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Pfizer Inc.’s sickle cell therapy involving Oxbryta has been voluntarily withdrawn from global markets due to painful complications and death, according to a company statement.
Drugs Health Pharma

Pfizer pulls out sickle cell therapy from global markets, cites death, snags

Pfizer Inc.’s sickle cell therapy involving Oxbryta has been voluntarily withdrawn from global markets due to painful complications and death, according to a.

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At least 57 women and girls in Sudan were at the receiving end of sexually-related violence since a conflict between warring factions of the military government in the country began in April, the UN stated.
Drugs Health Medical

Female genital mutilation sees a 15% increase worldwide; UNICEF

HQ Team March 18, 2024: There are over 230 million victims of female genital mutilation worldwide, according to the UNICEF. This is an.

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More than one billion people worldwide are living with obesity and the disease has quadrupled among children and adolescents between five and 19 years of age, according to the World Health Organization.
Drugs Health Pharma

One billion people globally are suffering from obesity, says  WHO

HQ Team March 1, 2024: More than one billion people worldwide are living with obesity and the disease has quadrupled among children and.

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Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on opiates from Afghanistan, according to a UN report.
Drugs Health Pharma

Illicit meth from Afghanistan a growing global threat: UN body

HQ Team September 12, 20232: Methamphetamine trafficking is expanding rapidly from the EU to Eastern Africa, changing illicit drug markets traditionally focused on.

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The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the “new normal” and do not come as a surprise, Alvaro Silva, a climate expert with the World Meteorological Organization said.
Climate Health Pharma

Heatwaves across Europe, the US “new normal,” says WMO 

HQ Team August 21, 2023: The heat waves sweeping across the globe are the “new normal” and do not come as a surprise,.

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The global population of people living with diabetes may more than double to 1.3 billion from the current 529 million in the next 30 years, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
Drugs Health Pharma

Global diabetic population may more than double by 2050

HQ Team June 23, 2023: The global population of people living with diabetes may more than double to 1.3 billion from the current.

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