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Health Pakistan

6. November 2022

Malaria No More? This Country Makes Major Progress

Cost-free treatment and related facilities have contributed to an approximate 45 percent decrease of malaria cases in Pakistan.

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Health USA

10. August 2022

New Cancer Treatment Shows 100% Effectiveness During Trial

In an unprecedented, experimental treatment, an immunotherapy cancer treatment proved effective in every single patient involved in the trial.

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Health Congo

8. June 2022

Threat No More: Ebola Has Been “Defeated”!

The highly infectious hemorrhagic fever known as Ebola is now under control thanks to vaccines and a treatment developed by the very virologist who discovered the virus in Congo some 40 years ago.

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Health USA

6. June 2022

A Cancer-Killing Virus Is Set to Be Tested on Humans

For the very first time, a human patient has received a dose of an experimental cancer-killing drug made from a virus, and should the clinical trial results be positive and conclusive, this new treatment could effectively eradicate cancer tumors.

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Health United Kingdom

19. May 2022

“Game-Changer” Treatment in the Works for This Skin Disease

Treating early-stage Dupuytrens is a possible scenario after researchers affiliated with the English University of Oxford completed a successful phase 2 clinical trial of a drug designed to soften and reduce the size of nodules of hopeful patients.

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Health United Kingdom

24. April 2022

Great News for Public Health: By 2030, Hepatitis C Won’t Be Problem Anymore

The number of hepatitis C cases is steadily decreasing in England, United Kingdom, to the point where authorities are expected to officially eliminate the bloodborne virus as a public health problem by 2030.

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Health USA

11. March 2022

Two Children Get First-Ever Treatment for This Deadly Disease

Two children in the United States have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease — and the effects have proven to be promising!

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Health USA

8. March 2022

She’s the First Woman to Be Cured of H.I.V.

An American mixed-race woman became the third person in the world - and first woman - to be cured of H.I.V. using umbilical cord blood as a new transplant method, thus giving hope in curing a larger array of patients.

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Health Japan

3. March 2022

Cancer Survival Rate Sees Upward Trend in This Country

The overall survival rate for Japanese cancer patients has been going up since 2016, with the latest study showing a 10-year survival rate of 58.9% - a testimony to the importance of early detection and early treatment.

Animals

Animals USA

2. March 2022

Guess the Surprising Drug That Helps Dogs Swallow

It appears that a drug for erectile dysfunction is the miracle life-saving cure for a rare eating disorder that prevents dogs from swallowing food properly, giving man’s best friend their quality of life back.