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WHO under fire for inaction over bad childhood chemotherapy drugs

January 26, 2024
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'The response defies belief': Year of inaction leaves children at risk from bad cancer drugs

A dozen brands of asparaginase, a childhood chemotherapy drug, failed quality tests, but the WHO has yet to issue a global product alert.

By Rosa Furneaux and Laura Margottini — TBIJ


HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14

No cervical cancer cases were detected in Scotland in women born between 1988-1996 and fully vaccinated against HPV between ages 12 to 13, study says.

By Annalisa Merelli


STAT+ | Early detection of pancreatic cancer could get a boost from AI that identifies people at higher risk

AI models could enlarge the group of pancreatic cancer patients who can benefit from screening from 10 percent to 35 percent.

By Felice J. Freyer — Boston Globe



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