Every single minute ‘a life is lost to AIDS,’ says UNAIDS deputy chief
Despite intense national efforts geared towards eliminating AIDS as a public health threat by 2030,…
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‘Milestone’ award will change refugee children’s lives: UNHCR prize winner
Just one book can turn a displaced child’s life around and help unite the world,…
News in Brief 28 November 2023
UN rights office appalled by #BurkinaFaso attack Support grassroots communities fighting AIDS Olympian Mo Farah…
Somali-born champion of refugee education wins top UNHCR award
A former child refugee born in Somalia, who dedicated himself to changing lives through education,…
STAT+: White House official dings Bristol-Myers Squibb for fighting off generic competition
WASHINGTON — A top White House official on Tuesday delivered a pointed attack at a…
STAT+: Scott Gottlieb, Trump FDA chief, questions whether there’s a Republican philosophy on health care
WASHINGTON — One of the Republican party’s most prominent health care thinkers doesn’t know what…
Dutch Value-Based Care Environmental Innovation | NEJM Catalyst – nejm.org
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Haiti: Gangs move into rural areas as Türk says new force ‘must be deployed’
Gang violence in Haiti is on the rise with new alliances being forged and expansion…
What if Alexa or Siri sounded more like you? Study says you’ll like it better
One voice does not fit all when it comes to virtual assistants like Siri and…
A gamma-ray pulsar milestone inspires innovative astrophysics and applications
Scientists have announced the discovery of nearly 300 gamma ray pulsars. Read Original Article: A…
Solar activity likely to peak next year
Researchers have discovered a new relationship between the Sun’s magnetic field and its sunspot cycle,…
STAT+: Biden invokes Cold War-era law to stem drug shortages
WASHINGTON — President Biden is using a Cold War-era law to stem drug shortages by…
STAT+: FDA investigating whether CAR-T, a treatment for cancer, can also cause lymphoma
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating whether CAR-T therapy, which…
STAT+: Vertex pushes a donation program to widen access to cystic fibrosis treatments, but advocates say it’s not enough
Vertex Pharmaceuticals is being accused by a group of advocates and physicians of refusing to…
STAT+: Mayo Clinic to spend $5 billion on tech-heavy redesign of its Minnesota campus
Mayo Clinic will spend $5 billion to reinvent its flagship medical campus in Rochester, Minn.,…
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso attack, communities fight AIDS, Syrian child casualties, new UN migration ambassador
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said it was appalled by the recent killing of…
World News in Brief: UN rights office denounces Burkina Faso attack, support frontline communities fighting AIDS, Syrian child casualties, Olympic champ Mo Farah new UN migration ambassador
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, said it was appalled by the recent killing of…
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Swine flu: UK reports its first human case of A(H1N2)v strain
The UK has detected its first human case of a new strain of influenza, A(H1N2)v,…
New Zealand’s new government says it will repeal groundbreaking anti-smoking law
New Zealand’s revolutionary anti-smoking law, which drew headlines around the world when it passed last…
Today’s biotech news roundup, in under 800 words
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England’s GP leader calls for end to “ridiculous” bureaucracy
The chair of the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee (England), Katie Bramall-Stainer, has hit out at…
Pandemic preparedness: is the UK ready for a pandemic that affects children?
Before covid-19, concerns were raised that the UK was unprepared for a pandemic that predominantly…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: More U.S. states and cities are suing insulin makers; Biden looks to boost U.S. drug manufacturing amid shortages
Top of the morning to you, and a fine one it is. Cool breezes and…
Donald Longmore: surgeon, physiologist, and leading member of the team that undertook Britain’s first human-to-human heart transplantation
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Macaque trials offer hope in pneumonia vaccine development
A research team has successfully developed a novel pneumococcal vaccine by combining the team’s proprietary…
Kids who feel their parents are less reliable take fewer risks vital to learning and growth
The researchers studied decisions that more than 150 children ages 10 to 13 made while…
Discrimination during pregnancy can affect infant’s brain circuitry
Experiences of discrimination and acculturation are known to have a detrimental effect on a person’s…
Stronger thigh muscles may prevent knee replacement surgery
Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement,…
Defending your voice against deepfakes
Computer scientists have developed AntiFake, a tool to protect voice recordings from unauthorized speech synthesis….
New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values
Health care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care,…
Pfizer sues Poland over unclaimed covid vaccines
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is going to court in an effort to force Poland to…
Debate on associates is affecting their health and wellbeing, NHS England warns
NHS England has asked the BMA to bring forward a meeting arranged for later this…
STAT+: Argenx antibody fails study in platelet-destroying autoimmune disorder, derailing expansion plans
Belgium drugmaker Argenx said Tuesday that its antibody medicine failed to achieve the goals of…
Long term investment could avert 20 000 cancer deaths a year by 2040, says charity
The UK urgently requires sustained and ambitious investment in cancer care to reduce mortality and…
Health is the engine to drive more urgent action on climate change, says WHO
World Health Organization leaders hope that the first ever health day at the 28th UN…
A&E doctor who altered notes after failing to check patient&x2019;s blood results before discharge is struck off
A doctor who discharged a patient from a hospital’s accident and emergency department without reviewing…
STAT+: A growing number of U.S. states, cities, and counties are suing insulin makers and PBMs
In response to strained budgets, a growing number of state and local governments across the…
Opinion: Manufacturers need to be more open about a dangerous Alzheimer’s drug side effect
Since the FDA’s approval of lecanemab (marketed as Leqembi) and Medicare’s recent decision to cover…
A nonprofit group is pushing to get estrogen FDA approved for gender-affirming care
Hormone replacement therapies have long been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use…
How to spot when drug companies spin clinical trial results
Investors, analysts, doctors, and even patients face an avalanche of news from biotech companies about…
Tips to avoid infection while pregnant – WRAL News
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Fetal Exome Sequencing Studies Point to Noninvasive Prenatal … – GenomeWeb
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Prenatal care is key to the health of you and your baby – WWLP.com
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Four-day weeks to pregnancy rights: What workers could expect to see in 2024 – Yahoo Finance UK
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21 Of The Coolest Winter Fashion Outfit Ideas This Season
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Gaza: Children flooding hospitals bearing ‘wounds of war’
A child in hospital who’s lost his mother and sisters but doesn’t know they’re dead;…
News in Brief 27 November 2023
Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day WHO chief…