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FDA approves Pfizer’s first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorder : The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer’s treatment for a ...
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Quick Glance: FDA approves Pfizer’s gene therapy for hemophilia B
  • The FDA has approved Pfizer's first gene therapy drug for a rare inherited bleeding disorder.

  • Beqvez, a unique gene therapy drug by Pfizer, has been approved for adults with moderate to severe hemophilia B.

  • The drug enables patients to produce Factor IX themselves to prevent and control bleeding.

  • Pfizer is competing with a similar treatment from CSL Behring and planning more gene therapies for various genetic disorders.
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New drug which could 'cure cancer' tested on melanoma patient from Stevenage: Steve Young, 52, from Stevenage, joined a clinical trial after being diagnosed with ...
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New drug which could 'cure cancer' tested on melanoma patient from ...
Quick Glance: Innovative Cancer Treatment Tested on Melanoma Patient
  • A music teacher with melanoma is among the first to receive a new anti-cancer treatment that shows potential for curing the disease.

  • The personalized mRNA cancer jab instructs the body's immune system to target and eliminate cancer cells, with promising results in reducing cancer recurrence.

  • Conducted by University College London Hospitals, the trial aims to cure melanoma patients and explore its effectiveness in other cancer types.

  • The therapy, tailored to each patient's tumor, marks a significant advancement in cancer treatment, with a global trial expanding to recruit 1,100 participants.
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Cancer cases in younger people are on the rise: In the United States this year alone, there will be an anticipated 2,001,140 new cancer cases ...
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Cancer cases in younger people are on the rise
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It was the news that every expectant mother dreads. Twelve weeks pregnant with her second child, Jennifer Adkins learned her developing fetus had Turner ... Show more

Mother describes leaving Idaho for abortion as Supreme Court considers state's ban
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Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows
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Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms ...
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Fragments of bird flu virus detected in cow's milk sold in grocery stores: The FDA says samples of milk taken from grocery stores have tested positive for ...
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Fragments of bird flu virus detected in cow's milk sold in grocery ...
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My six months in hell and how I was pulled from the brink: "You see this mass. It is what is slowly sapping away your life. This is not looking good"
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My six months in hell and how I was pulled from the brink
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Kanye West in talks to launch Yeezy Porn with Stormy Daniels’ ex-husband: The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is reportedly in talks to launch Yeezy Porn ...
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Kanye West in talks to launch Yeezy Porn with Stormy Daniels’ ex-husband
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Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a condition that can strike out of the blue and cause muscles on one side ... Show more

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Senate Begins Investigation Into Ozempic and Wegovy Prices: Senator Bernie Sanders is pressing the drugmaker Novo Nordisk for details on its pricing of the ...
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Senate Begins Investigation Into Ozempic and Wegovy Prices
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Bird flu: 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk contained virus fragments, FDA finds
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Bird flu: 1 in 5 samples of pasteurized milk contained virus fragments ...
Quick Glance: Key Insights on Bird Flu-Traced Milk Safety
  • FDA confirms traces of bird flu in milk, but emphasizes low public risk.

  • Although genetic material of the virus was found in milk, tests show no infectious or live form.

  • Authorities have not conducted specific studies on bird flu inactivation in cow's milk through pasteurization.

  • Experts stress that milk with bird flu traces is safe as long as it is pasteurized and sourced from infected cows.
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Feeling cheated by the “empty” promises of politicians, voters from five estates in the Kuala Kubu Baharu state constituency have set a condition for ... Show more

Sign SD first, get votes later - KKB estate workers
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The world has become a much safer place to be a young child in the last 50 years. Since 1974, infant mortality worldwide has plummeted. That year ... Show more

