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Timeline of key healthcare milestones

・1952 China establishes the Patriotic Health Campaign, primarily aiming to improve sanitation and control infectious diseases. ・1978 China rolls out a national immunization program, encompassing four routine childhood vaccines against six diseases. ・1985 China initiates a round of healthcare reform centering around the principles of relaxing policies, streamlining administration and delegating powers, raising funds from various sources and diversifying development …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues

NPR

Here's where Harris and Trump stand on three big health care issues toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP As the 2024 election heads into its final weeks, the direction of policies affecting the health of millions of Americans is at stake. “But I think that because the negotiated prices won't go into effect until 2026, no one will miss them.” Harris …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

How monsoon increases parasitic transmission leading to leg swelling disease

India Today

There is always a surge in vector-borne diseases in monsoon. Lymphatic filariasis, often referred to as elephantiasis or haathipaon, is a debilitating neglected tropical disease caused by parasitic worms transmitted through mosquito bites. MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION India has developed a comprehensive strategy to eliminate LF, which includes biannual Mass Drug Administration campaigns starting on February 10 and August 10, extensive …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Project 2025 should be a wake-up call to the Biden administration on the death penalty.

Slate

A blueprint for a second Trump term issued by conservative groups contains many alarming wake-up calls for progressives. The section of “Mandate for Leadership” dedicated to laying out a program for the future Trump Justice Department locates the discussion of the federal death penalty in a broad but familiar context. It argues that a “disturbing number of state and local …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Yogurt may reduce risk of of type 2 diabetes? Here's what US Food and Drug Administration says

Hindustan Times

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday said it would allow yogurt makers to say that the dairy product may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes as more Americans die from the disease and take medications like Ozempic to battle it. Here's what US Food and Drug Administration says The FDA will permit dairy companies to say that …

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1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking

LA Times

The Treasury Department’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence said that the U.S. “will aggressively pursue all who are complicit operators and facilitators of these illicit fentanyl networks.” The Biden administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Sonora, Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion foes urge justices to allow limits on abortion drug

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for anti-abortion doctors on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to allow restrictions to take effect on a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues. The justices are weighing a request from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug mifepristone, to keep on …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Allahabad HC Seeks State Food Safety Commissioner's Personal Affidavit In PIL Seeking Constructive Disposal Of 'Used Cooking Oil'

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Commissioner, Food Safety & Drug Administration to file his personal affidavit in a Public Interest Litigation plea praying for setting up a State level Monitoring Committee for formulating a Standard Operating Procedure for collection and utilization of Used Cooking Oil.It may be noted that Used Cooking. The Allahabad High Court has directed the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Pfizer to seek authorization for Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 2 to 11 in September

CNN

CNN — Pfizer expects to file for full US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 16 to 85 this month, and will seek emergency use authorization for its vaccine for children ages 2 to 11 in September, the company said during an earnings call on Tuesday. Pfizer to seek approval for vaccine this month …

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4 years ago

Moderna to ask US and European regulators to allow emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine

ABC

Pharmaceutical company Moderna says it will ask US and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. Key points: Results from a late-stage study show the vaccine was 94.1 per cent effective with no serious safety concerns Results from a late-stage study show the vaccine was 94.1 per cent effective with no serious safety concerns US Food and …

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