Mounting evidence points to a breakdown in hospital infrastructure and management in New South Wales (NSW), with serious maintenance failures in supposedly hygienic environments now linked to preventable infections, which caused two deaths last…
Category: 6. Health
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Engineered lettuce may turn injectable GLP-1 therapies into oral pills
Few drugs have entered mainstream awareness as quickly or as dramatically as glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1 receptor agonists. Initially approved by the FDA for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, they have since also transformed…
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PIP matches PrEP for low-risk HIV
Medscape news story
Post-exposure prophylaxis-in-pocket (PIP) was associated with healthcare savings and improved quality of life outcomes compared to PrEP, based on data presented at CROI 2026.
Although daily PrEP is effective for HIV prevention,…
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Pipeline potential of mini lab-grown organs – Opinion
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Chronic diseases have become the leading global health challenge, accounting for over 70 percent of deaths worldwide, a burden that continues to grow with aging populations and shifting…
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New antiretrovirals in the pipeline could be part of twice-yearly HIV treatment
aidsmap news story
Three experimental injectable antiretrovirals – a novel capsid inhibitor and two next-generation integrase inhibitors – could be components of future long-acting HIV treatment regimens, according to study results presented…
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New JIAS viewpoint for International Women’s Day
To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) released a new viewpoint, “Navigating the Data Gaps of Ageing Among Women Living With HIV”. It is authored by Caroline A Sabin, Nomathemba…
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Empathy's roots in parenting? Study in mice reveals brain circuits behind why we comfort others – Medical Xpress
- Empathy’s roots in parenting? Study in mice reveals brain circuits behind why we comfort others Medical Xpress
- How the brain’s “parental machinery” fuels social support in mice News-Medical
- Shared Brain Circuits Linked to Parenting and Altruism…
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South Korea pursues domestically produced Nipah virus vaccine
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) are actively pursuing the development of a domestically produced Nipah virus vaccine in cooperation with domestic companies to proactively respond…
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Precision Oncology with Radioimmunotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis – Iylon Precision Oncology
Iylon Precision Oncology shared a post in LinkedIn:
“Precision Oncology with Radioimmunotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
In this paper ‘Radioimmunotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis: Preclinical proof of concept to…
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Scientists discover the brain protein that drives cocaine relapse
Relapsing into cocaine use is not simply a matter of weak willpower. New research shows it can result from lasting biological changes in the brain. Scientists have found that cocaine use alters brain circuits in ways that can make the urge to…
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