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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/ Doctors Without Borders calls on CEPI to revise ‘toothless’ access policy

March 6, 2019
Sales and Marketing CEPI, MSF, access, public health, tokyo, vaccines

The humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called on The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to revise their …

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More than 200 Xanax-related deaths in UK since 2015

February 5, 2019
Manufacturing and Production Pfizer, UK, benzodiazepines, health, public health, xanax

There have been more than 200 deaths linked to misuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in the UK since 2015. …

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AbbVie’s case against the NHS thrown out of court

January 22, 2019
Manufacturing and Production AbbVie, HCV, NHS, health, hepatitis C, public health

A judge has thrown US multinational AbbVie’s case against NHS England’s hepatitis C procurement process, out of court. Mr Justice …

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Super gonorrhoea on the rise, health officials warn

January 9, 2019
Research and Development STI, gonorrehoea, health, public health, std

Health officials from Public Health England (PHE) have warned that cases of antibiotic resistant strains of the sexually transmitted infection …

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Children should be given flu vaccine to protect older people

December 21, 2018
Medical Communications epidemiology, flu, health, public health, vaccines

Parents are being urged to give their children the flu vaccine in order to protect ‘older people’ from the potentially …

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Rates of vaccination decline in England, study shows

September 18, 2018
Manufacturing and Production England, NHS, health, public health, vaccines, vacinnation

The number of people who are receiving the 12 routine childhood vaccinations has declined in proportion to the eligible population …

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Russian trolls spread vaccine misinformation on Twitter

August 28, 2018
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Russia, misinformation, public health, study, vaccines

Twitter bots and Russian trolls post content about vaccination at significantly higher rates than normal users, a new study has …

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Sanofi’s dengue vaccine rolled out for world’s first public immunisation program

April 4, 2016
Sales and Marketing Philippines, Sanofi, Vaccine, children, dengue, dengvaxia, immunisation, prevention, public health

Sanofi, along with its vaccines global business unit Sanofi Pasteur, has announced the beginning of the first public dengue immunisation …

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FDA announces strongest warnings for opioid pain medications

March 23, 2016
Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, abuse, addiction, boxed, label, misuse, opioids, public health, restrictions, safety, warnings

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced class-wide safety labelling changes for immediate release (IR) opioid pain medications. The …

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Cancers diagnosed earlier in England, but cases rise

September 16, 2015
Cancer, Jeremy Hunt, Public Health England, cancer diagnosis, public health

The proportion of cancers diagnosed by GPs under the ‘two-week wait’ referral pathway rose, and late diagnoses fell, after the …

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Call to share public health research more openly

January 12, 2011
Research and Development Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, data sharing, public health

The only way that pressing needs in global public health can be met is for research to be shared more …

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NICE’s public health role reduced

January 4, 2011
NHS, NHS reforms, NICE, public health, quality standards

NICE’s public health remit has been slimmed down as part of the government’s reforms with the removal of six areas …

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New public health body to ‘nudge’ people on healthy living

December 1, 2010
NHS reforms, Public Health England, alcohol, obesity, public health, smoking

Plans for a new organiation to oversee public health in England have been unveiled, which will ‘nudge’rather than nag people …

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Pay people to be healthy, say NICE advisors

September 28, 2010
NHS, NICE, public health

The NHS should use financial incentives to encourage people to make healthier lifestyle changes, according to NICE’s Citizen’s Council. The …

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Tories plan public health drive

January 15, 2010
Conservatives, NHS, NHS funding, binge drinking, public health

The Department of Health would be renamed the Department of Public Health under a future Tory government, says shadow health …

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