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British-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc.’s investigational pill to treat an advanced breast cancer has reduced the chance of worsening the disease or the patient dying by 56% compared to the usual treatment.
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AstraZeneca’s pill to treat breast cancer cuts disease worsening by 56%

HQ Team June 4, 2025: British-Swedish AstraZeneca Plc.’s investigational pill to treat an advanced breast cancer has reduced the chance of worsening the.

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US President Donald Trump’s plan to raise taxes on private philanthropic foundations will harm charities' efforts to provide education, shelter, and food to the country's poor, experts said.
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US plan to raise taxes on charities a ‘disastrous’ move: Experts say

HQ Team May 19, 2025: US President Donald Trump’s plan to raise taxes on private philanthropic foundations will harm charities’ efforts to provide.

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UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has told the Security Council that the ambassadors must finally act decisively "to prevent genocide" and ensure respect for international law in Gaza, where it has been 10 weeks since humanitarian aid has been delivered.
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Security Council must act to prevent ‘genocide’ in Gaza: UN relief chief says

HQ Team May 14, 2025: UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has told the Security Council that the ambassadors must finally act decisively “to.

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Social determinants such as quality housing, education, and job opportunities can influence people’s health outcomes more than genetic influences or access to healthcare, according to a WHO report.
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Housing, education, jobs vital to health outcomes, not genes: WHO

HQ Team May 6, 2025: Social determinants such as quality housing, education, and job opportunities can influence people’s health outcomes more than genetic.

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UK scientists at biotech company Stablepharma have developed a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that is completely stable at room temperature and does not need to be refrigerated or frozen.
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UK company starts trial on first ‘fridge-free’ tetanus-diphtheria vaccine

HQ Team May 1, 2025: UK scientists at biotech company Stablepharma Ltd. have developed a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine that is completely stable at room.

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The United Nations has warned that “unprecedented” global aid cuts could derail a three-year trend of a 40% decline in maternal deaths as one maternal death occurred every two minutes worldwide in 2023.
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Maternal mortality rates may fail UN goal, global aid cuts the main culprit 

HQ Team April 9, 2025: The United Nations has warned that “unprecedented” global aid cuts could derail a three-year trend of a 40%.

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AstraZeneca’s combination drug for the treatment of adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer has got approval from the European Union.
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AstraZeneca’s lung cancer drug combination gets EU approval 

HQ Team April 4, 2025: AstraZeneca’s combination drug for the treatment of adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer has got approval from.

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Progress in slowing child mortality and stillbirth deaths has received a severe blow due to funding cuts and shortages, with 1.9 million children dying in 2023 on account of stillbirths.
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Funding cuts ‘severely’ bleeding UN’s child survival, stillbirth programs

HQ Team March 25, 2025: Progress in slowing child mortality and stillbirth deaths has received a severe blow due to global funding cuts.

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Tau proteins in brain neurons can form neurofibrillary tangles, which are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and these abnormal proteins also accumulate in the dying cells in the retina of the eyes of the patients with the condition, investigators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center found.
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Abnormal protein accumulation in patient’s eyes linked to Alzheimer’s

HQ Team March 4, 2025: Tau proteins in brain neurons can form neurofibrillary tangles, which are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, and these.

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Annual deaths caused by breast cancer globally will rise 68% to 1.1 million by 2050, according to a report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a specialised arm of the World Health Organization.
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Breast cancer death rates globally to rise 68% by 2050: WHO arm IARC warns

Annual deaths caused by breast cancer globally will rise 68% to 1.1 million by 2050, according to a report from the International Agency.

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