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Malaria · Barcelona(MedPage Today) -- Mass ivermectin administration in areas with widespread community use of insecticidal bed netting reduced the incidence of malaria compared with albendazole among children ages 5 to 15 years, a cluster-randomized trial in coastal...See the Story
Ivermectin Reduces Malaria Transmission in Trial
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CDC · United StatesAntibiotic resistance is a growing global issue. According to the CDC, antibiotic resistance was associated with almost 5 million deaths in 2019. In the U.S., more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur annually, killing more than 35,000 people. Researchers at Rockefeller University developed a platform to identify drug resistance genes in the environment before they… The post New technique could help solve the antibiotic res…Read Article
New technique could help solve the antibiotic resistance problem

Johnson & Johnson · United StatesDr. Katie Abouzahr, Johnson & Johnson’s new head of late-stage immunology development, draws on her NHS clinical roots and 11 years at Boston Consulting Group to tackle drug R&D’s most complex challenges. Having recently stepped into the role about a month ago, she oversees a portfolio that includes the newly FDA-approved nipocalimab for myasthenia gravis,… The post J&J bets on nipocalimab and oral peptides under new immunology head appeared fir…Read Article