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To fix a patient’s irregular heartbeat, doctors first tested its digital ‘twin’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists created virtual replicas of patients' diseased hearts so precise that blocking a dangerous irregular heartbeat in these digital "twins" showed doctors how to better treat the real thing. One of the first clinical trials of these custom models suggests it might ...
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CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted a list of more than two dozen types of testing that ...
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Chicago mayor announces homelessness plan with unclear funding sources

(The Center Square) - Chicago officials unveiled a plan they say would effectively end homelessness in the city, even as questions over leadership changes and unclear funding streams cast early uncertainty over how the plan will be implemented. ...
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Illinois senators scrutinize diversity commission’s high salaries, poor performance

(The Center Square) -- An Illinois state senator, responding to an investigation by The Center Square, suggested Wednesday that the state's highly paid diversity commissioners should be required to work full time in light of their poor job performances. ...
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Factbox-Weight-loss drug developers line up to tap lucrative market as competition heats up

April 1 (Reuters) - The weight-loss drug market is surging, with biotech firms racing to win share in a sector dominated by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Analysts forecast the industry will generate about $150 billion in annual sales in the next decade. Eli Lilly on ...
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Factbox-Weight-loss drug developers line up to tap lucrative market as competition heats up

April 1 (Reuters) - The weight-loss drug market is surging, with biotech firms racing to win share in a sector dominated by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Analysts forecast the industry will generate about $150 billion in annual sales in the next decade. Eli Lilly on ...
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Exclusive-Pfizer, BioNTech halt US COVID vaccine study after recruitment struggles

By Bhanvi Satija LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the trials had been too low to generate the needed data. In a ...
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FDA grants speedy approval to Eli Lilly’s weight-loss pill for obesity

Federal regulators on Wednesday approved Eli Lilly's new weight-loss pill, a second daily oral medication to treat obesity and other weight-related conditions. The Food and Drug Administration granted expedited approval to orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug that works like widely used injectable medications to mimic a ...
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Illini Final Four trip expected to benefit University of Illinois, state of Indiana

(The Center Square) - A University of Illinois professor says the economic benefit of the school's mens basketball team reaching the NCAA Final Four will easily outweigh the potential costs. ...
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Rare disease advocacy group urges Trump administration to restore FDA clarity

April 1 (Reuters) - A rare disease advocacy coalition on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to restore regulatory clarity as it considers new leadership at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. Dr. Vinay Prasad, the center's current incumbent, is ...
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Belgian court orders Poland, Romania to buy $2.2 billion of Pfizer COVID vaccines

BRUSSELS, April 1 (Reuters) - A Belgian court on Wednesday ordered Poland and Romania to take delivery of 1.9 billion euros ($2.2 billion) worth of COVID-19 vaccines made by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer. Pfizer sued Poland and Romania in late 2023 in a Belgian court to ...
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Fifteen deaths are confirmed after measles outbreak in Bangladesh

DHAKA, April 1 (Reuters) - A measles outbreak in Bangladesh has led to 15 confirmed deaths, officials said on Wednesday, as the government readies to launch an emergency immunisation programme as part of efforts to try to contain the disease. Health Services Division Secretary Kamruzzaman ...
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