How many lives have vaccines saved? New WHO study comes out with breathtaking estimate. - Vox
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Fauci agrees to testify in Congress on covid origins, pandemic policies: It marks the first time infectious-disease doctor Anthony S. Fauci will publicly face ...
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Fauci agrees to testify in Congress on covid origins, pandemic policies
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Lori and George Schappell, Long-Surviving Conjoined Twins, Die at 62: They were distinct people who pursued different lives. “Get past this already, everybody ...
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Lori and George Schappell, Long-Surviving Conjoined Twins, Die at 62
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What to know about the bird flu outbreak in the US after virus fragments found in milk samples
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What to know about the bird flu outbreak in the US after virus fragments ...
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The Illogical Relationship Americans Have With Animals: A new book explores the roots of our love for certain creatures—and our indifference toward many others.
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The Illogical Relationship Americans Have With Animals
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Chiropractor works on giraffe, is nuzzled: ‘Giraffes are just giant dogs?’: Three quick videos of Joren Whitley adjusting Gerry the giraffe’s neck and jaw have ...
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Chiropractor works on giraffe, is nuzzled: ‘Giraffes are just giant dogs?’
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At this national park in Hawaiʻi, a natural paradise and a medical purgatory: Kalaupapa National Historical Park on the north side of Molokaʻi was the site of ...
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At this national park in Hawaiʻi, a natural paradise and a medical ...
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Reason for William Nylander's playoff absence hard to pin down: Elliotte Friedman reports on the ailment that has kept Toronto Maple Leafs winger William ...
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Reason for William Nylander's playoff absence hard to pin down
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Flint, Michigan, residents call on Biden to pay for decade-old federal failures in water crisis
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Flint, Michigan, residents call on Biden to pay for decade-old federal ...
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Quick Glance: Dead Dolphin Found with Bullets in Brain, Spinal Cord, Heart
  • A dead dolphin with multiple bullets lodged in its body was discovered on a beach in Louisiana.

  • NOAA is offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the incident.

  • Bottlenose dolphins are social animals living in tight-knit groups and are protected.

  • Similar incidents involving other endangered species have also led to investigations and rewards.
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Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca's sister pleads for public to help in catching the killer: 'The pain is unbearable'
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Slain Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca's sister pleads for public to ...
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Mother describes leaving Idaho for abortion as Supreme Court considers state's ban
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Quick Glance: Supreme Court Divided on Emergency Abortion Access: Highlights
  • The Supreme Court seems divided on access to emergency abortions in states with near-total bans.

  • The 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act could impact abortion access in emergencies.

  • The debate raises questions about fetal personhood and abortion rights conflict.

  • The court's decision could affect abortion access in 14 states with strict abortion bans.
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100-plus arrested when protesters, police clash at Emerson College in Boston: More than 100 people were arrested overnight after a pro-Palestinian protest broke ...
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100-plus arrested when protesters, police clash at Emerson College in ...
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Michael J. Fox Accepts TIME100 Impact Award With Moving Speech on Parkinson’s Experience
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Michael J. Fox Accepts TIME100 Impact Award With Moving Speech on ...
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Even Mario's Kart Is Being Recalled For Unintended Acceleration: There's a recall in place for the Jakk's Pacific Mario Kart ride-on kids toy for ...
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Even Mario's Kart Is Being Recalled For Unintended Acceleration
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A fire broke out on Thursday at a pier in Oceanside, California, according to local officials. First responders arrived five minutes after the call and were ... Show more
Quick Glance: Historic Pier in Southern California Engulfed in Flames
  • A vacant restaurant at the end of a historic pier in Southern California caught fire.

  • The fire also spread to Brine Box, a fish shack at the end of the pier.

  • The Oceanside Fire Department was working to extinguish the fire and urged citizens to stay away from the affected area.

  • The cause of the fire was unknown initially, but reports mentioned that the pier was built in 1888 and is a focal point of Oceanside.
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76ers All-Star Joel Embiid says he has Bell’s palsy : Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy ...
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76ers All-Star Joel Embiid says he has Bell’s palsy
Quick Glance: Joel Embiid's Controversial Foul: Turning Point in Game 3
  • Embiid scored 50 points in the game against the Knicks but was also involved in controversy.

  • Embiid's 50 points led to a win in a contentious Game 3 where the Sixers trailed 2-1.

  • A controversial foul by Embiid on Mitchell Robinson could have meant a premature end.

  • The Knicks have doubts about the officiating and are getting ready for Game 4.
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Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant: The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited ...
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Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant
Quick Glance: Revolutionary Transplant: Heart Pump and Pig Kidney
  • The first transplant surgery combining a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.

  • The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano from New Jersey, received the heart pump and pig kidney due to heart failure and end-stage kidney disease.

  • Experts view xenotransplants as crucial to addressing organ shortages by transplanting animal organs into humans.

