BIONTECH, ONCOC4 ANNOUNCE PROMISING RESULTS FOR POTENTIAL LUNG CANCER ANTIBODY TRIAL

Sat 03 June 2023: German biotech firm BioNTech and US biopharmaceutical company OncoC4 announced on Friday that they had gotten promising results in a mid-stage lung cancer trial. “The jointly developed immunotherapy candidate was found to shrink tumors in close to 30% of participants,” the two companies said in a joint statement. They noted that […]

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BRITAIN TAKES STEPS TO CLAMP DOWN ON VAPE PRODUCTS TARGETED AT TEENS

Tue 30 May 2023:  In an effort to crack down on e-cigarettes, whose vibrant looks and delicious flavors make them stick out on grocery store shelves, the British government announced on Tuesday that it would shut a loophole that allows stores to distribute free samples of vapes to youngsters. In recent months, the clamour of […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: PROBE INTO SOURCE OF CHOLERA OUTBREAK UNDERWAY

Mon 29 May 2023: The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says an investigation is underway into the source or sources of the Cholera outbreak in the country. “Technical teams from the Department of Water and Sanitation and the provincial and national Department of Health as well as relevant municipalities are carrying out water quality […]

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SOUTH AFRICA’S COLD WEATHER HAS ARRIVED – SOME TIPS ON HOW TO STAY WARM AND SAFE

Sun 28 May 2023: Research shows that the world is undoubtedly warming. And, as the global average temperature keeps rising, heatwaves are increasing in their frequency, duration and intensity for most of the world’s regions. But that doesn’t mean cold weather will disappear entirely. While annual extreme cold events are becoming less frequent and less intense, as you’d […]

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CHINA BATTLES NEW WAVE OF COVID VARIANT, MAY SEE 65 MILLION CASES WEEKLY: REPORT

Sat 27 May 2023: The Chinese authorities are rushing to push out vaccines to combat an ongoing new wave of the coronavirus that is expected to peak in June and infect as many as 65 million people a week since the new XBB variants of the virus are evolving to overcome the immunity developed after […]

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NEW RULE FOR EXPORTS OF COUGH SYRUP FROM INDIA FOLLOWS THE DEATH OF DOZENS OF CHILDREN

Tue 23 May 2023: Following reports linking Indian-made cough syrups to the deaths of numerous children in The Gambia and Uzbekistan, India announced that testing will be required before cough syrups exported. With effect from June 1, all cough syrups must have a certificate of analysis from a government laboratory before being exported, the government […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: EKURHULENI WARNS PUBLIC OF RISING CHOLERA CASES IN GAUTENG

image shown is for illustration purposes only. Mon 22 May 2023: The City of Ekurhuleni has urged residents to take extra precautionary measures and maintain proper hand-hygiene as the country experiences an outbreak of Diarrhoeal disease and a rising number of confirmed cases of Cholera. The Cholera outbreak in neighbouring Hammanskraal has claimed 12 lives […]

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