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EU launches health crisis body to prepare for future pandemic

The European Commission launched on Thursday a health crisis body that will coordinate EU spending of almost 30 billion euros ($35.3 billion) to prepare for a future pa

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FDA approves controversial Alzheimer’s drug

02:48 Tens of millions of people worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia. There is no cure and treatments are limited.But a new drug that has controversially just

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U.S. FDA approves new drug for Alzheimer's in nearly 20 years

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Aduhelm (aducanumab) on Monday for the treatment of Alzheimer's, the first new medicine against the disease in almost two decades and the first to

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COVID-19: Stem cell therapy

02:55 They’re often called the body's raw materials.Stem cells are increasingly being used in medical treatments.Could they also play a role in beating back COVID-19? Many medical rese

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Baricitinib plus remdesivir show promising signs in COVID-19 treatment

CFP The combination of anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib and the antiviral remdesivir reduced recovery time for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results publishe

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Regulations and high prices keeping Americans away from hospitals

02:59 The healthcare system in the United States is highly regulated and over-priced. A new study by the largest nurse union in the country found that the cost of healthcare has dramat

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Urgent: Honduran president tests positive for COVID-19

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez said in a televised speech on late Tuesday that he has been infected with the novel coronavirus. He told the Honduran people that he has mild symptoms a

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China sends medical team to Peru to help fight COVID-19

People wait outside Lima's central market as Peru extended a nationwide lockdown amid the outbreak of the coronavirus in Lima, Peru, May 8, 2020. /Reuters China has sent a team of medical expe

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Death toll hits 31 in Ghana road crash

The death toll in Monday's road crash near the town of Kintampo has increased to 31, the police have said. On Monday, two buses that traveled in opposite directions collided and caught fire immediate

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Traditional Chinese medicine proposed to help recovered COVID-19 patients

Chinese health authorities have issued a trial guideline on the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the rehabilitation from COVID-19, the novel coronavirus pn

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IBM’s Watson is really good at creating cancer treatment plans

Jeopardy-winningWatsonisgettingbetterandbetteratdesigningcancertreatments.NewdatapresentedthisweekattheAmericanSocietyofClinicalOncology'sannualmeetingshowthatI