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Australian researchers reveal that having a cat can potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders transmitted through a parasite found in the animals.
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Exposure to a parasite found in cats may double risk of schizophrenia

HQ Team December 11, 2023: Australian researchers reveal that having a cat can potentially double a person’s risk of schizophrenia-related disorders transmitted through.

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Rocky Mountain spotted fever is spread to people through bites by wood ticks or dog ticks. In Brazil, it may be spread by the yellow dog tick. Image courtesy of Dr. Christopher Paddock via the Public Health Image Library of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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CDC issues health advisory on Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 3 die

HQ Team December 9, 2023: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory after three people died following.

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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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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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Micron Biomedical, a US Atlanta-based medical device company, announced a $23.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund its production of needle-free vaccines.
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Micron gets $23.6m Gates Foundation grant to make needle-free vaccines

HQ Team November 20, 2023: Micron Biomedical, a US Atlanta-based medical device company, announced a $23.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda.

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A drug taken intravenously or inhaled proved to be more addictive as it enters the human brain more quickly than when taken orally, according to an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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Injecting drugs or inhaling them may up chances of addiction: NIH

HQ Team November 10, 2023: A drug taken intravenously or inhaled proved to be more addictive as it enters the human brain more.

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Germany's  BioNTech announced its partner Pfizer Inc.’s write-offs for inventory and other charges related to the Covid-19 Comirnaty vaccine may impact 2023 revenue of up to $900 million.
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BioNTech expects revenue to be lower in 2023 as Covid-19 vaccine sales fall

HQ Team October 16, 2023: Germany’s  BioNTech announced its partner Pfizer Inc.’s write-offs for inventory and other charges related to the Covid-19 Comirnaty.

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An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by 2050 as melting snow, ice and glaciers threaten water security, according to a UN report.
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Water crisis to threaten 5 billion people globally by 2050: WMO

HQ Team October 12, 2023: An estimated five billion people will face inadequate access to water at least a month, every year by.

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer Inc.’s treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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FDA nod for Pfizer’s combination therapy for non-small cell cancer

HQ Team October 12, 2023: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer Inc.’s treatment for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. The FDA.

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US and Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based platform to predict earthquakes with 70% accuracy.
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US, China, AI developers invent new ways to predict earthquakes

HQ Team October 10, 2023: US and Chinese researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based platform to predict earthquakes with 70% accuracy. The AI.

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