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Despite missed deadline, hope for global treaty rises
The WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, has failed to agree on the final wording of a COVID-19 pandemic treaty at its annual meeting in Geneva. The draft treaty will require member countries to notify each other when enacting or amending domestic laws that are relevant to the treaty. It will also require reporting and sharing information.
Read MoreMexico has a female president
Claudia Sheinbaum, an environmental scientist and former Mayor of Mexico City, was elected Mexico’s first female President on Sunday. Sheinbaum is on track to win the race with between 58% to over 60% of votes, Mexico’s electoral agency estimated. With nearly 40% of the votes counted, Sheinbaum is on track to win the race with between 58% to over 60% of votes.
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A antibiotic that is Gram-negative-selective
Scientists have identified an antibiotic compound that may be used to treat people infected with ‘Gram negative’ bacteria, including those with serious medical conditions. The compound was identified by studying the ‘Lol system’, a group of proteins that is exclusive to ‘Gram negative’ bacteria. “The compound has been found to be effective against Gram negative bacteria in mice,” researchers said.
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Innovative cancer therapies can help you cope with cancer
Researchers have shown that an antibody, anti-OX40, directly stimulates T cells, which are the body’s immune system’s attack centres, to destroy cancer tumours. It is the first time that a TLR9-activating drug has been used in a human clinical trial to treat a tumour in mice, they added. They further found that the antibody was also active in the cells of breast cancer.
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Innovative cancer therapies can provide a new hope
AstraZeneca is testing a checkpoint blocker in a late-stage clinical trial as a treatment for non-small-cell lung cancer. The drug causes both parts of the immune response because it blocks an inhibitoryreceptor found on NK cell and some T cells, researchers said. In a study of 37 people with blood cancer, researchers found that those who received their cells from a cord-blood unit survived over 70%.
Read MoreWhen people have to stop taking the new obesity drugs, it is a dilemma
A new study has found that the weight-loss drugs given to morbidly obese patients were not associated with an increased risk of diabetes or heart disease. Researchers said the drugs were not associated with an increased risk of cancer or liver disease. However, they added that there’s a high risk of metabolic syndrome, a condition in which the arteries and tissues in the blood are damaged.
Read MoreThe spread of disease and a possible second landslide are fears in the region
More than 2,000 people are feared to have died in a landslide in Papua New Guinea, the country’s government has said. Authorities fear a second disaster is about to happen, according to a UN official. An Australian disaster response team was scheduled to arrive on Tuesday in Papua New Guinea, which is Australia’s nearest neighbour.
Read MoreAfter severe weather in the South, the East Coast is bracing for flooding
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power after tornadoes and severe thunderstorms hit parts of the US on Sunday. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said four people were killed in four different counties after storms ripped through the state on Sunday. At least 18 people have been killed in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, according to local media reports.
Read MoreTexas and Oklahoma residents were told to seek shelter after a tornado damaged homes
The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings in US’ Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arkansas during the Memorial Day weekend. At least 18 people have been killed in the tornadoes and thunderstorms. The weather service office in Tulsa, Oklahoma, warned on Sunday on a dangerous storm moving across the northeast part of the state through 2 am.
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The season will be ‘extraordinary’, according to forecasters
Flooding and flooding in the presence of a tropical storm and a Category 5 hurricane has made hurricanes stronger, drawing strength from heat energy at sea surface, National Weather Service (NWS) director Ken Graham said. He added that there has been record high water temperature in the tropical Atlantic recently and this heat is expected to last into peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season.
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