Infectious Disease Control
8th Asia Dengue Summit Renews Call to Achieve Zero Dengue Deaths, with a Record 14 million Global Cases Reported in 2024
Health leaders, researchers, and advocates unite to advance efforts against dengue through innovation, prevention, and cross-sector collaboration. MANILA, Philippines, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- As dengue cases in 2024 double to over 14 million globally, with Asia accounting for 70% of the gl...
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Uniting for Impact: "United Against Dengue" Collaboration Launches to Elevate Education, Advocacy and Support across Asia
Led by The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Takeda, the regional collaboration is dedicated to supporting the World Health Organization (WHO) and ASEAN goal of eliminating preventable dengue deaths by 2030. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
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Gates Foundation Will Double Spending Over Next 20 Years to Accelerate Progress on Saving and Improving Lives
On foundation's 25th anniversary, Bill Gates outlines ambitious goals, inspiration for donating most of his resources and new timeline to spend-down by 2045 SEATTLE, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of its 25th year, the Gates Foundation today made a new commitment to accelerate its m...
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INTREPID Alliance Releases New Report Highlighting Urgent Gaps in Antiviral Preparedness
Global antiviral R&D is slowing when the world can least afford it, new analysis shows CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The INTREPID Alliance today released the fourth edition of itsAntiviral Clinical and Preclinical Development Landscape, a comprehensive analysis of the global pi...
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A global study led by CUHK and the University of Calgary charts four-stage evolution of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
HONG KONG, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- An international consortium led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)'s Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) and the University of Calgary in Canada has conducted a global epidemiological study on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). It found that this chr...
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Canada Leads: Canada's No. 1 Hospital Announces Strategy to Attract World's Most Promising Scientists, Drive Health Innovation and Economic Growth
TORONTO, April 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a bold move to position Canada as the ultimatedestination for the brightest minds in medical research, whose work will help build our future economy, University Health Network (UHN) is unveiling the ambitiousCanada Leads 100 Challenge to recruit 100 world...
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Human Frontier Science Program: Research Grants Awarded to 104 of the Most Pioneering Scientists from 30 Nations
STRASBOURG, France, April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To pioneer new frontiers in
life science research, the Human Frontier Science Program has awarded 104 of
the world's most ingenious scientists from 30 nations with 2025 HFSP Research
Grants and the first round of the new Accelerator Grants.
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Alamar Biosciences Announces First Five Distribution Partners, Expanding Commercial Support in Asia Pacific
FREMONT, Calif., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, is pleased to announce the signing of five new distribution partners to expand its global presence. The company has partnered with established i...
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Total Investment of Approx. USD 11.4 Million in Schistosomiasis Diagnostics and R&D Projects for NTDs With Partners Including Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases and Medical & Biological Laboratories
TOKYO, March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund announced today a total investment of approximatelyJPY 1.7 billion ( USD 11.4 million1) in five projects for the development of schistosomiasis diagnostics and drugs for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).2 ...
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Report: RSV-associated Hospitalisation Costs in Singapore Estimated at SGD 9,430 per Patient; Poses Financial Strain on At-risk Older Adults
* New findings from a recent white paper highlight the economic and healthcare burden posed by Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) on at-risk older adults aged 60 years or over in select high-income APEC countriesand regions, includingAustralia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore * Singapore had 3...
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Shingles Awareness Week 2025: Shingles increases risk for heart attack and stroke; the disease also increases risk for hospitalisation more than thrice in people with diabetes
* People who have had shingles are at a 59% higher risk for heart attack and at a 35% higher risk for stroke compared to those who have not had shingles. * Adults aged 50 years or over are at high risk for shingles due to age-related decline in immunity and the risk further increases amongst t...
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Lessons from Japan's AMR Response for the Global Community
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AIM Vaccine Leverages AI to Advance mRNA Vaccine Development mRNA Shingles Vaccine Submits Clinical Trial Application
HONG KONG, Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AIM Vaccine Co., Ltd. (06660.HK), a leading PRC vaccine company, published an announcement onFebruary 11, 2025, announced that its independently developed mRNA shingles vaccine has been submitted for clinical trials to the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) ...
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Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative to Boost Support for Indonesia
Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Makes Announcement on World Leprosy Day 2025 TOKYO, Jan. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of World Leprosy Day 2025 onJanuary 26, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa announces that the Sasakawa Le...
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Dx&Vx Presents a New Paradigm for Next-Generation Infectious Disease Response with the Development of a Universal Vaccine
- Preparing for Phase 2 Global Trials of a Ferritin Platform-Based Virus-Like Particle Universal Coronavirus Vaccine - Based on the Excellent Safety and Immune Response in Phase 1 Clinical Results, with a Plan to Extend Administration Routes and Indications SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2025 /PRNe...
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DIOSynVax Announces a new Advisory Board as it drives the clinical development of its NextGen Influenza Vaccines including Bird-Flu
CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DIOSynVax, a clinical-stage biotechnology company at the forefront of developing innovative, broadly protective vaccines, built on the safety demonstrated by its "First in Human" Coronavirus vaccine trial, to announce its new portfoli...
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Dx&Vx, From mRNA Vaccines to Nanoparticle Vaccines era of Next-Generation Vaccines
* Introduction of a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine: A robust cross-immunity effect to combat virus mutations. SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally transformed global healthcare systems and vaccine technologies. The accelerated approval and rapi...
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Docquity and HCDC Partner to Strengthen Preventive Medicine Education for Thousands of HCPs in Vietnam
Through this multi-year initiative, HCDC will tap on Docquity's digital capabilities and reach to arm over 3,000 HCPs across diverse fields with breakthroughs in preventive medicine HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Docquity, Southeast Asia's largest community of healthcare prof...
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SCG Cell Therapy partners A*STAR to accelerate RNA-based therapeutic development in Singapore
* SCG Cell Therapy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR BTI) and Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Initiative (NATi) to advance ribonucleic acid (RNA)-based therapeutic manufacturing process development and clinical translation. * The parti...
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GSK Leads Global Forum in Bangkok to Address Respiratory Health Challenges
GSK hosted the third annual RespiVerse Meeting on December 13 and 14 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event brought together renowned international speakers and healthcare professionals from 17 countries to address pressing global challenges in respiratory diseases, focusing on innovative solutions and ...
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