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  • 10 scientific discoveries in 2023 November 27, 2023
    The end of one year and the beginning of the next always seems to bring a sense of reflection. The passage of time marked by the changing year is a respected and honored milestone in life. How was this year different than last? Did you accomplish some goals you set at the beginning of the […]
  • US men die 6 years before women, as life expectancy gap widens November 27, 2023
    We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research led by UC San Francisco and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that, at least in the U.S., the gap has been widening for more than a decade. The trend is being driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the […]
  • Croatia reports bird flu outbreak on poultry farm November 27, 2023
    Croatia has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus on a poultry farm, the World Organisation for Animal Health said recently. The outbreak infected five poultry among a flock of 19,600 on a farm in the county of Brodsko-Posavska near the Bosnian border, the Paris-based WOAH said in a report, citing […]
  • New approaches in the fight against drug resistance in malaria November 27, 2023
    Malaria is one of the most widespread and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. New compounds are continuously required due to the risk of malaria parasites becoming resistant to the medicines currently used.
  • WHO says we can 'write the final chapter in the story of TB.' How close are we? November 27, 2023
    The head of the World Health Organization is eager to wipe out one of the oldest and deadliest diseases. Recently, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared: "We have an opportunity that no generation in the history of humanity has had: the opportunity to write the final chapter in the story of TB."

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