Global/National Uganda’s Ministry of Health, WHO, and partners have launched the world’s first clinical trial for a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola, marking a historic and rapid response during an outbreak. The recent surge in violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused widespread loss of life, trauma, displacement, and destruction of vital health infrastructure. A five-day mass polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip reached nearly 603,000 children under 10, using the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) to combat an ongoing poliovirus outbreak. The Trump administration concludes the global health research program and cuts funding for programs addressing Polio, HIV, Malaria, and nutrition worldwide. The FDA approved the following new drugs: Drug NameFDA-approved useGomekli (mirdametinib)To treat neurofibromatosis type 1 who have symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas not amenable to complete resectionRomvimza (vimseltinib)To treat symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor for which surgical resection will potentially cause worsening functional limitation or severe morbidity Illinois – Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) The state’s respiratory illness level has been raised to a High due to rise in flu cases. Northwestern Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute’s use of “lungs in a box” and “lungs in a fridge” technologies led [...]
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