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The first human case of a new swine flu variant in the UK has been detected by the Health Security Agency during a polymerase chain reaction testing after the individual had respiratory illness.
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First new strain of swine flu detected in UK, probe on to track virus origins

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The first human case of a new swine flu variant in the UK has been detected by the.

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The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” 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 ‘variant of interest’ by WHO 

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” after the global.

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Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products, the largest Chinese vaccine company by revenue, will buy shingles vaccines from GSK Plc., worth $3 billion to distribute in the Asian country.
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China’s Zhifei in $3 billion distribution deal with GSK for shingles vaccine

HQ Team October 10, 2023: Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products, the largest Chinese vaccine company by revenue, will buy shingles vaccines from GSK Plc.,.

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Eisai Co., and Biogen Inc., announced that their drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment has been approved in Japan.
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Japan approves Eisai Co, Biogen Inc’s Leqembi for Alzheimer’s 

HQ Team September 25, 2023: Eisai Co., and Biogen Inc., announced that their drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment has been.

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The UK’s competition regulator, Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally cleared UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2bn ($1.6 billion) plan to buy EMIS after a probe by an independent panel.
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UK’s antitrust body provisionally clears $1.6b UnitedHealth-EMIS merger

HQ Team August 11, 2023: The UK’s competition regulator, Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally cleared UnitedHealth’s proposed £1.2bn ($1.6 billion) plan to.

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The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ‘variant of interest’ — 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 ‘variant of interest’; cases rise

HQ Team August 10, 2023: The WHO has updated the EG.5 variability of the COVID-19 virus to a ‘variant of interest’ — with.

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A new mutant of the COVID-19 virus is spreading across the UK rapidly, and the number of people infected with the disease is rising, government data shows.
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New COVID-19 virus variant cases rising rapidly in England: UK Health 

HQ Team August 5, 2023: A new mutant of the COVID-19 virus is spreading across the UK rapidly, and the number of people.

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Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in that range the body stops functioning optimally, researchers reveal.
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British researchers reveal level of heat stress a human body can take

HQ Team July 7, 2023: Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in.

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A public inquiry starts today in Britain, into the nation’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed 224,546 people in the country.
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Britain’s public inquiry into Covid-19 pandemic to start today

HQ Team June 13, 2023: A public inquiry starts today in Britain, into the nation’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed 224,546.

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AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, has signed a deal, worth more than $2 billion, with Quell Therapeutics to develop cell therapies for treating autoimmune diseases.
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AstraZeneca signs $2 billion deal for autoimmune diseases

HQ Team June 9, 2023: AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish pharmaceutical company, has signed a deal, worth more than $2 billion, with Quell Therapeutics to.

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