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At least 75.9 million people were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence or disasters within their stateā€™s borders in 2023, according to a UN report.
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About 76 million people are internally displaced worldwide, says UN

HQ Team May 15, 2024: At least 75.9 million people were forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence or disasters within.

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Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, AstraZeneca will acquire clinical-stage Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $2 billion in cash to get access to the latterā€™s radioconjugates to treat cancer.
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AstraZeneca to acquire Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $2 billion in cash

HQ Team March 20, 2024: Anglo-Swedish drugmaker, AstraZeneca will acquire clinical-stage Fusion Pharmaceuticals for $2 billion in cash to get access to the.

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Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in the past three years, according to the World Health Organization.
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Teenagers smoking e-cigarettes at a faster rate than adults: WHO

HQ Team December 15, 2023: Teenagers are using e-cigarettes at a rate higher than adults, and in England, the numbers have tripled in.

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The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a ā€œvariant of interestā€ after the global health agency reported an 8.9% rise in global prevalence in cases arising in the UK, France and Sweden.
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Omicron mutant BA.2.86 reclassified as ā€˜variant of interestā€™ by WHOĀ 

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a ā€œvariant of interestā€ after the global.

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The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the ā€œnew normalā€ and do not come as a surprise, Alvaro Silva, a climate expert with the World Meteorological Organization said.
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Heatwaves across Europe, the US ā€œnew normal,ā€ says WMOĀ 

HQ Team August 21, 2023: The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the ā€œnew normalā€ and do not come as a surprise,.

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The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ā€˜variant of interestā€™ ā€” with genetic changes that are predicted or known to affect virus characteristics, such as transmissibility, virulence, antibody evasion, susceptibility to therapeutics and detectability.
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WHO labels Covid-19 variant EG.5 as ā€˜variant of interestā€™; cases rise

HQ Team August 10, 2023: The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ā€˜variant of interestā€™ ā€” with.

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A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to lower infection rates among people with African ancestry, may help direct future treatment of the virus, according to global researchers
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New African HIV gene variant may help future treatment of virus

HQ Team August 7, 2023: A new genetic variant of HIV infection, discovered after more than 25 years of research and linked to.

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Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it is an endemic, revealed that 47% were infected by the parasite and 17% had heart lesions.
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Migration leading to high global prevalence of Chagas disease

HQ Team July 17, 2023: Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it.

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About 316 new cases of pox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24, with a significant rise of the disease in the South-East Asian region, mainly Thailand.
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Mpox cases on the rise globally, Thailand is the new hotspot

Ā HQ Team July 15, 2023: About 316 new cases of mpox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24,.

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Canada invites stakeholdersā€™ response to new pesticide rules
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Canada invites stakeholdersā€™ response to new pesticide rules

HQ Team July 12, 2023: Canadian government has invited stakeholdersā€™ feedback on proposed amendments to the Pest Control Products Regulations on planned curbs.

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