Drugs Health Pharma

WHO to convene emergency meeting on mpox on November 22

The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting on November 22 to decide whether mpox continues to be a public health emergency.

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Israel bans UN relief agency, EU, Western European leaders slam move 

Israel has passed a law to ban the UN relief agency, UNRWA, from operating in the country after it earlier accused its employees.

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Climate Health Pharma

European body to teach medical students health risks from climate change

Twenty-four European universities have formed a network to impart skills to 10,000 medical students across undergraduate degree programmes to address current and future.

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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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Female mice odour may cut short Romeo rodents’ life expectancy

HQ Team February 29, 2024: The smell of female mice may reduce the lifespan of a male mouse and accelerate its reproductive ageing,.

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Researchers find five cases of medically-acquired Alzheimer’s in UK

HQ Team February 12, 2024: Scientists have discovered five known cases of possible medically acquired Alzheimer’s disease after the patients have undergone previous.

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African-European HIV vaccine clinical trials come to a grinding halt

HQ Team December 11, 2023: African researchers and European scientists, conducting clinical trials for an HIV vaccine, have halted further vaccinations after they turned.

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Pfizer enters Hong Kong migraine market, its first in Asia

HQ Team September 29, 2023: Pfizer announced the availability of its migraine management drug Rimegepant in Hong Kong — the company’s first market.

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USFDA gives nod for GSK’s Ojjaara bone cancer therapy 

The USFDA has approved GSK Plc’s oral therapy to treat anaemia in patients with myelofibrosis, a type of bone cancer.

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Britain reports 34 cases of Covid-19 virus variant BA.2.86

HQ Team September 11, 2023: A total of 34 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus variant, BA.2.86, have been identified in the UK,.

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