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Ukraine drone hits Russian high-rise 1,000km from frontline
AFP, Published on 22/12/2024
» MOSCOW - Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict.
Pill halves risk of death in type of lung cancer
AFP, Published on 05/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - A pill has been shown to halve the risk of death from a certain type of lung cancer when taken daily after surgery to remove the tumor, according to clinical trial results presented on Sunday.
Cheers and jeers in US as plane mask mandates are lifted
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» NEW YORK - Airlines, subways and bus services across the United States moved quickly Tuesday to remove mask requirements following a federal court ruling that struck down face-covering mandates on public transportation, a hot-button issue throughout the pandemic.
GSK's Walmsley battles hostile investors and Covid slump
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» LONDON - The head of the British pharmaceutical giant GSK, Emma Walmsley, will present the company's quarterly results on Wednesday as criticism mounts over ineffective management and delays in Covid-19 vaccine production.
Coronavirus could create bed shortage in US hospitals
AFP, Published on 17/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the novel coronavirus, with doctors worrying they may have to start choosing which patients to treat.
Scientists find immune cells that fight tumours from within
AFP, Published on 16/01/2020
» TOKYO: Lurking deep inside some tumours are "factories" full of immune cells that help the body fight a rearguard action against cancer and are key to helping some patients recover, new research shows.
Can diet help cancer treatment? Study in mice offers clues
AFP, Published on 01/08/2019
» TOKYO - Diet is already a key part of managing diseases like diabetes and hypertension, but new research adds to a growing body of evidence that it could help cancer treatment too.
New breast cancer drug found to boost survival rates by 30%
AFP, Published on 02/06/2019
» CHICAGO - A new form of drug drastically improves survival rates of young women with the most common form of breast cancer, researchers said on Saturday, citing the results of an international clinical trial.
Cancer deaths falling for half decade in EU: study
AFP, Published on 19/03/2019
» PARIS - The death rate from cancer has been falling for half a decade in the EU, researchers said Tuesday, although the overall number is expected to rise to 1.4 million this year due to an expanding population.
Vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer: study
AFP, Published on 20/02/2019
» PARIS - The rapid scale-up of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer in a handful of rich countries within three decades, and in most other nations by century's end, researchers said Wednesday.