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Three weeks after Super Typhoon Odette (known internationally as Rai) devastated a huge swathe of the Philippines, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that nutrition and food security are at risk in ...
A new study identifies music therapy as an attractive option, not only to manage menopause symptoms, but also depressed moods. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause ...
Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get COVID-19 vaccinations to pay a “health contribution” in a move likely to spur a debate about individual rights and social responsibility. ...
The first at-home Covid pill, Molnupiravir, could be available by Christmas in a bid to combat the Omicron variant. United Kingdom Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid is reportedly set to launch a national ...
Advisers to the World Health Organisation are holding a special session to flesh out information about a worrying new variant (currently coined as the Omicron variant) of the coronavirus that has been detected in South ...
A woman diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2013 may have achieved a natural sterilisation cure without stem cell transplant. A sterilising cure is achieved when replication-competent proviruses have been eliminated. This is said to have only ...
The performances of our Olympic and Paralympic teams in Tokyo look set to leave a lasting legacy and improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. Findings from Sport Australia’s Community Perceptions Monitor survey reveal more ...
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation recently launched its first ever Global Ambassador Program, including an Oscar-winning filmmaker and an international financial adviser, ahead of World Cancer Research Day on Friday 24 September. Cure Brain Cancer CEO ...
Difficulty breathing is the most common symptom before cardiac arrest, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021. “Breathing problems more frequently preceded cardiac arrest than chest pain,” said study author Filip Gnesin, a research ...
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced the signing of a letter of intent with Eurofarma Laboratórios SA, a Brazilian biopharmaceutical company, to manufacture COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) for distribution within Latin ...
Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Biologics License Application (BLA) for COMIRNATY® (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) to prevent COVID-19 in individuals 16 years of age and older. COMIRNATY is ...
Children and adolescents are at risk of developing serious neurological complications from COVID-19 that require hospitalization. Elizabeth Mack, M.D., chief of pediatric critical care medicine at MUSC, contributed to a study that found that 22% of children ...
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