle weakness and affects daily activities like chewing, swallowing, speaking, and breathing.
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US regulator approves Johnson & Johnson’s immune disorder drug

HQ Team April 30, 2025: Johnson & Johnson’s immune disorder drug has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the.

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Scientists in Britain have invented a material that allows teeth to be grown in a laboratory, a breakthrough which can replace painful dental implants and root canal treatments in the future.
Drugs Health Research

Scientists grow teeth in laboratory, future for implants, root canals uncertain

HQ Team April 30, 2025: Scientists in Britain have invented a material that allows teeth to be grown in a laboratory, a breakthrough.

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