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The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, targeting the JN.1 strain, for people 12 years of age and older, according to a statement from the regulator.
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Novavax’s vaccine targeting JN.1 strain of Covid-19 virus gets FDA approval 

The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, targeting the JN.1 strain, for people 12 years of age and older, according.

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United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid spread of the disease in the African continent.
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UNICEF issues emergency tender to purchase mpox vaccines

United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid.

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The US drug regulator raised the age limit of people who want to buy tobacco products by three years to 30, and retailers must verify people buying such products, including e-cigarettes, with photo identification.
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US smokers need photo ID to prove new age limit set by the FDA

The US drug regulator raised the age limit of people who want to buy tobacco products by three years to 30, and retailers.

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The World Health Organization has appealed for $87.4 million over the next six months to stop and contain the current global outbreak of mpo
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Global health body appeals for $87.4 million to contain mpox spread

The World Health Organization has appealed for $87.4 million over the next six months to stop and contain the current global outbreak of.

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A 30-year-old male, who stayed for two weeks in Uganda, has tested positive for mpox in the Central African nation of Gabon, the country’s health minister said.
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Gabon reports first case of mpox, Burundi worst-hit in African continent

A 30-year-old male, who stayed for two weeks in Uganda, has tested positive for mpox in the Central African nation of Gabon, the.

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A new strain of monkeypox virus named as MPXV clade Ib, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently, is behind the surge of cases reported and transmitted through sexual contact.
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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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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 new variants, according to the global health agency.
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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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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 Covid-19 or other respiratory illnesses.
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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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Servier Pharmaceuticals, the US arm of a French pharmaceutical company, got approval from the US drug regulator for a once-daily pill to treat specific forms of brain cancer.
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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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A family of antimicrobial compounds can neutralise necrotising fasciitis, a deadly bacterial skin infection that is also known as flesh-eating disease, when tested in mice, according to researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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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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