AstraZeneca buys Chinese cancer therapy firm Gracell for $1.2bn
Gracell Biotechnologies acquisition marks China’s growing importance to the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has struck a deal to buy a Chinese cancer therapy company for up...
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Police officer stoned to death after rescuing FGM survivors in Kenya
Activists see the killing as a setback in the efforts to eliminate the practice, despite it being illegal in the east African country Efforts to...
HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing initial results
African-led trial ended a year early as researchers conclude there is ‘little or no chance’ new combination vaccines cut HIV risk The first trial in...
Respiratory infection clusters in China not caused by novel virus, says health ministry
Data has been supplied to World Health Organization and China says flu and other known pathogens are culprits A surge in respiratory illnesses across China...
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling flesh-eating disease
‘Momentous’ breakthrough as trial finds treatment for nail infections to be highly effective for neglected tropical disease A cheap and easily taken drug used to...
Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say
Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear All healthcare facilities...
Colombia passes ambitious ‘junk food law’ to tackle lifestyle diseases
The Latin American country is one of the first in the world to introduce a health tax targeting ultra-processed foods A new law in Colombia...
DRC offers free maternity care to cut death rate among mothers and babies
Healthcare workers say clinics are being overwhelmed by women seeking help, amid lack of staff and facilities to back programme Pregnant women across the Democratic...
Zimbabwe bans large gatherings as threat of cholera outbreak grows
Cases are rising in many parts of the country and critics are blaming chronic water shortages and poor sanitation systems The Zimbabwean government has banned...
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law
Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice Political and religious leaders in the Gambia are threatening to...
