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Agenus Touts 'Unprecedented Activity' For Botensilimab/Balstilimab Combo In Colorectal Cancer

Agenus Inc (NASDAQ:AGEN) has announced expanded data from the Phase 1b study of botensilimab and balstilimab in patients with microsatellite stable colorectal cancer. The data demonstrate that the combination offers strong durability and superior efficacy to what has been reported in separate trials for the standard of care and other investigational therapies. The…

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Climate change is putting food safety at risk more often, and not just at picnics and parties

Every year, almost 1 in 6 Americans gets a foodborne illness, and about 3,000 people die from it, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. Picnics and parties where food sits out for hours are a common source, but heat waves and power outages are another silently growing…

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The FDA and Juul are fighting over a vape ban, but the role of e-cigarettes in the world of tobacco abuse is not clear-cut

On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that all Juul products must be removed from U.S. markets. This decision essentially broadened an existing ban on teen use of the company’s nicotine e-cigarettes to include adults as well. The next day, Juul asked a federal appeals court…

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Deborah James' final 'check your poo' warning and the bowel cancer symptoms to look out for'

Deborah James' final wish and statement was shared by her family on her Instagram page after a six-year battle with Stage 4 bowel cancer

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White House Outlines New Monkeypox Vaccine Strategy: What You Need To Know

The White House unveiled the first phase of its national monkeypox vaccine strategy, with plans to send doses to areas with confirmed outbreaks. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to distribute 296,000 doses of the Bavarian Nordic A/S's (OTC:BVNRY) Jynneos vaccine, an already-developed monkeypox vaccine. The U.S. is releasing 56,000 doses of…

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Beyond Air Scores First FDA Approval For LungFit PH In Respiratory Failure

The FDA has approved Beyond Air Inc's (NASDAQ:XAIR) LungFit PH to treat term and near-term neonates with hypoxic respiratory failure (often referred to as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn or PPHN). LungFit PH is the initial device from the LungFit therapeutic platform of nitric oxide generators. It is the first FDA-approved product…

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Oyster Point Outlines Restructuring Plan With Savings Of Up To $48M In 2023

Oyster Point Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:OYST) will implement an operating expense streamlining plan to reduce employee and non-employee expenses (up to 50 roles) across the organization. The company plans to continue to drive the launch of Tyrvaya with approximately 150-200 field-based sales resources. The plan is expected to reduce operating expenses by approximately $6…

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Dogs are sniffing out disease in animals vital to traditions of the Blackfeet tribe

Montana's Blackfeet Nation is experimenting with a new way to detect chronic wasting disease in animals and toxic substances in plants used by tribal members for food and cultural practices.

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The red flag bowel cancer symptoms that Deborah James wanted to highlight as part of lasting legacy

Deborah's Bowelbabe fund has now raised more than £6.8m for clinical trials and personalised medicine for cancer patients

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Monkeypox: How is it different from chickenpox?

Although the two diseases share many symptoms, there are several key differences

The Independent UK

How worried should you be about monkeypox?

More than 1,000 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The Independent UK

Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes

Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How concerned should they be?

Tribune News Service

Where did monkeypox come from?

Tropical disease has now infected over 1,000 people in Britain and been detected in many more countries around the world

The Independent UK

Woman says rats killed her dog as diseased rodents plague her home and garden

The rodents have been attracted by a pile of fly-tipped rubbish in her back alley

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The Independent UK

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

Liverpool Echo

Symptoms and how to get tested for Lyme disease if you get bitten by a tick this summer

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that can be passed onto humans when they are bitten by an infected tick

Reuters

Widespread relief for Shanghai's restaurant sector as dine-in resumes

Restaurants and eateries in China's largest city Shanghai begun reopening their doors to diners on Wednesday, bringing widespread relief to an industry that was badly hit by the city's two month COVID-19 lockdown.

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Butterflywatch: the white-letter hairstreak’s fortunes are tied to our elms

In our writer’s garden, and across the country, the scourge of Dutch elm disease has not been entirely eliminated

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After Covid, monkeypox and polio - watch out for 'Disease X'

With the UK at the start of what scientists are calling the 'pandemic era', there are warnings that the next viral threat could be much worse than anything we have experienced so far

The Times of India

Lucknow: 169 test positive, 171 defeat Covid virus

LUCKNOW: The transmission rate of Covid-19 continued to rise in the city with 169 patients getting diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday. At the same time, 171 patients diagnosed with the disease earlier, succeeded in defeating the virus.

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What it would take to set up an African drug discovery ecosystem

Africa has great potential for drug discovery. The continent has natural resources, indigenous knowledge and human capacity. And it has the need: it bears more than 20% of the global disease burden. There are many internationally recognised African scientists undertaking cutting edge research. But a lack of resources makes it…

Daily Mirror

Girl diagnosed with arthritis aged just 7 after struggling to walk to school

Jessica Rhodes was officially diagnosing her with autoimmune disease in 2017 after the girl from Edinburgh, Scotland, started to miss school due to chronic pain and tiredness

The Independent UK

EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox

The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent

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Flu Shots Can Cut Down Risk Of Alzheimer's, Exploratory Study Finds

Alzheimer's is a tough neurological disease to tackle, given the difficulty in diagnosing at an early stage, and the limited and effective treatment options currently available.

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Glasgow Beatson cancer nurse fighting the disease given terminal diagnosis

Sarah McCann is a lead advanced nurse practitioner for active oncology at Glasgow's Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, dedicating her life to treating cancer patients.

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