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The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization currently chaired by China for the standardization of medical devices, due to a divergence of views.

FDA pulls out of 33-member medical devices body as differences emerge

HQ Team November 28, 2023: The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization.

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November 28, 2023
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The World Health Organisation is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.

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WHO keeping an eye on a surge of respiratory illness in northern China

The World Health Organization is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.

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November 24, 2023
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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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November 20, 2023
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A plan to create a safe zone at Gaza’s Al-Mawasi is a “recipe for disaster” and the WHO will not be a partner in establishing such a zone which is attempting to cram people in a small area devoid of infrastructure and services, the global health agency’s chief said.

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WHO rejects setting up ‘safe zone’ in Gaza, says ‘broad agreement’ needed

HQ Team November 18, 2023: A plan to create a safe zone at Gaza’s Al-Mawasi is a “recipe for disaster” and the WHO.

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November 18, 2023
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One in four older people experience social isolation, and one in six adolescents is socially isolated and lonely, “though this is likely an under-estimate,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said.

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One in 4 elderly, one in 6 adolescents experience social isolation: WHO chief

HQ Team November 16, 2023: One in four older people experience social isolation, and one in six adolescents is socially isolated and lonely,.

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November 16, 2023
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Type 2 diabetic patients, especially African Americans and people with low income, are at a 47% increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers said.

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Type 2 diabetics 47% more prone to develop colorectal cancer: Researchers

HQ Team November 15, 2023: Type 2 diabetic patients, especially African Americans and people with low income, are at a 47% increased risk.

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November 15, 2023
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At least 101 health workers were killed in Gaza, the largest in UN's history.

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101 UN health workers died during attack on Gaza, the largest in history

HQ Team November 14, 2023: At least 101 health workers, have died in Gaza, in attacks on hospitals and healthcare facilities since the.

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November 14, 2023
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Last year about 7.5 million people had tuberculosis (TB), the world’s second-most infectious killer, and multi-drug resistant form of the disease remains a health crisis, the WHO stated.

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Globally, 7.5 million people got tuberculosis last year: WHO report

Last year about 7.5 million people had tuberculosis (TB), the world’s second-most infectious killer, and multi-drug resistant form of the disease remains a.