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typhoon
Children's Health, Healthcare, International News
Nutrition at risk for Typhoon-hit Filipino families, WFP warns
Nina Alvarez Feb 1, 2022

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

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menopause
Healthcare, International News, Mental Health
How listening to music can take edge off menopause transition
Nina Alvarez Jan 27, 2022

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

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Quebec
COVID-19, Hospitals, International News
Quebec set to tax Canadian residents that remain unvaccinated
Nina Alvarez Jan 13, 2022

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

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Molnupiravir
COVID-19, Healthcare News, International News, Medical Science and Technology
First oral at-home Covid pill, Molnupiravir, could be available by Christmas
Nina Alvarez Dec 7, 2021

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

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Omicron
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
WHO holds meeting about the new COVID variant, Omicron
Nina Alvarez Nov 30, 2021

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

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HIV-positive
Healthcare, International News, Medical Science and Technology
HIV-positive patient’s immune system may have cured her of infection
Nina Alvarez Nov 18, 2021

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

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legacy
Healthcare, International News, Public Health and Careers
Australia’s Tokyo showcase leaves a lasting legacy for our health
Nina Alvarez Nov 16, 2021

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.

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Business Development, Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News, Medical Science and Technology
Cure Brain Cancer Foundation launches Global Ambassador Program
Nina Alvarez Sep 23, 2021

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

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cardiac
Healthcare, Hospitals, Hospitals/Clinics, International News, Policy, Strategy
1 in 10 cardiac arrest patients phoned emergency services the day before
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

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

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Pfizer
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, International News
Pfizer, BioNTech and Eurofarma collaborate to manufacture vaccines
Lourdes Antenor Aug 27, 2021

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

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Pfizer and BioNTech
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid Vaccine COMIRNATY Receives Full U.S. FDA Approval for Individuals 16 Years and Older
Healthcare Channel Aug 24, 2021

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

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neurological
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, International News
Kids with COVID-19 or MIS-C have surprisingly high rates of neurological symptoms
Lourdes Antenor Aug 19, 2021

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

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