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Special Report
Health and Climate Change
Plus the impact on malaria, Lyme disease and the insurance industry
April 29, 2024
Biotech
Healthcare investor looks to cash in on pharma outsourcing trend with €1bn-plus sale
...to treat diseases such as cancer and autoimmune diseases....
March 3, 2024
FT Live
Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Identifying opportunities for investors and asset managers
Wednesday, 4 September237 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Special ReportHealth and Climate Change
Lyme disease bites as ticks gain ground in US
...Ben Beard, deputy director of the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and a co-author of the assessment, says: “We’ve seen a huge increase in tick-borne...
April 29, 2024
Biotech
UK biotech signs $1bn deal to develop liver disease drugs
...Pharma groups are optimistic about the potential for new weight loss and diabetes drugs known as GLP-1s to treat liver diseases....
April 22, 2024
Disease control and prevention
Climate change highlights risk of malaria resurgence
...The result is a surge in diseases such as cholera and in diarrhoeal infections linked to flooding and poor sanitation, and food insecurity for the mainly subsistence farmers....
April 29, 2024
Special ReportHealth and Climate Change
Deforestation opens paths for disease spread from animals to humans
...Three-quarters of new or emerging diseases that infect humans originate in animals, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
April 29, 2024
FT Live
Accelerating the Energy Transition in Asia
Industrial strategies and policy drivers for sustainability
Tuesday, 30 JulyMandala Club, 31 Bukit Pasoh Rd, Singapore 089845
Disease control and prevention
Climate change increases chances of zoonotic disease ‘spillover’
...Another key question for infectious diseases experts is how the biology of viruses and pathogens is changing as they emerge in new regions of the world....
April 29, 2024
The Royal Family
Princess of Wales reveals she is undergoing cancer treatment
...Her whereabouts and the state of her health have been the subject of frenzied speculation on social media in recent weeks given her absence from the public eye....
March 22, 2024
Anjana Ahuja
How worried should we be about the return of bird flu?
...The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the risk to public health is low but it is preparing for the possibility that the flu becomes more transmissible between people....
May 1, 2024
Camilla Cavendish
Science is closing in on the frailties of old age
...This mirrors increases in life expectancy, especially for the better-off half of the population in rich countries. The big prize now is to improve the final decade for everyone — rich and poor....
April 26, 2024
Disease control and prevention
Prostate cancer rise sparks calls for overhaul of testing
...Prostate cancer accounts for almost one-sixth of male cancers, making it the most common form of the disease in more than half the world’s nations....
April 4, 2024
Disease control and prevention
Scientists develop simple test to boost cancer detection in poorer countries
...Scientists have developed a simple and affordable blood test to help spot cancer cases in low- and middle-income countries, marking the latest move to boost disease prevention among ageing populations....
April 22, 2024
Covid-19 vaccines
Moderna puts plans for African vaccine plant on hold
...“What has changed is the desire of the Africa [Centres for Disease Control and Prevention] to buy products right now,” he said....
April 11, 2024
Disease control and prevention
Doubled estimate of fatal fungal infections sharpens scientific focus
...The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) lists several ways in which environmental change could promote the spread of pathogenic fungi....
April 29, 2024
Scientific research
‘Shrinking’ talent pool threatens health progress, warns science chief
...She was previously director of the US National Institutes of Health Center for Human Immunology....
March 3, 2024
FT Live
US Pharma and Biotech Summit
Strategies for innovation, pricing and access
Thursday, 16 MayNew York, NY, USA
OutlookPatti Waldmeir
Syphilis: an age-old disease stalking modern America
...In newborns, “congenital” syphilis — which can cause miscarriages, stillbirths, or life-long medical problems — was up more than tenfold between 2012 and 2022, according to the US Centres for Disease Control...
April 1, 2024
Health
‘Epidemic of obesity’ blights children as global rates soar
...This is creating an “urgent need” for policies to promote prevention, encourage weight loss and cut disease risks, says the paper published on Thursday in The Lancet....
February 29, 2024
News in-depthDementia
Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi falls short of blockbuster status in faltering US rollout
...’s UCSF Memory and Aging Center, which played a role in the Leqembi trial....
April 22, 2024
Novo Nordisk AS
Novo Nordisk ‘surprised’ by high European demand for weight-loss drugs
...The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines a BMI of 30 and over as obese....
February 4, 2024
Medical science
Brain organoids target rare neurological disorder
...“As shown by the current study, stem cell-based models are well suited for validating drug targets, and for screening and optimising drug candidates.”...
April 24, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Gazans search in vain for medicines
...These include common conditions such as asthma, diabetes, hypertension and heart disease....
February 6, 2024
FirstFT
FirstFT: Investment chief of Calstrs says private equity must ‘share the wealth’
...War in Ukraine: Russian forces closing in on the town of Avdiivka are an early test for Kyiv’s new top general, as well as for an army running short of supplies and men....
February 15, 2024
Antibiotic resistance
‘Potent’ antibiotic drug boosts fight against superbugs
...Crab, which causes life-threatening illnesses in hospital patients, is classed as a priority concern by the WHO and an urgent threat by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
February 15, 2024
News in-depthSocial affairs
Support for change in law on assisted dying grows across the UK
...“The public have been way ahead of politicians for years and we are now catching up,” said MSP Liam McArthur, who has introduced a bill on the issue in the Scottish Parliament....
April 6, 2024
Disease control and prevention
Whooping cough cases in England rise as vaccine rates fall
...The disease, which is often referred to as the “hundred day cough”, is especially dangerous in newborn babies as it can lead to pneumonia and cause brain damage....
April 4, 2024

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