The Next Generation of Cancer Drugs Will Be Made in Space
During the course, King was part of a team tasked with identifying research that could be conducted in space with the best potential impact on humankind. Her team landed on …
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Canine parvovirus kills more than 10 dogs as it sweeps through Victoria and experts say it could spread
A deadly canine virus is sweeping through Victoria’s Gippsland, and has killed more than 10 pet dogs in just weeks. Canine parvovirus (PVC) is a problem globally, but the recent …
RSV vaccine Beyfortus (nirsevimab) recently approved by TGA to be made available to babies in QLD, NSW
Newborn babies in Queensland can get a free new vaccine for a respiratory virus that is the most common reason for hospitalisation of younger children in Australia. In New South …
Doctors urge refrigerating acne creams to reduce cancer risk
Anna Edney | (TNS) Bloomberg News Some dermatologists are recommending that people refrigerate benzoyl peroxide products such as Proactiv and Clearasil after an independent lab found they were contaminated with …
U.S. Surgeons Transplant Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Into Patient
NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors in Boston have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient, the latest experiment in the quest to use animal organs in humans. Massachusetts General …
A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time
Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go into kidney failure after years of living …
A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here. How will insurers handle it?
By April Dembosky | KQED and KFF Health News A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating …
Man dies in Oregon hospital when nurse allegedly replaced fentanyl with tap water
A nurse at an Oregon hospital allegedly replaced pain medication with non-sterile tap water, introducing bacteria that led to a patient’s death, a lawsuit filed this week alleges. Horace Wilson …
Fentanyl test kits help drug users survive the night
Fentanyl can hide. But cheap paper tests, increasingly available at the Bay Area’s social hotspots and universities, are finding it. In a desperate race to reduce poisonings caused by pills …
Global shortage of ADHD medication Vyvanse leaves Australian mother ‘a complete mess’
When Jane McFadden began taking Vyvanse, the “music” in her head stopped for the first time in her life. “Before I started taking medication, I felt like I was constantly …