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FDA approves Bayer's Hyrnuo as first-line therapy for HER2-mutant NSCLC
The FDA issued an accelerated approval allowing Bayer's oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor Hyrnuo as first-line treatment for patients with locally…
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Measles outbreak kills hundreds and sickens thousands in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is facing a large measles outbreak that has sickened more than 166,000 people and led to 999 suspected deaths this year, with 19,835…
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Maternal anaemia reduces infant brain volumes, study finds
Researchers followed 394 mother-infant pairs in Cape Town and scanned a subgroup of infants between three months and two years using both a 3 tesla…
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Filipino surgeons perform cross-country remote robotic surgeries
Filipino surgeons in Pampanga and Cotabato City carried out reciprocal remote robotic cholecystectomies on September 5 using the SSI Mantra Robotic…
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Oxford study links very hot drinks to oesophageal cancer
A University of Oxford study combining about 980,000 adults from UK Biobank and the Million Women Study found that people who drank hot beverages had…
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Kenya, Italy partner to build 15 new hospitals
Kenya and Italy have agreed under the Mattei Plan for Africa to build 15 hospitals across 15 counties, including 13 Level 5 county referral hospitals…
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Prenatal paracetamol linked with smaller infant ovaries and testes
Researchers recruited 685 pregnant women in Denmark and tracked medicine use, examining 302 infant girls around three months old and finding that…
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Donor funding cuts close clinics in Sudan
Sudan is experiencing widespread clinic closures after international donor funding fell and several aid organisations ended support, including the…
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EU approves €400 million German aid for Sanofi insulin supply
The European Commission approved, under EU state aid rules, a €400 million German measure compensating Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH to provide a…
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Biocon wins 10-year Brazil PDP contract for pertuzumab supply
Biocon announced a consortium agreement with Bahiafarma and Bionovis to supply pertuzumab under Brazil's 10-year PDP, receiving 100% allocation that…
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Namibia launches training to reduce postpartum haemorrhage deaths
Namibia has launched a national training-of-trainers programme to scale up postpartum haemorrhage care after a confidential enquiry covering April…
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Komnas HAM warns over repeated MBG food poisoning cases
Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) said repeated food poisoning incidents tied to President Prabowo Subianto's Free Nutritious…
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WMO warns wildfires and heatwaves worsen global air pollution
The World Meteorological Organization's Air Quality and Climate Bulletin links rising heatwaves and extreme wildfires to increases in fine PM2.5…
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Bangladesh records surge in dengue hospitalizations and deaths
Bangladesh is experiencing an accelerating dengue outbreak that has hospitalized 42,590 people and caused 117 deaths so far this year, with 1,558 new…
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Influencer Igho Ubiribo dies after cosmetic procedure
Igho "Tiny" Ubiribo, a 43-year-old businessman and social media personality who built an Instagram following of more than 185,000 by documenting a…
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Ministry updates Kinneret bathing guidance after amoeba case
The health ministry updated bathing recommendations at the Kinneret after a confirmed Naegleria fowleri infection in a nine-year-old who is…
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Israeli doctors emigrate at nearly double rate
Researchers at Tel Aviv University found 1,369 doctors left Israel for at least a year between 2023 and 2025, a 94% increase over 2013–2015. More…
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H5N1 avian influenza reported in Victoria
As this column notes, more than 70 cases of H5N1 avian influenza have been reported in Victoria, prompting warnings to avoid contact with sick or…
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Bangladesh reports nearly 1,000 child deaths linked to measles
Bangladesh has recorded 991 child deaths linked to measles and measles-like symptoms since mid-March, including 100 confirmed measles deaths, as…
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Bangladesh measles outbreak kills nearly 1,000 children
Bangladesh is experiencing its deadliest measles outbreak in decades, with at least 986 children reported dead since March and more than 180,000…
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Study finds sex differences in complications after type 2 diabetes
An observational cohort study of 28,720 people with incident type 2 diabetes using UK clinical records found clear sex-specific trajectories for…
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India rescues nationals, sends aid to flood-hit Nepal
India has increased humanitarian operations after flash floods struck Nepal on August 26, rescuing three more nationals and bringing total Indian…
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Genetically modified pig kidney bridged patient to human transplant
A genetically engineered porcine kidney transplanted at Massachusetts General Hospital kept a 66-year-old man with end-stage kidney failure free of…
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U.S. alcohol-linked cancer deaths double since 1990s
Researchers analyzed three decades of U.S. data and found alcohol-related cancer deaths rose from about 11,000 in 1990 to more than 23,000 in 2023…
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