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Founder of the cancer advocacy organization: Rowaca Cancer Group

• South African faith leaders today signed a declaration to end modern slavery

  By thespecimennews on March 23, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The signing in Johannesburg is the eleventh since 2014 when Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Taqi al-Modarresi joined other faith leaders from many of the world’s great religions in declaring that modern slavery must be eradicated.

• People from racial, ethnic, and other groups report frequent COVID-19–related discrimination

  By thespecimennews on February 28, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Study highlights the need for public health messaging strategies that address biases against all population groups that have been marginalized.

• France and WHO sign new agreement to reinforce health systems to combat COVID-19

  By thespecimennews on February 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  The Government of France and WHO have announced a new €50 million contribution agreement that will help countries’ health systems overcome bottlenecks in the COVID-19 response and speed up equitable access to testing, treatments, and vaccines. WHO is very grateful… Read More ›

• Scientists pinpoint mechanisms associated with severe COVID-19 blood clotting

  By thespecimennews on February 21, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  After studying blood samples from 244 patients hospitalized for COVID-19, a group of researchers, including those who work at the National Institutes of Health, identified “rogue antibodies” that correlate with severe illness and may help explain mechanisms associated with severe… Read More ›

• Researchers document third known case of HIV remission involving stem cell transplant

  By thespecimennews on February 16, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  The IMPAACT network is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Institute of Mental Health, all part of NIH. The P1107 study is conducted by the IMPAACT Network, in collaboration with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research, StemCyte, and the NIAID-funded AIDS Clinical Trials Group.

• HarvestPlus, World Food Programme Release Joint Brief on Biofortification

  By thespecimennews on February 12, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Biofortified varieties of several crops are also bred to be climate smart (e.g., heat and drought tolerant
  and require lower levels of inputs such as water); biofortification can help counteract the negative effects of climate change on the nutritional quality of food crops.

• Living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development is linked with an increased risk of early death

  By thespecimennews on February 11, 2022 • ( 0 )

  

  Prior studies have found connections between UOGD activities and increased human exposure to harmful substances in both air and water, as well as connections between UOGD exposure and adverse prenatal, respiratory, cardiovascular, and carcinogenic health outcomes.