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First Thing: Russia to stage sham referendum in south Ukraine, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian leader tells residents in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia not to give personal information to Russian forces. Plus, 350,000 fewer American kindergarteners vaccinated against common diseases

The Guardian - UK

WHO 'Strongly Recommends' Pfizer's Covid Pill

The World Health Organization said Friday it "strongly recommended" Pfizer's Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for patients with milder forms of the disease who were still at a high risk of hospitalization. However the UN agency warned it was "extremely concerned" that the inequality in access seen with Covid vaccines would…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Best therapeutic choice’: WHO backs Pfizer’s COVID antiviral

UN health body says Paxlovid ‘strongly recommended’ for patients with non-severe disease at risk of hospital admission.

Al Jazeera

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NHS England issues stark warning to anyone who has smoked cigarettes

People most at risk of lung cancer are being urged to attend checks aimed at catching the disease early if they receive an invite

Wales Online

Rajeshwar Singh seeks UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s nod for logistics park on Unnao road

LUCKNOW: BJP MLA from Sarojininagar Rajeshwar Singh met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday to thank him for nod to establishing the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) regional centre in his constituency and requested for setting up a logistics park and warehousing industry on the Lucknow-Unnao road.

The Times of India

Pandemic disrupted routine vaccinations of US kindergarteners

About 350,000 fewer children were vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough, CDC reports

The Guardian - US

Woman left stunned after 'pregnancy symptoms' turned out to be a deadly disease

Kirsty Axworthy was around 12 weeks pregnant when she started to experience symptoms such as high blood pressure, night sweats, exhaustion and migraines

Irish Mirror

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President Biden To Outline Strategy To Tackle Drug Addiction, Overdose: Reuters

U.S. President Joe Biden will reveal a new strategy today for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses to expand access to medications for opioid overdoses, increase funding for law enforcement, and expand sanctions against traffickers. According to U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Data, the U.S. opioid crisis fueled more than…

Benzinga

Adele Roberts' cancer confession as star reaches end of gruelling treatment

Adele Robert announced that she had been diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, with the BBC Radio 1 presenter having raised awareness around the disease in recent months

Daily Mirror

Study mines cancer genetics to help with targeted treatment

Scientists from the United Kingdom have analyzed the full genetic blueprints of more than 18,000 cancer samples, finding new patterns of mutations that could help doctors provide better, more personalized treatment

The Independent UK

Maine man dies after contracting rare virus spread by infected tick bite

The adult-aged man developed neurological symptoms and died in hospital, the CDC confirmed

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Fringe performer 'hounded' by debt collectors while suffering cancer

The performer is now fundraising to take her show to the Fringe and share her story, raising awareness of the disease and impact it can have.

Edinburgh Live

Lyme disease symptoms as experts issue warning to walkers over 'high risk'

Lyme Disease UK has issued a warning to walkers after they say that people who do this exercise are at a higher risk of developing the potentially painful disease

Edinburgh Live

'Touch' warning issued as bird flu cases found in 2 Nottinghamshire beauty spots

People can catch bird flu via direct contact with a live or dead bird carrying the virus

Nottingham Post

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Daily Record

Young girl diagnosed with rare muscle disorder after struggling to make her way upstairs

Izzi Walker, 10, was diagnosed with Dermatomyositis – a rare autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues.

Zenger

Taliban Allow Girl Kept Chained Up In Cage For Years In Kandahar To Be Freed For Treatment Abroad

Bibi Asiyeh, 18, has reportedly been kept in a cage for years by her father in Kandahar.

Benzinga

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Antibody Provides Protection For At Least Six Months In High-Risk Individuals

AstraZeneca plc (NASDAQ:AZN) shared detailed results from the PROVENT Phase 3 pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) trial of Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab), formerly AZD7442. The data showed that Evusheld reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77% in the primary analysis and 83% in the six-month follow-up analysis, compared to placebo. There were no…

Salon

Mask mandate tossed — labor responds

Airlines drop mandates, NYC transit doesn't — workers, passengers enter new era of "ongoing personal choice"

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Evening Standard

BA.2.12.1: New Omicron sub-variant gains ground in US as cases detected in UK

A new Omicron sub-variant is gaining traction in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Daily Record

21 PIP conditions providing people with up to £627 every four weeks from the DWP

More than 540 health conditions are now financially supporting 2.9 million people through PIP.

360info

Can we improve on a once-in-a-century TB vaccine?

It has been over 100 years since the last licensed tuberculosis vaccine. The clock is ticking to find a new one.

360info

Paving the way for a global malaria vaccine

Malaria impacts India more than anywhere else in southeast Asia, but relief could be on the way if the early promise of vaccines in development is fulfilled.

360info

Streamlining Indonesia’s pandemic warnings

Indonesia’s health systems work well at local level but cannot provide adequate nationwide pandemic warnings. For those, a new system is needed.

WEKU

Pediatric infectious disease specialists remind parents of severe disease risks associated with COVID-19

Pediatric infectious disease specialists reminds parents of severe disease risks associated with COVID-19

360info

Special Report: Pandemic warning systems

Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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