  • Gene editing aims to prevent the human immune system from rejecting the animal organs, facilitating successful transplantations.
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11-year-old Nevada boy with autism kept in metal cage at home; parents charged with child abuse
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11-year-old Nevada boy with autism kept in metal cage at home; parents ...
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Prince Harry's Cousin Loses Ex in Miami Overdose: Paolo Liuzzo—who previously dated Princess Beatrice, the daughter of Prince Andrew—was found dead in a hotel ...
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Prince Harry's Cousin Loses Ex in Miami Overdose
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Christina Applegate contracts sapovirus after ingesting fecal matter: 'Dead to Me' star Christina Applegate, who has multiple sclerosis, contracted sapovirus ...
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Christina Applegate contracts sapovirus after ingesting fecal matter
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Abducted 1-Year-Old Found Safe After Ex-Cop Dad Allegedly Killed 2 Women: Elias Huizar, 39, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound following the fatal ...
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Abducted 1-Year-Old Found Safe After Ex-Cop Dad Allegedly Killed 2 Women
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US government will require more testing, tracking of bird flu in dairy cows: The US Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that it is issuing a federal order ...
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US government will require more testing, tracking of bird flu in dairy ...
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Opinion | Medical Skepticism Is On the Rise. Here’s How Doctors Are Responding.: Skepticism and distrust of health practitioners is on the rise ...
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Opinion | Medical Skepticism Is On the Rise. Here’s How Doctors Are ...
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A spectacular wonder of nature or an anxiety-inducing nuisance? It depends on whom you ask. Cicadas 2024: What to expect from the 2024 periodical cicada emergence and how to prepare | CNN
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Coco Gauff dishes on 'embracing adulthood' in TIME magazine's May cover story: The cover shoot for the in-depth feature teases that the US Open champion is now ...
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Coco Gauff dishes on 'embracing adulthood' in TIME magazine's May cover ...
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A transgender Tennessee woman sued the state's Department of Safety and Homeland Security on Tuesday after officials refused to change the sex on her driver's ... Show more

Transgender TN woman sues over refusal to change the designation on her license
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Moisturizing your scalp won’t get rid of dandruff. But this will.: To treat dandruff, you need to target an overgrowth of yeast and any accompanying inflammation ...
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Moisturizing your scalp won’t get rid of dandruff. But this will.
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Wegovy Medicare Coverage Expands to Millions With Heart Disease: Medicare’s recent decision to cover Novo Nordisk A/S’s blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy for heart ...
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Wegovy Medicare Coverage Expands to Millions With Heart Disease
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The Giants announced that they have placed Blake Snell on the 15-Day Injured List with a left adductor strain.
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Why measles vaccination needs to be a top priority: Measles cases in Ontario are on the rise, and we all need to do our part to stop the spread
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Why measles vaccination needs to be a top priority
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Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism: Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's ...
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Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism
Quick Glance: Alzheimer's Drug Uptake Hindered by Doctors' Skepticism in US
  • The first drug to slow the progression of Alzheimer's, Leqembi by Eisai and Biogen, is facing resistance in the US from doctors who believe the treatment is futile.

  • The requirements of Leqembi, such as additional diagnostic tests, twice-monthly infusions, and regular brain scans, have led to slow adoption as many doctors express concerns about efficacy, cost, and risks.

  • Despite FDA approval and proven benefits in clinical trials, many doctors still have reservations about Leqembi, hindering the widespread use of the drug.

  • The companies behind Leqembi are working to improve physician and patient education to increase acceptance of the medication, aiming to treat 100,000 patients by 2026.
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Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant: The first transplant surgery to combine a mechanical heart pump as well as a gene-edited ...
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Surgeons perform first combined heart pump and pig kidney transplant
Quick Glance: Revolutionary Transplant: Heart Pump and Pig Kidney
  • The first transplant surgery combining a mechanical heart pump and a gene-edited pig kidney was successfully performed at NYU Langone Health.

  • The patient, 54-year-old Lisa Pisano from New Jersey, received the heart pump and pig kidney due to heart failure and end-stage kidney disease.

  • Experts view xenotransplants as crucial to addressing organ shortages by transplanting animal organs into humans.

  • Gene editing aims to prevent the human immune system from rejecting the animal organs, facilitating successful transplantations.
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Biden mocks Trump on anniversary of COVID bleach controversy: "Don't inject bleach. And don't vote for the guy who told you to inject bleach ...
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Biden mocks Trump on anniversary of COVID bleach controversy
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Thatcher Demko could miss the rest of the First Round due to an injury, per Elliotte Friedman.
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‘Nothing is going to stop me’: Celine Dion opens up about life with stiff person syndrome
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‘Nothing is going to stop me’: Celine Dion opens up about life with stiff ...
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Ugandan scientists start designing new HIV vaccine: Scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) have said they are designing an HIV vaccine
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Ugandan scientists start designing new HIV vaccine
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A president’s guide to dozing in public: Trump is nodding off. Doesn’t everyone? (But most of us aren’t doing it during our own criminal trial.)
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A president’s guide to dozing in public