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Cholera cases fell 17% month-on-month to 16,198 in 16 countries across three regions of the World Health Organization in March, according to a statement from the global health agency on April 30.
Climate Health Pharma

Global cholera cases decline 17% in March: Global health agency 

Cholera cases fell 17% month-on-month to 16,198 in 16 countries across three regions of the World Health Organization in March, according to a.

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Novartis AG’s treatment for malaria in infants and newborns weighing between two and five kilograms has been approved in Switzerland, and eight African nations are set to follow.
Drugs Health

WHO clears malaria treatment designed for newborns and infants

Swati Sri April 25, 2026: The World Health Organisation (WHO), prequalified the first anti malaria treatment developed specifically for newborns and young infants.

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About 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to a UN report.
Health Pharma Research

UN says 4.9 million children died before fifth birthday two years ago

About 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2024, including 2.3 million newborns, according to a UN report.

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Billionaire Bill Gates will donate more than $200 billion over the next two decades to prevent newborn child and maternal deaths, combat infectious diseases, Alzheimer’s, and close down the Gates Foundation on December 31, 2045.
Drugs Health Medical

Gates Foundation to shut in 2045, pledges $200 billion in next 20 years

HQ Team May 8, 2025: Billionaire Bill Gates will donate more than $200 billion over the next two decades to prevent newborn child.

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Britain has detected two cases of Clade Ib mpox, a variant, in household contacts of the first case, taking the total to three since last week, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA).
Drugs Health Pharma

Britain detects two more cases of mpox variant, risk ‘remains low’

Britain has detected two cases of Clade Ib mpox, a variant, in household contacts of the first case, taking the total to three.

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Glaciers suffered the largest mass loss in 50 years as last year marked the driest for global rivers in 33 years, according to a World Meteorological Organization report.
Climate Health Pharma

Global glaciers suffer largest mass loss in 50 yrs, 2023 driest for rivers

Glaciers suffered the largest mass loss in 50 years as last year marked the driest for global rivers in 33 years, according to.

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Gilead Sciences, Inc. has signed non-exclusive, royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements with six pharmaceutical makers to make and sell its generic lenacapavir drug for the prevention of HIV.
Drugs Health Pharma

Gilead signs six global pacts to make, sell generic HIV preventive drug

Gilead Sciences, Inc. has signed non-exclusive, royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements with six pharmaceutical makers to make and sell its generic lenacapavir drug for the prevention.

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Kezar Life Sciences Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, has stopped a trial in patients with a type of kidney disease after four people died.
Drugs Health Pharma

Kezar Life Sciences halts mid-stage lupus nephritis trial after four people die

Kezar Life Sciences Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, has stopped a trial in patients with a type of kidney disease after four people.

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Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.
Drugs Health Pharma

Antimicrobial resistance may kill 39.1 million people by 2050: GRAM

Antibiotic-resistant infections may kill 39.1 million people in the next 25 years equating to three deaths a minute, a global study finds.

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Falling global wages, possibly driven by automation and artificial intelligence, will slow the pace of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the 2030 deadline looms, according to an International Labour Organization report.
Drugs Health Medical

SDG targets in danger as paychecks shrink globally, ILO says

Falling global wages, possibly driven by automation and artificial intelligence, will slow the pace of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the 2030.

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