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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.

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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March 25, 2025
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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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March 4, 2025
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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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February 25, 2025
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Global deaths due to COVID-19 have fallen by 95% since January, and nations need to take steps to manage virus variants alongside other infectious diseases, the WHO director-general said.

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WHO warns of global health crisis in 50 nations as USAID freezes funds

Bharti Jayshankar February 17, 2025: The suspension of US foreign aid has disrupted life-saving health initiatives, including HIV treatment, polio eradication, and responses.

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February 17, 2025
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The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the WHO stated.

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First vaccine efficacy trial for Sudan Ebola during an outbreak starts in Uganda

The world’s first-ever clinical efficacy trial of a vaccine for Ebola disease arising out of the Sudan virus has started in Uganda, the.

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February 4, 2025
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The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow people to continue accessing HIV treatment funded by the US across 55 countries worldwide.

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US ‘humanitarian wavier’ will help deliver life-saving HIV medicines: UN

The UNAIDS has welcomed a move by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, to approve an “Emergency Humanitarian Waiver” to allow.

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January 30, 2025
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The US, the World Health Organization’s top donor, has decided to withdraw from the global health body, accusing it of “mishandling” the Covid-19 pandemic.

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US to withdraw from WHO after an executive order from Donald Trump

The US, the World Health Organization’s top donor, has decided to withdraw from the global health body, accusing it of “mishandling” the Covid-19.

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January 21, 2025
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China will develop humanoid robots for elderly care and support scientific and technological projects related to senior citizens, according to a state-run news agency.

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China to make humanoid robots, brain-computer interfaces for elderly

China will develop humanoid robots for elderly care and support scientific and technological projects related to senior citizens, according to a state-run news.