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Adenovirus symptoms in full as parents warned of mystery liver disease in children

Children have been presenting with nasty symptoms of hepatitis thought to be caused by a type of adenovirus - here's what you need to know about the liver disease symptoms to look out for

Daily Mirror

Biotech firm ReViral acquired by Pfizer in £412m deal

ReViral was co-founded by former Durham University lecturer Professor Stuart Cockerill and has a North East research and development facility at Sedgfield's NETPark

Birmingham Post

DWP PIP could be worth up to £627 a month if you have one of these 21 conditions

People with a disability or physical or mental health condition could be eligible for as much as £627 every four weeks in Personal Independence Payments from the Department for Work and Pensions

Glasgow Live

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SNP candidate suggests opponents of independence 'more likely to have degenerative brain diseases'

Jim McHarg - who is standing in the Ardrossan ward - made the "puerile and offensive" claim on a social media.

Daily Record

Ebola outbreak confirmed as WHO sounds alarm after second person dies from disease

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm after a second person has died from the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Daily Record

Ebola outbreak: WHO issues warning as second patient dies from deadly disease

This is the 14th Ebola outbreak that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen since 1976, and follows another outbreak just four months ago

Bristol Post

Mayo Clinic Minute: Improved treatments for head and neck cancer

April is Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month. About 70% of cancers in the oropharynx, which includes the tonsils, soft palate and base of the tongue, are linked to the HPV virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So it's important to talk to your health care team…

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Life expectancy gap widens among Black and white Chicagoans during first year of pandemic; Latinos suffer steepest drop

COVID-19 deaths drove much of the change but wasn’t the leading factor for it. The deadly virus was second to heart disease deaths — which increased with other chronic diseases like diabetes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Covid-19 not yet endemic

Thailand cannot yet declare Covid-19 as an endemic disease as the country is still at risk of a fresh wave being triggered, Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine, warned on Monday.

Bangkok Post

If the CDC's Mask Mandate Is 'Necessary for the Public Health,' Why Didn't the DOJ Seek a Stay To Restore It?

The Biden administration's main priority seems to be leaving the agency's authority vague enough to allow future interventions.

Reason

San Francisco To Start Opioid Epidemic Trial Against Teva, Walgreen: Reuters

San Francisco will start a trial against Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) and three other companies accused of fueling an opioid crisis in the city. San Francisco has alleged that Walgreens, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA), AbbVie Inc's (NYSE:ABBV) Allergan unit, and Teva-owned Anda Inc created a "public nuisance" by flooding the city with prescription opioids and failing…

Benzinga

Fatal pet disease resurfaces at Speers Point

A rare and potentially fatal disease affecting dogs has appeared in Lake Macquarie for the first time in decades.

Newcastle Herald

Monitoring Board Gives Positive Recommendation On Ocugen's Eye Disease Gene Therapy Trial

The independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for Ocugen Inc's (NASDAQ:OCGN) Phase 1/2 trial of OCU400 has recommended that the study proceeds with enrolling additional subjects. The recommendation follows the review of safety data based on dosing to date. OCU400 is the Company's flagship modifier gene therapy candidate for Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)…

Benzinga

Drug-resistant environmental mould ‘capable of infecting people’, study suggests

Researchers are calling for greater surveillance of Aspergillus fumigatus in the environment and the clinic to help understand the risk it poses.

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

Step up COVID vigil, says Minister

A high-level review meeting organised in the context of rising cases in other States

Tribune News Service

Boston-area COVID wastewater data starts dropping: ‘I’m cautiously optimistic’

BOSTON — The closely monitored Boston-area COVID-19 wastewater data has started falling in the past few days, sending an encouraging signal to local infectious disease experts who are “cautiously optimistic” about this virus drop.

Benzinga

Applied Molecular's AMT-101 Shows Favorable Clinical Activity, Safety Profile In Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Applied Molecular Transport Inc (NASDAQ:AMTI) announced Phase 2 topline results from the FILLMORE monotherapy trial for AMT-101 in chronic pouchitis. Pouchitis is inflammation in the lining of a pouch created during surgery to treat ulcerative colitis or certain other diseases. The trial demonstrated that 36.4% (8/22) of patients achieved stool frequency response. Rapid…

Benzinga

FDA Plans To Convene AdComm For Ardelyx's Tenapanor For CKD Patients On Dialysis

The FDA's Office of New Drugs (OND), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), has provided an interim response to Ardelyx Inc's (NASDAQ:ARDX) second level of appeal of the Complete Response Letter (CRL) for Xphozah. Ardelyx is seeking approval for Xphozah to control serum phosphorus in adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on…

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Spectre of polio returns to haunt Pakistan as baby boy is left paralysed

First case in a year sparks fears of new outbreak despite success of national programme to wipe out the disease

Daily Mirror

Ebola outbreak: WHO warns time isn't on our side after man, 31, dies of disease

Ebola has struck again in the Congo with the death of a 31-year-old man in Mbandaka sparking fears that the country is "playing catch up" in the latest outbreak

Benzinga

Investors Cheer Nkarta's First NK Cell Data With Multiple Complete Responses

Nkarta Inc (NASDAQ:NKTX) has revealed the first human results from its two lead off-the-shelf NK cell therapies, with the high-dose regimens exhibiting multiple complete responses in blood cancer patients. For NKX101, three patients achieved a complete response (CR) among five AML patients who received three doses of either 1 billion or 1.5 billion…

The Conversation

Floods create health risks: what to look out for and how to avoid them

Recently South Africa has experienced heavy rains which resulted in floods in some parts of the country. In the coastal city of Durban hundreds of people have died and families have been displaced in the aftermath. Water pipes, sewerage systems and roads have also been damaged. Public health experts, Juno…

The Conversation

Ovarian cancer is not a silent killer – recognizing its symptoms could help reduce misdiagnosis and late detection

Ovarian cancer is the most deadly of gynecologic tumors. Fewer than 40% of those diagnosed with ovarian cancer are cured, and approximately 12,810 people in the U.S. die from the disease every year.

Tribune News Service

Consumer Health: Understanding Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder. It affects about 1 person in every 1 million per year worldwide, and about 350 cases are diagnosed per year in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

The Independent UK

At least one child has died due to mystery strain of ‘acute, severe’ hepatitis, WHO says

At least 169 cases of the disease reported in children in 12 countries, including the UK

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