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Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Found in 1 in 5 Milk Samples
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and...
Clients Got HIV Through 'Vampire Facial' Microneedling Treatments
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 (HealthDay) -- Between 2018 and the spring of 2023, a cluster of clients who had gotten 'vampire facial' microneedling skin treatments...
Take the Stairs & Step Up to Longer Life
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Want to live longer? Choose the stairs over the elevator, a new review suggests.Folks who regularly climb stairs have a 24% reduced...
'Drug Take Back Day' is Saturday: Check for Leftover Opioids in Your Home
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain.Trouble...
Loneliness Can Shorten Lives of Cancer Survivors
FRIDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Cancer survivors in the throes of loneliness are more likely to die compared to those with companionship, a new study finds.Further...
Antibiotics Not Helpful for Cough Due to Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Antibiotics have no measurable impact on the severity or duration of cough due to acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)...
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Raise Risk for Postpartum Mortality for One Year
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are strong risk factors for pregnancy-associated mortality due to cardiovascular...
Occurrence of Low-Birth-Weight Babies Heightened in Active-Duty Servicewomen
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Active-duty servicewomen in the United States appear to have an increased occurrence of low-birth-weight babies compared with...
Differences ID'd in Tau Burden in Down Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- The spatial distribution, timing, and magnitude of tau burden differs for people with Down syndrome and those with...
AI Model Reduces False Positives in Screening Mammograms
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- A semiautonomous breast cancer screening system reduces false positives with screening mammograms, according to a study published...
FDA Approves Pivya (pivmecillinam) for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections
April 24, 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pivya (pivmecillinam) tablets for the treatment of female adults with uncomplicated...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Ojemda (tovorafenib) for Relapsed or Refractory BRAF-altered Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma
BRISBANE, Calif., April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Day One Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DAWN) (“Day One” or the “Company”), a...
Abeona Therapeutics Provides Regulatory Update on Pz-cel
CLEVELAND, April 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Abeona Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ABEO) today announced a regulatory update for prademagene zamikeracel (pz-cel)...
FDA Approves Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) Plus BCG for BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
CULVER CITY, Calif., April 22, 2024 -- ImmunityBio, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBRX), an immunotherapy company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
U.S. FDA Approves Subcutaneous Administration of Takeda’s Entyvio (vedolizumab) for Maintenance Therapy in Moderately to Severely Active Crohn’s Disease
OSAKA, Japan April 19, 2024 and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 18, 2024 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug...
FDA Approves Lumisight (pegulicianine) Optical Imaging Agent to Illuminate Residual Breast Cancer Post-Lumpectomy
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE) April 18, 2024 --Lumicell, Inc., a privately held company focused on developing innovative fluorescence-guided imaging...
Supernus Provides Regulatory Update for SPN-830
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and...
Stealth Biotherapeutics Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Elamipretide for the Treatment of Barth Syndrome
NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Stealth BioTherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and...
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Completes Zanidatamab Biologics License Application for Previously Treated HER2-Positive Metastatic Biliary Tract Cancer
DUBLIN, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced that the company has completed the rolling submission of a...
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Biologics License Application Accepted in the US for Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
2 April 2024 -- AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s Biologics License Application (BLA) for datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) has been accepted in the US...
Clinical Study Identifies Personalized Treatment Options for Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Plasma Proteome Testing
FORT MYERS, Fla., April 25, 2024. Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC (FCS) medical oncologist and hematologist Ernesto Bustinza-Linares...
Gene-Based Therapy Restores Cellular Development and Function in Brain Cells From People With Timothy Syndrome
April 24, 2024 -- In a proof-of-concept study, researchers demonstrated the effectiveness of a potential new therapy for Timothy syndrome, an often...
Lykos Therapeutics Announces Completion of European Phase 2 Study for MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24, 2024. Lykos Therapeutics (formerly MAPS Public Benefit Corporation) ("Lykos"), a company dedicated to transforming mental...
Endevica Bio drug candidate shows success in weight loss in new study
NORTHBROOK, Ill., April 23, 2024 - Endevica Bio, a company developing first-in-class peptide drug candidates, announced its novel weight-loss treatment was...
FDA Approves Clinical Trial for GFH925 Monotherapy in Phase III Registrational Study Treating Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
SHANGHAI, April 19, 2024. GenFleet Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on cutting-edge therapies in oncology and immunology...
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