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Brazil starts mass vaccination campaign against dengue

February 10, 2024 Brazil on Friday launched its vaccination campaign against dengue fever in the Federal District, targeting 521 municipalities nationwide identified as priorities, said the country\'s health ministry.

Listeria outbreak continues in U.S. since 2014, more Rizo Lopez Foods recalled

February 8, 2024 Amid the ongoing Listeria monocytogenes outbreak, more and more products containing tainted cheese and other ingredients supplied by Rizo Lopez Foods are being recalled, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Researchers discover new cell that remembers allergies

February 8, 2024 Researchers with McMaster University and Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abello made a groundbreaking discovery: a new cell that remembers allergies.

People with depression have higher body temperatures

February 6, 2024 People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with the disorder, a new UC San Francisco led study found.

Immune response, not acute viral infections, responsible for neurological damage

February 5, 2024 For years, there has been a long held belief that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers from McMaster University have now discovered that it\'s the immune system\'s response that is behind it.

Botswana adopts injectable drug for HIV treatment

February 4, 2024 Botswana has adopted the use of long-acting antiretroviral injectables for HIV treatment, the country\'s Health Minister Edwin Dikoloti announced Thursday.

Epididymitis, an inflammation that can be nothing or everything

February 3, 2024 Epididymitis is inflammation of your epididymis, a tube that carries sperm at the back of a testicle.

Scientists discover potential way to repair synapses damaged in Alzheimer's disease

February 2, 2024 While newly approved drugs for Alzheimer\'s show some promise for slowing the disease, the current treatments fall far short of being effective at regaining memory.

All clinical trials in EU must be transitioned to Clinical Trials Information System by 31 January 2025

February 2, 2024 All ongoing clinical trials in the EU must be transitioned to the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) by 31 January 2025.

Top EU officials have toxic ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in their blood

January 31, 2024 Environmental NGOs have identified toxic substances in the blood of top Brussels politicians.

GSK seeks regulatory approval to extend RSV vaccination to at-risk adults aged 50-59

January 31, 2024 GSK announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the company’s regulatory application to expand the use of its adjuvanted recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine to adults aged 50-59 who are at increased risk for RSV disease.

Viral protein fragments may unlock mystery behind serious COVID-19 outcomes

January 30, 2024 There are many lingering mysteries from the COVID-19 pandemic.