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Polio in the UK - six key symptoms to look out for in your child

As the first polio concern in decades hits the UK, here are the early symptoms of the potentially lethal disease

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BridgeBio Pharma Posts Promising Data From Gene Therapy Trial In Ultra-Rare Disease

BridgeBio Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:BBIO) announced promising pharmacodynamic data from the first two participants dosed in CANaspire Phase 1/2 trial of BBP-812, gene therapy for Canavan disease. Canavan disease is an ultra-rare inherited disorder that damages the ability of nerve cells (neurons) in the brain to send and receive messages. Data from the first…

Benzinga

Polio will paralyse unvaccinated child if allowed to spread in UK, expert warns

Health chiefs are scrambling to identify where the poliovirus is circulating, with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today declaring an 'national incident' after it was detected in sewage works in London

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Six key polio symptoms to look out for amid first UK outbreak for decades

The potentially deadly disease has been discovered in London but there are concerns as it can be easily passed to others

Wales Online

BridgeBio Pharma Reveals Early Positive Data For Canavan Disease

BridgeBio Pharma (NASDAQ: BBIO) announced early positive data from the the first two participants dosed in CANaspire clinical study for the treatment of Canavan disease.

Benzinga

Polio symptoms, causes and how to check if you've had vaccine as national incident declared

Health experts are warning families to check children are fully vaccinated

Manchester Evening News

What is polio, and is the UK public at risk?

Explainer: traces in London sewage have led to concern that virus that causes disease could gain foothold in areas with low vaccination rates

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At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat? Here's the answer

Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world – such as monkeypox – it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

The Conversation

Krystal Biotech Files To Seek Approval For Skin Disease Candidate

Krystal Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRYS) submits biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of B-VEC (beremagene geperpavec) in the treatment of patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB).

Benzinga

Vegan cheese: what you should know

For many people who go vegan, one of the hardest things to give up is cheese. Fortunately, thanks to the increasing popularity of veganism, food manufacturers have begun producing a greater variety of vegan cheeses – with some success in replicating everything people love most about cheese, including its texture…

The Conversation

Polio: What do we know about feared outbreak in London?

Virus believed to have been spreading in the capital for months

The Independent UK

Six key polio symptoms to look out for in your child as disease continues to spread

A national incident was declared in June after a sample from sewage in London was discovered to contain polio, a virus that could be deadly if it is spread amongst individuals

Daily Mirror

Aldi to add signs and symptoms of bowel cancer to all own brand toilet roll

The move supports a campaign which aims to raise awareness of the disease

The Independent UK

India reports 86% fall in cases since 2015, 79% reduction in deaths due to Malaria

Malaria in India is perceived as a poor man's disease, thus receiving low priority in the public health agenda.

The Hindu

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Evening Standard

What is polio and should we be worried about the discovery of poliovirus in London?

It is the first time since 1984 that the virus has been found to be spreading in the community in the UK.

Evening Standard

Polio alert as several cases of virus that causes disease are detected in London

It is the first time in almost 40 years that transmission of the virus has been detected in the UK

Benzinga

Why Athira Pharma Stock Is Plunging

Athira Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: ATHA) shares are falling Wednesday after the company announced topline results from its exploratory ACT-AD Phase 2 study of fosgonimeton in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Benzinga

Athira Pharma Shares Fall To 52-Week Low - Read Why

Athira Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ATHA) shares are falling to 52-week lows after announcing disappointing topline results from its exploratory ACT-AD Phase 2 study of fosgonimeton (ATH-1017) in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study did not meet the primary endpoint of a statistically significant change in ERP P300 Latency for the modified intent to treat…

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South Korea reports first imported case of monkeypox

SEOUL: South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox on Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries -- and the first in East Asia -- to have identified the disease.

Benzinga

Why Precision BioSciences Shares Are Surging Today

Precision BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ:DTIL) has entered into an exclusive worldwide in vivo gene editing research and development collaboration and license agreement with Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) Precision will develop a custom ARCUS nuclease that will be designed to insert, in vivo, a therapeutic transgene at a "safe harbor" location in the genome as a potential one-time…

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EXCLUSIVE: BioRestorative Selects Second Site For Its Lumbar Disc Disease Study

BioRestorative Therapies Inc (NASDAQ: BRTX) has selected the Center for Clinical Research in North Carolina as the company's second contract for its Phase 2 trial targeting chronic lumbar disc disease (cLDD).

Daily Mirror

Taller people are more at risk of serious health conditions, new study warns

A new study has found a surprising link between how tall you are and an increased risk to certain health conditions

Reuters

France is facing a new COVID-19 wave - French vaccination chief

France is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections fuelled by new variants of the disease, French vaccination chief Alain Fischer said on Wednesday, as daily new cases reached an almost two-month peak the day before at more than 95,000.

Reuters

Denmark to offer fourth COVID vaccine dose to people over 50 years

Denmark plans to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose in the autumn to those who are over 50 years old, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday as she announced a strategy to curb the spread of the disease over the coming months.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Monkeypox is not our next pandemic, but it has lessons for us

Monkeypox is a viral disease, distantly related to its far more deadly cousin, smallpox. So far this year, it has been discovered in dozens of countries that are generally not familiar with monkeypox, with about 113 cases in the U.S., 15 of them in Illinois.

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