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Africans make up a tiny portion of genomics data: why there's an urgent need for change

A group of Nigerian scientists, in conjunction with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, established the Noncommunicable Diseases Genetic Heritage Study consortium in February 2020. The aim is to produce a comprehensive catalogue of human genetic variation in Nigeria and assess the burden of noncommunicable diseases in 100,000…

The Conversation

Claims some long Covid patients are 'making up illness' prompt call for education campaign

'I think that in some communities, both in the general public and in the medical community, there’s the belief that these patients are making up their illness, if they just try harder and be mindful they’ll get better'

Irish Mirror

Common brain supplement could spur on Alzheimer's, study warns

Recent clinical research into dementia has unexpectedly found that one common chemical in brain-boosting supplements can actually lead to the onset of the degenerative brain disease, rather than counter it.

Daily Mirror

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With more and people diagnosed with the alcohol-related liver disease in recent years, we outline the symptoms and what you can do to help protect yourself from it

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Woman lived with life-threatening disease for years thinking she was just tired

Tracey Cook had been in good health

Wales Online

Kazia Shares Shoot Higher As FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation To Brain Cancer Candidate

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) to Kazia Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ: KZIA) lead drug Paxalisib for the treatment of atypical rhabdoid / teratoid tumors (AT/RT).

Benzinga

‘Fourth wave’: Dozens die of COVID in last 5 days in Bangladesh

At least 32 die in first five days of July as the country reports sharp rise in cases ahead of a major Muslim festival.

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The national bidding war for ARPA-H

An intra-state bidding war has broken out for the chance to house the headquarters of a multi-billion-dollar new science agency aimed at curing major diseases—before the agency's structure has even been finalized by Congress.

Axios

Israel Rejects Early Release of Oldest Palestinian Prisoner

An Israeli committee on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release the oldest Palestinian prisoner, Fouad Shobaki, who was sentenced to 17 years in prison, of which eight months remain, the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) reported. The Israeli early release committee is specialized in examining requests for the release of Palestinians…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lyme disease: Why it is on the rise and how to protect against it

The bacterial infection is becoming increasingly common and a British mother is now bedbound because of a bite she received eight years ago

Evening Standard

Australian biosecurity ramps up amid foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Bali

The federal government announces a range of new measures to try and keep foot-and-mouth disease out of Australia as Indonesia grapples with an outbreak of the devastating condition.

ABC News

Gina Rodriguez speaks about her battle with Hashimoto’s disease: ‘I got an actor’s curse’

Rodriguez also speaks about how she gives herself positive affirmations as a result of bodily changes

The Independent UK

Calls for biosecurity to be beefed up

There have been renewed calls for increased biosecurity efforts at Australian airports after the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Bali.

AAP

Ministry signs contract to buy long-acting antibody drug

The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday signed a procurement agreement with AstraZeneca for 257,500 doses of the long-acting antibody drug Evusheld, which boosts Covid-19 immunity in patients with low immunity levels.

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Reuters

Foot and mouth disease casts shadow over Eid festival in Indonesia

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia threatens to disrupt a ritual of slaughtering animals to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha this year, with livestock traders in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation bemoaning low sales.

Reuters

COVID and bust: China's private health system hurt by tough coronavirus controls

On March 24, a court in the central Chinese city of Fuyang announced that a $1.5 billion hospital built just four years earlier had filed for bankruptcy because it was unable to pay its debts.

360info

Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

360info

New tools needed to control the spread of mosquito-borne disease

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest creature, and they’re on the move.

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Dangerous ticks are increasingly coming in contact with people

Blood-feeding arthropods, like mosquitoes, insects and ticks are increasingly sharing their environments with humans due to the climate, with chronic results.

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Climate change doesn’t have to mean more insect-borne disease

As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread, but prevention strategies can break the link.

360info

Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

Rodents are well known reservoirs of disease, and our lives will increasingly intersect as our shared environment warms.

Tribune News Service

New disease strikes Michigan trees. Arborists don't know how to treat it

A mysterious invasive disease has hit a stand of southeast Michigan trees, adding to a long list of threats faced by state forests.

ABC News

Farmers to be compensated if foot-and-mouth disease reaches Australia

Australian farmers are on high alert for any signs of foot-and-mouth disease in their livestock as it reaches Bali. Chief Vet Mark Schipp is urging any who find it to report it early.

Tribune News Service

Former NFL, Georgia Tech star Demaryius Thomas suffered from CTE at time of death

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech football star Demaryius Thomas, who died in December at the age of 33 of an apparent seizure, was found to have been suffering from the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

The Hindu

Three-fold strategy to check seasonal diseases

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