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teaHe occurs It will continue to spread. In Texas, the epicenter of this disease A child is dead There is a confirmed case Now we have reached 223. Now the case has grown up 12 weeks, New Mexico (adult adults who are positive for the disease), New Jersey and Maryland.
Measles are one of the most infectious diseases, but the rate of protection vaccination has been reduced as it circulates online. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Minister of Health and Welfare called the vaccination as a “personal choice” by referring to vitamin A, Daegu liver oil and steroids. Dr. Amish Adalja, a epidemic and senior scholar of Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said, “Daegu liver oil and vitamin (vitamins) are distracting people in whether there is a single message. I told the NPR.
As the cases continue to increase, some Texas cities lack MMR vaccines when people try to vaccinate themselves and children. At the location of Walgreens in Austin, at the end of last week, the pharmacist had no stock MMR vaccine. According to ~ Guardian. ft. There were few vaccines for WORTH and LubBock, which treat most of the 23 inpatients in the state.
According to CDC, 90.8% of children I received the MMR vaccine twice until I was 2 years old. It sounds high, but measles are contagious, so vaccination speed At least 95% It is needed for immunity. Gaines County Rural Gaines County, the most difficult region in Texas, is the following vaccination rate. Just 82%. Most of the children who were sick in measles were not vaccinated.
Despite the danger, the National Institute of Health has canceled or reduces more than 40 subsidies to study why some people are reluctant to vaccinations and how to increase their intake. Inner email Washington Post.
This startup allows paralyzed people to use their computers.
Cognixion CEO Andreas Forsland
Cognixion
RAbbi Yitzi Hurwitz has communicated with his eyes for 10 years.. In 2013, the rapid loss of muscle control diagnosed with “Lou Gehrig’s’ S Disease) was a quick loss of muscle control, which was diagnosed with nutrition side sclerosis (ALS). It’s disappointing and withdrawn as you can imagine.
One of the 30,000 Americans currently lived with ALS (about 5,000 new cases every year), Hurwitz has little relief options, but new people are slowly emerging. Among them, Andreas Forsland, the CEO of Cognixion, was developed. It is a brain computer interface that helps paralyzed patients interact and communicate with computers. Unlike the similar technology of Neuralink in ELON Musk, no surgical transplantation of skull is not required. The company has started its first clinical trial today and announced that it will study technology with 10 ALS patients. Rabbi Hurwitz is one and is already trained for the device for three days a week.
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Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals Gilead announced new data. Post LancetIt suggests that the new formalization of HIV prevention Lenacapavir can be effective all year round. The new discovery has shown the effect of preventing HIV for six months after the three -phase test of the formulation. The FDA is currently considering the formula for approval. that lance Studies have shown that the patient has maintained a high level of new preparation in the blood after 56 weeks. that The company said We plan to start a new formula three stage exams before the end of the year.
Digital Health and AI
Lila Sciences came from stealth through AI software. He said he could unlock the tropes of scientific data and switch to physical results with $ 200 million in seed funds, such as flagship pioneering and general catalysts. Cambridge, Mass. Based on flagships established a company in the laboratory in 2023. “Scientific super intelligence.” In a project that shows technology, LILA’s AI has developed a new antibody for fighting the disease and developed new materials for carbon capture. According to New York Times. This announcement occurs less than a month after Google announced the AI “Community Scientist”. Other large companies and health companies are developing similar programs, but as a TechCrunch report, many research scientists It remains skeptically About the usefulness of these tools.
Added: elsevier Launched Sciencedirect AI. Creating AI tool for researchers where users can search and get answers in 14 million articles and books. According to the world’s largest colleague review research platform, new tools will help scientists to reduce literature research in half.
Med Tech
The two patients had a successful mitral plate, which controlled the blood flow between the upper chamber and the lower part of the second side of the heart replaced by robot surgery. Most patients with problems with this valve are not candidates who are currently undergoing alternative surgery. It was a robot arm used for surgery development Santa Cruz -based Capstan Medical has developed a method of replacing valves with catheter -based procedures rather than conventional open heart surgery.
Public Health and Hospital
Utah The first state that prohibits fluorine In the public water system. Republican Governor Spencer Cox said he will sign a bill to prohibit the use of the use to prevent tooth decay against the recommendation of public health experts from early May. Minerals strengthen their teeth and reduce their cavity. Utah will be the first week to ban fluo ride. opponent Before his confirmation. In a letter to the Governor of Cox against the ban Written by the American Dental Association “Water fluoride is selected as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the last century in the US Disease Control and Prevention Center, as it decreases due to car safety measures and healthy mothers, babies and coronary heart disease.”
Week’s transaction
Sun Pharmaceuticals in India, controlled by billionaire Dilip Shanghvi, agreed to acquire Checkpoint Therapeutics based in the United States in US $ 355 million transactions. December, FDA approval Antibody for treating skin cancer by binding to PDL1, a protein that inhibits the body’s natural immune response to cancer. The contract is expected to be closed this summer when the regulators and checkpoint shareholders are approved.
Added: Jazz pharmaceutical Plan to acquire Chimerix is a promising brain cancer drug for almost $ 1 billion. And in the previous financing round, Hinger Health, a virtual physiotherapy company of $ 6.2 billion Apply to IPO It can be done Wish up to $ 500 million It is expected to be an important signal for the appetite of the public market for HealthTech products.
What we read
The USAID staff was ordered by Erica Carr. Destroy the classified document Personnel record.
Doge’s employee cuts in veteran work delayed clinical trials and cuts Veterans. A deeper cut is planned.
Reductions proposed to Medicaid in the budget passed through the house controlled by the Republican Party You can close rural hospitals And the US rural medical system is devastated.
Former NIH Francis Collins warned For science rally, Trump’s cuts argue that major health research programs are “serious risks.”
Walgreens’ method from a healthy giant toa worth $ 100 billion “Personal capital relief project” In 10 years as the industry changes.
Hundreds of thousands of people suffering from tuberculosis I can’t test or treat it Because of the wounds of USAID. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins, the nation’s best advanced science R & D, Disease the staff After losing $ 800 million in federal subsidies.
Australian I survived for 100 days With artificial mind before being replaced by donor.
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