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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.

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Poliovirus type 2 detected in sewage samples in war-torn Gaza: WHO

The World Health Organization’s laboratory network has detected six variants of poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in sewage samples in war-torn Gaza and warned.

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Boy, 14, dies in India’s southern state of Kerala due to Nipah virus

A 14-year-old boy from India’s southern state of Kerala died due to the Nipah virus and the state has identified 63 people in.

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Global health body prequalifies OraQuick’s hepatitis C virus self-test

OraSure Technologies’ hepatitis C virus self-test has been prequalified by the World Health Organization in a global bid to eliminate the disease.

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EMA approves Sanofi’s treatment for obstructive pulmonary disease

The European Medicines Agency has approved Sanofi S.A.’s Dupixent (dupilumab) therapy as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with uncontrolled chronic obstructive pulmonary.

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Alcohol claims 2.6 million lives yearly, 209m people are dependent: WHO

About 400 million people globally live with alcohol and drug use disorders and of the total, 209 million people have alcohol dependence, according.

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Global fight against trans fats proving successful as more nations join: UN

Fifty-three nations have adopted best practice policies to eliminate trans fats in foods — benefitting 46% of the world’s population, or about 3.7.

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WHO issues medical alert on falsified weight-loss, diabetic drugs

The World Health Organization has issued a medical product alert on falsified semaglutides, an active ingredient in Ozempic, a diabetic drug made by.

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