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COVID-19 vaccine boosters protect against ‘severe disease’ from omicron, UW-led study finds

SEATTLE — While omicron subvariants have evolved to evade antibody responses from the primary COVID-19 vaccine series, a new laboratory study led by researchers at UW Medicine suggests boosters may offer some protection against serious disease.

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Recap of Tuesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of The Day Summary

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted tentative approval to Avadel Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ: AVDL) lead candidate LUMRYZ (FT218) for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) or cataplexy in adults with narcolepsy.

Benzinga

U.S. debates a summer booster for people under 50

The Biden administration is considering expanding eligibility for a second COVID-19 booster to those under 50 to try to protect more people against the latest omicron surge.

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COVID hospitalisations and deaths are rising faster than cases – but that doesn't mean more severe disease

Australia is currently in its third Omicron wave (second if you live in Western Australia). This one is caused by the subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

The Conversation

Do stem cells grow better in space? High-flying experiment aims to find out

In an experiment at the International Space Station, scientists are trying to find ways to produce huge batches of stem cells that can generate nearly any other type of cell and potentially be used to make treatments for many diseases.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rob Burrow slams Government for having "blood on its hands" over £50m MND research delay

Rob Burrow has been a leading campaigner on raising awareness of motor neurone disease after being diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019

Daily Mirror

COVID: risk of diabetes and heart disease is higher after infection – but maybe only temporarily

Since the pandemic began, we’ve learned a great deal about the disease behind it. We now regard COVID-19 as not just a respiratory disease, but a multi-system condition.

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Catching Covid 'increases risk of getting heart disease and diabetes'

Infected patients are more likely to be diagnosed with the potentially deadly illnesses, researchers say

Wales Online

Warsaw Ghetto's defiant Jewish doctors secretly documented the medical effects of Nazi starvation policies in a book recently rediscovered on a library shelf

Exactly 80 years ago, a group of starving Jewish scientists and doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto were collecting data on their starving patients. They hoped their research would benefit future generations through better ways to treat malnutrition, and they wanted the world to know of Nazi atrocities to prevent something…

The Conversation

Huge health breakthrough: Blood test to diagnose any cancer years before symptoms getting close

Scientists discover protein released in early stages of disease - when tumours are most curable

Wales Online

Katherine White obituary

Other lives: Campaigner for people with Addison’s disease, a rare condition with which she was diagnosed in 1998

The Guardian - UK

'Holy grail' blood test could diagnose any cancer years before symptoms

Scientists discovered a protein that is released in the early stages of the disease and it is made by a gene named KRAS - they hope the blood test they develop will help detect cancer early, giving people the highest chances of survival

Daily Mirror

Things to know about the dreaded Marburg virus disease

As cases are reported in Ghana, here’s a look at the disease, its symptoms and ways of preventing the illness.

Al Jazeera

Mum's battle with 'exhausting' tics from incurable disease - 'it's like holding in a sneeze'

Amelia Perrin speaks about her Tourette's tics ahead of Scarlett Moffatt’s debut documentary on Channel 4 - Britain’s Tourette’s Mystery

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The Independent UK

What is Marburg virus and how does it spread?

Certain strains of the virus can kill up to 88 per cent of infected people

Daily Mirror

What is the Marburg virus and is it spreading as 2 patients die from Ebola-like disease

Two people in Ghana have died from the highly infectious Marburg virus. Here's what you need to know about the virus, including its symptoms and whether it has spread so far

Benzinga

The Daily Biotech Pulse: FDA Tentatively Approves Avadel's Narcolepsy Drug, European Approval Broadens AstraZeneca's Enhertu in Breast Cancer, Pharma Giants' Earnings

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours:

Tribune News Service

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger

Forget COVID-19, monkeypox and other viruses for the moment and consider another threat troubling infectious disease specialists: common urinary tract infections, or UTIs, that lead to emergency room visits and even hospitalizations because of the failure of oral antibiotics.

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Rob Burrow says Government has 'blood on its hands' over £50 million MND research delay

Burrow, the Leeds Rhinos legend, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in 2019.

Daily Mirror

Being single could increase your risk of stomach cancer, study claims

With 4,000 new cases of stomach cancer every year in the UK, recent research claims that a single relationship status could potentially increase your risk of the disease.

Daily Record

Older people with any of these health issues could be due up to £369 each month

Successful Attendance Allowance claimants will receive either £247.40 or £369.60 every four weeks.

The Independent UK

Government has ‘blood on its hands’ over £50m MND research delay, Rob Burrow says

The former Leeds scrum-half was diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019

WEKU

Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

The Independent UK

Rob Burrow says government has ‘blood on its hands’ over £50m MND research delay

The former Leeds scrum-half was diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019.

AAP

SA child dies from meningococcal infection

South Australian health authorities say a two-year-old child has died from a meningococcal infection, the first death in SA from the disease this year.

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