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'Blessed': US woman sees second chance in life after pig kidney transplant
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications.
US approves maternal vaccine to prevent RSV in infants
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday became the first country to approve a vaccine for pregnant women that prevents severe disease caused by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in their babies.
US issues world's first approval of RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness.
US approves world's first RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved GSK's Arexy vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), which can cause severe pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants and the elderly.
Pfizer buys biotech firm Seagen for $43 billion
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Monday that it had reached a deal to buy biotech firm Seagen, specializing in innovative cancer treatment, for $43 billion.
US approves new drug to treat Alzheimer's
AFP, Published on 07/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» PARIS: More than 14% of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness, according to a major review of the available research published on Tuesday.
Pfizer Covid vaccine for under-fives effective with three doses
AFP, Published on 23/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children aged six months to under five years when given in three doses, the companies said in a statement Monday.
Nearly 60% of US population had Covid by February: CDC
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population -- or more than 190 million people -- had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday.
Nearly 60% of US population had Covid by February
AFP, Published on 27/04/2022
» WASHINGTON - By February of this year, 58 percent of the US population -- more than 190 million people -- had been infected with Covid, according to an antibody survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Tuesday.