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[ad_1] A representational image of a new born baby. — Unsplash/File In an attempt to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases at the time of their birth, scientists have been able to create the first baby in the UK with the DNA of three people, reported Guardian . With the help of the IVF procedure, scientists used mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), a technique in which tissues from the eggs of healthy female donors are used to create IVF embryos, free from harmful mutations. Despite having necessary components from biological parents, the baby also has a small amount of genetic material – about 37 genes – from the donor, rendering the process as a "three-parent baby". The research called mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), was carried out by the doctors at the Newcastle facility, aiming to help women prevent passing genetic disorders as people inherit their mitochondria from their mothers. A representational image of a DNA. — Unsplash/File

[ad_1] In a major announcement, World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic — which has killed more than 6.9 million humans — does not represent a global health emergency, reported International media. The COVID-19 pandemic had left its impacts not only on people’s health, particularly mental, but also disrupted the global economy. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "It is therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency. The end of the emergency did not mean COVID was over as a global health threat." "Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice," he said In January 2020, WHO's emergency committee initially declared COVID as its highest level of alert which helped the international community to focus on threats posed to public

[ad_1] A vial labelled "Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine" is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters Novavax 's updated Covid vaccine won the backing of U.S. regulators on Tuesday, putting the shot on track to roll out weeks after new jabs from Pfizer and Moderna reached Americans. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Novavax's single-strain vaccine, which targets omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 , for emergency use in people ages 12 and up. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now including Novavax's shot in the same recommendation it issued last month for updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. That recommendation says all Americans ages six months and older can receive an updated Covid jab. Novavax said in a statement that doses of the shot will likely be available within the next few days. "Novavax's authorization today means people will now have the choice of a protein-based non-MRNA option to help

[ad_1] CNBC's Jim Cramer called out General Electric as a winner in the industrial sector for the strides it's making in nuclear power. GE's Verona Nuclear Fuel business said Wednesday it received approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to manufacture, ship, and analyze the performance of higher enrichment fuel. These "regulatory milestones" will help the company "innovate to help our customers run their plants even more efficiently and be ready to support the next generation of reactor technology," according to the press release . GE shares were trading about 2% higher on the news. GE YTD mountain GE stock performance year to date. "[General Electric] just keeps going higher," Cramer said Wednesday. While that's mainly due to demand for its aircraft engines, Cramer added that investors "love any way to be able to make nuclear fuel work." In November 2021, GE announced plans to split and form three publicly trade

[ad_1] A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication and Trinity College in Dublin shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus, the type of virus linked to Covid-19. — Reuters A new, BA.2.86, lineage of Covid-19 has been tracked by United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, Denmark, and Israel, which may possibly spread this winter. "As we learn more about BA.2.86, CDC's advice on protecting yourself from Covid-19 remains the same," the agency said in a post on platform X. The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier on Thursday said in a post on X that it had classified BA.2.86 as a "variant under monitoring" due to the large number of mutations it carries, reported Reuters . The WHO added that, so far, only a few sequences of the variant have been reported from a handful of countries. The new lineage, which has 36 mutations from the currently-dominant XBB.1.5 Covid variant "harkens back to an ear

[ad_1] There's Eli Lilly (LLY), and then there's everybody else. That's a simple way to describe the performance of the Club's health-care holdings so far this year, in what's been a challenging period for the industry overall. Of the 11 market sectors year to date, health care is the fourth worth-worst performer, falling 4%, followed by consumer staples (down 4.2%), real estate (down 5.8%) and utilities (down 10%). Our standout is unquestionably Eli Lilly, which has soared 50% in 2023 on the promise of its experimental weight-loss and Alzheimer's drugs, making it the most-valuable health-care company in the world. Lilly's run really started in last year's terrible market, soaring more than 30% compared to the S & P 500's nearly 19.5% plunge in 2022. That's a nearly two-year return of almost 100%. LLY XLV YTD mountain Eli Lilly's year-to-date stock performance compared with the XLV, a major ETF that tracks the health-care sector. Lil

[ad_1] A woman waits to be tested by medical staff, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 20, 2020. Picture taken April 20, 2020. — Reuters Fearing more cases to come, World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday said that a 28-year-old man had tested positive for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The case was reported on July 10 by Abu Dhabi’s city of Al Ain which borders with Oman. The Geneva-based organisation said that it was more interested in the latest case as it "had no history of direct or indirect contact with dromedaries, goats, or sheep."  "The patient was admitted to the hospital on June 8. A nasopharyngeal swab was collected on June 21 and tested positive for Mers-CoV by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on June 23," the WHO said in a statement. The multilateral health organisation also stated that the man was a non-resident of the U

[ad_1] A person can be seen sitting alone at night. — Pixabay/File Government researchers revealed in their new study Thursday that the murder rates among older teenagers hit a 25-year high during the COVID-19 lockdown period with suicide rates among those in their early 20s spiking to their highest in more than 50 years. The data were analysed for youngsters from 10 to 24-year-olds from years 2001 to 2021 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr Steven Woolf, a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher who studies US death trends said: "The increase is alarming and reflects a mental health crisis among young people and a need for a number of policy changes." According to the experts, there are different potential reasons for the spike, including increasing depression cases, lack of widespread mental health services and the number of firearms in US households. "Picture a teenager sitting in their bedroom feeling desperate and making a decision, imp

