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Mpox Declared A Global Public Health Emergency By WHO Amid Rapid International Spread
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 8:29pm | 541The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mpox, a viral infection, a global public health emergency. This is the second such declaration in two years due to a new outbreak spreading across Africa. What Happened: The WHO made the declaration following an outbreak of the viral infection in the...
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WHO Declares Mpox Public Health Emergency: 'Coordinated International Response Essential' To Halt Outbreak
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 4:58pm | 940The World Health Organization issued an international public health emergency Wednesday over mpox, leading to increased concern around travel to Africa and causing mpox stocks to trade higher once again. What Happened: A rise in mpox cases in Africa prompted the WHO to issue a public health...
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GeoVax, SIGA Technologies Shares Soar After WHO Declares Mpox A Global Health Emergency
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 - 4:04pm | 409GeoVax Labs inc. (NASDAQ:GOVX) and SIGA Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA) shares are surging Wednesday amid Mpox Emergency Declaration. Here’s what you need to know. What Happened: The surge comes in response to reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General has declared Mpox...
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Unseen Bird Flu Strain Claims First Human Life, WHO Confirms — Source Of Virus Remains Unknown
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 10:17pm | 428The World Health Organization has confirmed the first human death from a previously unseen strain of bird flu, H5N2, in Mexico. What Happened: The WHO announced on Thursday that a man in Mexico fell victim to a new strain of bird flu, H5N2. This strain is distinct from the H5N1 strain, which has...
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Ozempic, Wegovy And Other Weight-Loss Drugs Won't Solve Global Obesity Crisis Affecting 1B People, WHO Warns
Friday, March 1, 2024 - 2:07am | 732The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the increasing global obesity crisis, which now affects over a billion people, cannot be resolved by the use of obesity medications alone. What Happened: The WHO has warned that the use of effective and popular obesity medications will not be...
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Meet Eris, The COVID Variant Behind A Summer Resurgence In Cases: 3 Drugmakers Prep Fall Booster Shots
Friday, August 11, 2023 - 12:30pm | 839In the midst of a seemingly constant hum of summer activity, something from the past is looming large again: COVID-19. What Happened: New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed hospitalizations shot up by 12.5% between July 23 and July 29. In fact, they have been...
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Aspartame A Cancer Risk? Diet Coke, Pepsi Max And Diet Mountain Dew Could Be Impacted By New World Health Organization Ruling
Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 1:29pm | 705An upcoming major decision from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the use of aspartame could potentially pose challenges for leading food and beverage companies. One of the biggest companies impacted could be Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), which has been selling beverages since 1886. What...
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Elon Musk Reacts After Twitter User Asks Him To 'Buy WHO' From Bill Gates: 'How Much Does It Cost?'
Monday, June 12, 2023 - 5:54am | 537After taking over Twitter last year, Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday expressed his willingness to "buy" the World Health Organization (WHO). What Happened: Musk, over the weekend, responded to an unusual request from an entrepreneur named Dr. Eli David on Twitter, asking if the billionaire could...
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Donald Trump Congratulates Kim Jong Un As North Korea Wins Leading Role At WHO
Saturday, June 3, 2023 - 4:59am | 613Former President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated dictator Kim Jong Un after North Korea was elected to serve on the World Health Organization's (WHO) executive board. What Happened: On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump misspelled the name of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un...
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Can Cannabis Wean Chronic Pain Patients Off Opioids? South African Clinical Trial Aims To Find Out
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - 12:24pm | 890South Africa is looking for 300 participants to take part in a first-ever cannabis trial that will examine the plant’s potential as an effective alternative treatment for chronic pain among patients currently using opioids. Results of this year-long study being...
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WHO Says India-Made Cough Syrups May Be Linked To 66 Deaths In Gambia: Report
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 3:59pm | 259The dozens of kids' death in Gambia due to kidney injuries may have links to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer. In July, medical officers in Gambia raised the alarm after several cases of acute kidney injury among children under five were detected, three to...
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Mindset Partners With Canadian Psychiatric Research Hospital For Preclinical Study Of Psilocybin-Derived MSP-1014
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 - 3:56pm | 392Mindset Pharma Inc. (OTCQB: MSSTF), a drug discovery and development company creating next-generation psychedelic medicines for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, has signed up for a research collaboration with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), a health teaching and...
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Medical-Grade Cannabis Developer Canonic Appoints Ex-SEO At Israeli Ministry Of Health To Its Board
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 - 8:58am | 343Medical-grade cannabis developer Canonic Ltd., and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN), announced that professor Itamar Grotto will be joining its board of directors. Grotto, former associate director general at the Israeli ministry of health, was responsible for the...
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Cryptocurrency Called Omicron Is Up 137%, Even As the Crypto Market Tumbles Due To New Covid-19 Variant By The Same Name
Sunday, November 28, 2021 - 6:35pm | 203After the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a new COVID-19 variant named Omicron, the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), and the traditional market went into a tailspin. Many crypto traders have had their positions liquidated as well. Amidst all this, a new...
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Fintech Focus For February 10, 2021
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 9:59pm | 1887Quote To Start The Day: The question isn’t who is doing to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. Source: Ayn Rand One Big Thing In Fintech: In January 2021, FinTech startups worldwide raised VC/PE investments worth $7.8 billion across 294 deals. In terms of MoM growth, there was a 37.4...