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BioAge, an Eli Lilly partner, is filing for an IPO in the US
BioAge Labs, a startup specialising in obesity therapies that has also partnered with Eli Lilly on Tuesday filed for an initial public offering in the
Ozempic shortages in the EU will not affect all Member States
An intermittent shortage of the diabetes drug Ozempic in the European Union, which is expected to persist into the last quarter of 2024 due to
Congo expects first delivery of mpox vaccine doses on Thursday
The Democratic Republic of Congo expects to receive the first batch of mpox vaccine on Thursday and a second batch on Saturday, the head of
South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms are collapsing
South Korea’s Health Ministry said it was deploying military doctors to help in some hospital emergency rooms because of a shortage of medical staff, but
Mpox patients lack food and medicine at hospital in eastern DR Congo
Dozens of fever patients lie on mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in eastern DR Congo, the epicentre of the mpox
Blood tests can estimate women’s risk of cardiovascular disease 30 years in advance
Women’s heart disease risks and the need to start taking preventive medication should be assessed when they are in their 30s, not after the onset
Israel and Hamas agree to brief pauses in war over polio vaccinations
The United Nations, working with Palestinian health authorities, began vaccinating 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip against polio, and Israel and Hamas agreed to a
FDA approves Novavax’s updated COVID vaccine targeting JN.1 strain
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency approval for an updated version of the Novavax COVID vaccine. The updated vaccine is authorised
UNICEF launches urgent tender for mpox vaccines
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched an urgent tender to procure mpox vaccine for crisis-hit countries in collaboration with the Gavi Vaccine Alliance,
Africa’s mpox response is less than 10% funded
Africa has secured less than 10% of the estimated $245 million it needs to combat a growing outbreak of mpox on the continent, a senior