[ad_1] New research showed that employees who are not in positions of power can enhance creativity when given time to "warm up" to a task by engaging in the creative task more than once. "This is important because when people with more power can express their creative ideas more than those with less power, it leads to a rich-get-richer dynamic that reinforces or exacerbates these power differentials," said Brian Lucas, assistant professor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and co-author of "Low Power Warm-up Effect: Understanding the Effect of Power on Creativity Over Time," forthcoming in the July issue of Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.  "Understanding ways to boost the creativity of lower-power workers can help them navigate this low-power disadvantage, generate more creative ideas, and promote a more equitable workplace," Lucas said. In the study, Lucas and his co-authors found that although

[ad_1] Junior doctors are striking for four days in what has been called the "most disruptive" NHS walkout. [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/health/ipswich-and-colchester-hospitals-boss-urges-quick-solution-to-doctors-row/?feed_id=295117&_unique_id=660ab123dbe88

[ad_1] People gather outside the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images) Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore is set to allow non-fully vaccinated travelers to enter the country without a negative pre-departure test from next week, health authorities announced Thursday. The country is set to remove mask-wearing on public transport from Monday, as it seeks to exit the "acute phase" of the pandemic, said the Ministry of Health. The country's Covid task force, created in January 2020, will be deactivated. "Our Covid situation has remained stable over the recent months, despite increased travel over the year and holidays and China's shift from zero Covid," said Singapore's deputy prime minister Lawrence Wong, who is also co-chair of the Covid task force. "Our population has developed a high level of hybrid immunity. The r

[ad_1] Implementing flexible work schedules and promoting work-life balance are effective strategies that can help in stress management at workplace. Regular breaks and mindfulness practices can alleviate stress. By fostering a collaborative approach, employers and employees can work together to create a harmonious workplace that prioritizes mental well-being.  "Addressing work-induced stress necessitates a collective and comprehensive approach, involving both managers and employees. To effectively promote mental well-being in the workplace, it is essential to establish a supportive and empathetic environment that encourages open dialogues on mental health," says Abha Dandekar CEO & Founder, Elephant in the Room. Managers play a crucial role in setting the tone, leading by example by prioritizing work-life balance, acknowledging individual well-being, and providing the necessary resources for stress management and resilience building. Psychologist Apurva Sing

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[ad_1] An estimated 20,000 people attended a large religious gathering in Kentucky on the same days as a resident who was infected with measles last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, with potential contacts who may have been exposed to the highly transmissible virus now spanning multiple states and countries. The CDC is urging doctors to "be on high alert for measles symptoms'' among people who attended the gathering and is actively working with Kentucky authorities to search for additional cases. "Community transmission of measles in connection with this event is possible, particularly among unvaccinated or under-vaccinated individuals," CDC spokesperson Scott Pauley said in a statement. Pauley said that the agency is urging unvaccinated people who may have been exposed at the Asbury University gathering to contact a doctor and get vaccinated.  Vaccines or immunoglobulin can b

[ad_1] Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse run more than twice the risk of developing cervical cancer, as they are less likely to go for gynaecological smear tests, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health. The researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, stressed the importance of proactively approaching these women as a preventative measure against cervical cancer. The observational study included over four million women born between 1940 and 1995. In the women, the researchers compared women diagnosed by a specialist with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse with women without such diagnoses. They then calculated the risk of cervical cancer and precancerous cervical lesions, including their participation in screening programs for cervical cancer. "Our results suggest that women with these diagnoses participate more seldom in screening programs at the same time as they have a higher i

[ad_1] With dozens of children across the United States suffering from lead poisoning , federal regulators are now investigating whether the culprit is cinnamon that was added to some popular applesauce pouches, and if lead had been added somewhere along the global supply chain, either to enhance the spice’s reddish color or to add weight. In November, the Food and Drug Administration announced a national recall of three million pouches of cinnamon applesauce made in Ecuador and sold at dollar stores and other outlets under the WanaBana, Schnucks and Weis brand names. Concern about the poisoning cases, affecting as many as 125 children, has highlighted a broader gap in F.D.A. food oversight. There is no federal requirement to test for lead in food made domestically or imported into the United States. In this case, a North Carolina health department investigation pinpointed the source of contamination after receiving reports of high levels of lead readings in children’s blood test

[ad_1] Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen on Friday said the company's experimental weight loss pill , amycretin, could eventually become a best-in-class treatment for obesity.  The Danish drugmaker is racing to capitalize on the runaway success of its blockbuster weight loss drug Wegovy by developing a new generation of treatments for obesity, including more convenient and potentially cheaper pills.  His remarks came one day after Novo Nordisk impressed investors with early-stage trial data on amycretin. Patients on the pill lost about 13.1% of their weight after 12 weeks, Jørgensen said on CNBC's "Money Movers."  That surpasses the 6% weight loss seen in those who took Wegovy after the same time period. It also adds to the growing enthusiasm around the potential of weight loss pills.  Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen, CEO of Novo Nordisk, speaks during an interview in New York on Aug. 10, 2022. Christopher Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Along with conv

[ad_1] Thibaut Mongon, CEO of Kenvue Inc. a Johnson & Johnson consumer-health business, speaks during an interview with CNBC during his company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), May 4, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Kenvue CEO Thibaut Mongon is betting on brand and product innovation to drive growth at the newly spun-out company after its solid debut on the public market Thursday.  "In the next quarter and frankly, in the years to come, we are going to continue to do what we do best, which is innovating to find new ways to serve consumers and help them take better care of their health," Mongon told CNBC in an interview shortly after shares of Kenvue started trading on the New York Stock Exchange.   related investing news Shares of the company gained 22% Thursday to close at $26.90 per share. The stock hovered around that level in early trading Friday, giving the company a market value of roughly $50 billion.  Kenvue, spun out of Johnson & Joh