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About 400 million people globally live with alcohol and drug use disorders and of the total, 209 million people have alcohol dependence, according to a World Health Organization report.
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Alcohol claims 2.6 million lives yearly, 209m people are dependent: WHO

About 400 million people globally live with alcohol and drug use disorders and of the total, 209 million people have alcohol dependence, according.

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About 70% of the 4.2 million deaths in 2019 attributed to air pollution were caused by cardiovascular conditions — ischaemic heart disease and stroke, according to a report.
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One billion people may get better health services by 2025: WHO says

HQ Team May 7, 2024: A target of one billion additional people enjoying better health and well-being is likely to be met by.

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US-based Varda Space Industries’ spacecraft in orbit crystallised a metastable form of a drug for HIV/AIDS — furthering the feasibility of processing pharmaceuticals in microgravity.
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US-based Varda Space crystallises HIV drug in microgravity

 HQ Team March 31, 2024: US-based Varda Space Industries’ spacecraft in orbit crystallised a metastable form of a drug for HIV/AIDS — furthering.

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The first dosing in a late-stage trial to evaluate an investigational drug for tuberculosis (TB) has started in South Africa, which has one of the highest burdens in the world.
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First late-stage trial vaccine doses begin in South Africa for tuberculosis

 HQ Team March 20, 2024: The first dosing in a late-stage trial to evaluate an investigational drug for tuberculosis (TB) has started in.

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An 82-year-old German male, who took Covid-19 vaccine 217 times, did not have his immune system weakened but rather strengthened, researchers said.
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German male injects Covid-19 vaccines 217 times, immunity didn’t weaken

HQ Team March 7, 2024: An 82-year-old German male, who took Covid-19 vaccine 217 times, did not have his immune system weakened but.

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More than 3,700 babies in the US were born with syphilis in 2022 — ten times the number in 2012 — and people from racial and ethnic minorities bore the brunt of the epidemic eight times more than White mothers.
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Newborn syphilis cases rise ten-fold in 2022 in a decade in US: CDC data

More than 3,700 babies in the US were born with syphilis in 2022 — ten times the number in 2012 — and people.

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GSK Plc announced that its subsidiary ViiV Healthcare got a green light from the European Commission for the company’s HIV prevention medicine.
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GSK Plc gets EU approval for HIV prevention drug Apretude

GSK Plc announced that its subsidiary ViiV Healthcare got a green light from the European Commission for the company’s HIV prevention medicine.

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Three people have died and 1,020 newly confirmed cases of mpox were reported globally to the WHO during the last 21 days, according to a statement.
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Mpox virus continues to spread, driven by China’s community transmission 

HQ Team August 15, 2023: Three people have died and 1,020 newly confirmed cases of mpox were reported globally to the WHO during.

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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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British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and tablets, cabotegravir, to prevent HIV.
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Britain’s GSK gets EMA clearance for drug to prevent HIV 

HQ Team July 24, 2023: British pharmaceutical firm, GSK Plc., has got marketing authorization from the European Medicines Authority for its injectable, and.

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