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South Africa returns to stricter lockdown, virus ‘surging’

Loading the player… South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will return to stricter lockdown measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31% higher than the… Read More »

FDA Approves Truseltiq (infigratinib) for the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma

FDA Approves Truseltiq (infigratinib) for the Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma PALO ALTO, Calif. and LUGANO, Switzerland, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBIO), through its affiliate QED Therapeutics, Inc., and Helsinn Group today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Truseltiq (infigratinib) under the accelerated approval program for… Read More »

Project host’s anger at Covid revelation

Health Minister Greg Hunt’s claim that 100 per cent of aged care residents have been vaccinated appears to be in tatters after one woman said her grandmother’s facility has not even administered the first jab. Mr Hunt initially said that 100 per cent of Victorian residential aged care facilities have been vaccinated, however, he later… Read More »

A Shirtless Chris Pratt Prepares to Save the World in Amazon’s New Tomorrow War Trailer

It’s definitely going to be a while before we can expect to see Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3 in theaters, but fans of Chris Pratt have a new science fiction action adventure to tide them over while they wait. A trailer for the new Amazon Prime movie The Tomorrow War has just dropped, showing… Read More »