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A wildfire sweeping across Hawaii’s Maui town of Lahaina has killed at least 67 people, with 12 more fatalities being confirmed, according to the government.
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Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 67, fires still burning

HQ Team August 12, 2023: A wildfire sweeping across Hawaii’s Maui town of Lahaina has killed at least 67 people, with 12 more.

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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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Anixa Biosciences, Inc., announced that its partner Cleveland Clinic has begun enrolling subjects in a treatment arm to evaluate the combination of the company's breast cancer vaccine with Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) immunotherapy.
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Anixa to conduct breast cancer trials with Merck’s Keytruda therapy

HQ Team August 7, 2023: Anixa Biosciences, Inc., announced that its partner Cleveland Clinic has begun enrolling subjects in a treatment arm to.

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US researchers have developed a targeted chemotherapy method that may decimate all solid tumors in animals at a laboratory, and a trial has started to test it on humans.
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US researchers develop novel chemotherapy cancer treatment

HQ Team August 5, 2023: US researchers have developed a targeted chemotherapy method that may decimate all solid tumors in animals at a.

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The US medical research agency has opened enrollment for the second stage of trials to evaluate about four treatments for long-Covid-19 and plans another seven treatment tests in the near future.
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Enrollment for test trials to find long Covid-19 treatment starts in US

HQ Team August 1, 2023: The US medical research agency has opened enrollment for the second stage of trials to evaluate about four treatments.

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Biogen Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, will acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion to expand its neurological portfolio, according to a company statement
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Biogen Inc. to buy US-based Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion

HQ Team July 29, 2023: Biogen Inc., a US-based biotechnology company, will acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals for $7.3 billion to expand its neurological portfolio,.

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Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it is an endemic, revealed that 47% were infected by the parasite and 17% had heart lesions.
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Migration leading to high global prevalence of Chagas disease

HQ Team July 17, 2023: Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it.

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About 316 new cases of pox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24, with a significant rise of the disease in the South-East Asian region, mainly Thailand.
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Mpox cases on the rise globally, Thailand is the new hotspot

 HQ Team July 15, 2023: About 316 new cases of mpox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24,.

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About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in the linings of fast-food boxes and non-stick cookware to fire-fighting foams, raising health concerns, according to a US Geological Survey study.
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In US, 48% of tap water contains ‘forever chemicals’: Geological Survey

HQ Team July 7, 2023: About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in.

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American beekeepers lost nearly half of their managed colonies even as honeybee hives buzzed through their second-highest death rate on record to remain “relatively stable,” according to Bee Informed Partnership.
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US beekeepers lose half of managed colonies, hives death rate rise

HQ Team June 28: 2023: American beekeepers lost nearly half of their managed colonies even as honeybee hives buzzed through their second-highest death.

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