New mpox virus strain, sexual contact, behind a surge in cases: WHO
A new strain of monkeypox virus named as MPXV clade Ib, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently, is behind.
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Covid-19 vaccines saved 1.6 million lives in Europe, most in Omicron wave
Vaccinations have saved more than 1.6 million lives in the WHO European Region and Covid-19 is lurking around the world menacingly with its.
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WHO: 40 athletes participating in Olympic Games test Covid-19 positive
The WHO’s event-based surveillance system has reported that at least 40 athletes participating in the Olympic Games in France had tested positive for.
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France’s Servier gets FDA green light for oral drug to treat brain cancer
Servier Pharmaceuticals, the US arm of a French pharmaceutical company, got approval from the US drug regulator for a once-daily pill to treat.
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Scientists develop potential compound to neutralise flesh-eating bacteria
A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested.
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Oxford spin-off develops new test to detect heart attacks 10 yrs in advance
Caristo Diagnostics, founded by four Oxford University cardiologists, has developed an AI-assisted software that can detect cardiac events a decade in advance.
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WHO warns on drug-resistant Klebsiella Pneumonie spread
HQ Team August 4, 2024: The WHO has warned about the rising global incidence of hypervirulent and multi-resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae (hvKp) infections. The.
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A quarter of global adolescent girls face violence by intimate partners: WHO
About 24% of adolescent girls or close to 19 million globally have experienced physical or sexual violence by their intimate partner by the.
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Sinergium to share H5N1 vaccine technology with low-income nations
Argentina’s Sinergium Biotech will share its technology and expertise to manufacture bird flu vaccine with partners in low and middle-income countries in case.
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16 Gaza Strip residents, mostly children, reach Spain for treatment
A woman and 15 other children from Gaza, who were undergoing medical care in Egypt for the last several months, have been evacuated.