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The US regulator has extended a review of an application by Organon & Co.’s atopic dermatitis (eczema) drug by three months with a new target date set for March next year.
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USFDA postpones Organon’s eczema drug review by three months

The US regulator has extended a review of an application by Organon & Co.’s atopic dermatitis (eczema) drug by three months with a.

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US-based Baxter International Inc., is implementing an allocation policy to limit stockpiling of its drugs after Hurricane Helene ripped through its facility in North Carolina.
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Baxter plans to limit stockpiling of its drugs after Hurricane Helene

US-based Baxter International Inc., is implementing an allocation policy to limit stockpiling of its drugs after Hurricane Helene ripped through its facility in.

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AstraZeneca’s Flumist, the first at-home flu vaccine, got approved by the Food and Drug Administration, enabling consumers with a prescription to order online beginning next year.
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US drug regulator approves first nasal spray to prevent influenza

HQ Team September 22, 2024: AstraZeneca’s Flumist, the first at-home flu vaccine, got approved by the Food and Drug Administration, enabling consumers with.

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A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) in the central region, in the first round, the WHO stated.
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Aid workers begin second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza, a 3rd on way

A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral.

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A woman and 15 other children from Gaza, who were undergoing medical care in Egypt for the last several months, have been evacuated to Spain for further treatment, according to the WHO.
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16 Gaza Strip residents, mostly children, reach Spain for treatment 

A woman and 15 other children from Gaza, who were undergoing medical care in Egypt for the last several months, have been evacuated.

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About 377 children have died in 2021 due to rising temperatures across Europe and Central Asia, according to a new data analysis from 23 nations done by UNICEF.
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Heatwaves killed 377 children in 2021 in Europe, Central Asia: UNICEF

About 377 children have died in 2021 due to rising temperatures across Europe and Central Asia, according to a new data analysis from.

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Conduct disorder is a result of extensive changes in the structure of the brain and is most noticeable in the cerebral cortex, or the outer layer, a study funded by the US National Institute of Mental Health finds.
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Conduct disorder in youth stems from changes in brain structure: NIMH

Conduct disorder is a result of extensive changes in the structure of the brain and is most noticeable in the cerebral cortex, or.

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A measles vaccine given to a child born by caesarean section is likely to be 2.6 times completely ineffective than a normal delivery, a study by the University of Cambridge found.
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Birth by C-section may double the chance of measles vaccine failure

HQ Team May 17, 2024: A measles vaccine given to a child born by caesarean section is likely to be 2.6 times completely.

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Chickenpox is an acutely contagious disease caused by the VZV. If one person has chicken pox, up to 90% of those close to that person, who are not immune, will also become infected. 
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Opinion: Better surveillance, vaccination, key to curb chickenpox

Chickenpox is an acutely contagious disease caused by the VZV. If one person has chicken pox, up to 90% of those close to.

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The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Orchard Therapeutics’s gene therapy to treat a disease affecting the brain and nervous system in children — the regulator’s first ever for the disorder.
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FDA green lights first-ever therapy for rare genetic disease in kids

HQ Team March 19, 2023: The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Orchard Therapeutics’s gene therapy to treat a disease affecting the.

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