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The outbreak remains focused in Congo's eastern Ituri province. Congo has reported over 1,000 suspected cases with the Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatment or vaccine.
Read full article →Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say.
Read full article →ASCO Day 3: A huge advance for pancreatic cancer, a let down for Akeso and Summit, and a new approach to immunotherapy.
Read full article →Aid workers in Uganda are watching the Ebola crisis unfold in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. They're doing what they can to prepare for an uptick in cases, but foreign aid cuts aren't helping.
Read full article →Low-dose, low-cost immunotherapies may help patients in poorer countries access high-tech cancer treatments.
Read full article →By doing hormone therapy up front in prostate cancer cases, the hope was to shrink the relapse rate after surgery. Results were encouraging.
Read full article →A lung cancer drug developed in China was a highlight of ASCO but doctors want to see follow-up in a more diverse population.
Read full article →Much-awaited results at ASCO show that scientists have indeed found a way to drug a "greasy ball" involved in pancreatic cancer.
Read full article →A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.
Read full article →Kenya's Lake Turkana is the world's largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.
Read full article →NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with former member of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board Rick Engler about the current state of chemical safety following a string of incidents in the U.S.
Read full article →A new drug for pancreatic cancer gives some hope for one of the most dire types of cancer.
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