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What is foot and mouth disease and how is it spread after case suspected in UK?

Everything you need to know about foot and mouth disease

Evening Standard

Foot-and-mouth disease suspected on UK pig farm as 10km control zone established

Official tests are taking place, Defra has said

Wales Online

Bangladesh floods leave 3.5 million children needing clean water: UNICEF

Fifteen children have drowned in flash floods that swept through Bangladesh with another 3.5 million urgently needing clean drinking water as the risk of waterborne diseases grows, UNICEF's country representative said on Friday.

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Is Cannabis Use Associated With Pulmonary Disease And COVID-19?

A new study using data from 500 thousand participants is shedding light on the effects of smoking cannabis on the lungs of users.

Benzinga

Misinformation will be rampant when it comes to COVID-19 shots for young children – here's what you can do to counter it

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for all children ages 6 months to 5 years on June 18, 2022, it opened the door for nearly 20 million children to get vaccinated.

The Conversation

Foot and mouth case suspected at Norfolk pig farm as control zone imposed

A 10km controlled zone has been implemented pending further tests

The Independent UK

Mum's tribute to her little boy who fought rare disease

Brave Nathan Tyreman fought for two years

Wales Online

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This is the polio vaccine uptake in Greater Manchester as 'national incident' declared

Polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that can spread from person to person and cause paralysis

Manchester Evening News

'Don't miss the symptoms of my incurable cancer', warns patient

Dave Carson is hoping to raise awareness of the incurable blood cancer he has

Wales Online

Songs & Smiles’ singalongs are a pocket of joy for people with Alzheimer’s

DALLAS -- Twice a month, you can find Eric Kolb at the memory support center at the Villagio Senior Living facility in Carrollton, Texas. He sets up a TV and microphone while he greets residents gathering in the common room. Since he’s a regular visitor, he knows some of them…

Tribune News Service

Monkeypox and the Perils of Vaccine Nationalism

Rich Countries and the WHO Must Heed the Lessons of COVID-19

Foreign Affairs

Old killer could be latest medical risk to UK as typhoid strains build up resistance to antibiotics

Experts say the developments mean that measures to prevent the spread of the disease are urgently needed

Wales Online

Fauci says he's 'example' for COVID-19 vaccinations

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters

The Independent UK

Why Did HC Wainwright Downgrade Addex Therapeutics

Last week, Addex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ADXN) terminated the Phase 2b/3 study evaluating dipraglurant as a potential treatment for dyskinesia associated with Parkinson's disease (PD-LID) due to the slow rate of patient recruitment. Addex is suspending its financial guidance. Hence HC Wainwright downgraded its rating to Neutral from Buy without a price target, as dipraglurant…

Benzinga

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Novartis Announces $250M In R&D Funding For Neglected Tropical Diseases, Malaria

Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) is pledging $250 million into R&D for new treatments of neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and malaria, with an aim to eliminate these diseases. "Over the past decade, great progress has been made against NTDs, but there is still a lot more work to be done," CEO Vas Narasimhan said. Novartis…

The Independent UK

Florida meningococcal disease outbreak in gay and bisexual men ‘worst in US history,’ killing at least 6

The disease is spread through close contact and can affect anyone

The Independent UK

Florida meningococcal disease outbreak in gay and bisexual ‘worst in US history,’ killing at least six

Six people have died in Florida due to "one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men in US history," according to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

Daily Mirror

Victorian ailments at RECORD high in the UK with Polio just the latest

Patients in England were diagnosed with one of 13 Victorian diseases when admitted to hospital on 421,370 occasions in the year to March

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Benzinga

UniQure Shares Are Up After Low-Dose Cohort Data From Huntington's Gene Therapy Trial

UniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE) announced safety and biomarker data from 10 patients enrolled in the low-dose cohort of the ongoing Phase 1/2 trial of AMT-130 gene therapy for Huntington's disease. Six of the ten enrolled patients received AMT-130, and four received an imitation surgical procedure in this randomized, blinded clinical trial in the U.S.…

Benzinga

AstraZeneca's ALXN1840 Shows Promising Action Against Copper Metabolism Disorder

AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) announced detailed results from the positive FoCus Phase 3 trial of ALXN1840 in Wilson's disease, an inherited condition in which the body's pathway for removing excess copper is compromised. The data showed that ALXN1840 met its primary endpoint demonstrating three-times greater copper mobilization from tissues compared to the standard of…

Benzinga

Evaxion Biotech To Test EVX-03 DNA Vaccine For Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ:EVAX) has selected EVX-03 as the product candidate within its DNA technology platform to target a new indication with planned regulatory filing in H2 2022. We currently have two product candidates in the DNA technology platform, EVX-02, and EVX-03. Based on preclinical results, the company has decided to move EVX-03…

The Guardian - UK

Spread of ‘free-range’ farming may raise risk of animal-borne pandemics – study

If we can’t dramatically cut meat consumption then intensive ‘factory farming’ may be comparatively less risky, say authors

The Conversation

Five ways the pandemic has affected routine medical care

Since the beginning of the pandemic, COVID has infected at least a third of the UK population and is estimated to have factored in the deaths of almost 200,000 people in the UK. But critically, COVID has also had a devastating impact on our healthcare systems. While this was expected,…

Daily Mirror

Polio risk could soar if parents and children fail to get vaccinated, warns expert

Polio, the paralysis-causing disease, was officially eradicated in the UK in 2003 and the last domestic outbreak was in the 1970s. However, a lack of vaccinations has meant polio has returned globally

The Independent UK

Polio: What do we know about feared outbreak in London?

Virus believed to have been spreading in the capital for months

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