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Medicine & healthcare

Lung cancer among never-smokers has become the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with adenocarcinoma being the predominant type, accounting for 53-70% of cases among those who have never smoked.

Air Pollution Drives Surge in Non-Smoker Lung Cancer Cases

Study: Omega-3 Supplements May Slow Biological Aging

Australia: 14 Religious Sect Members Found Guilty in Girl's Death

FDA Approves Vertex's Non-Opioid Painkiller Journavx

GSK, Oxford Launch $62M Cancer Prevention Vaccine Program

Pharmaceuticals

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Tuesday announced it's proposing a rule making Medicare and Medicaid recipients eligible to have the cost for weight-loss drugs, including Wegovy and Zepbound, covered starting in 2026.

Biden Admin. Proposes Expanding Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs

GSK to Pay $2.2B to Settle Zantac Cancer Lawsuits

Study: Highly-Affordable 'Vaccine-Like' HIV Drug Possible

Pfizer Recalls Sickle Cell Treatment

Eli Lilly to Buy Morphic for $3.2B

Healthcare

The UK's Labour government has announced an independent commission led by Baroness Louise Casey to overhaul England's social care system. It will begin in April with final recommendations not due until 2028.

Labour's Social Care Reform Plan Delayed Until 2028

Milan Enforces Italy's Strictest Outdoor Smoking Ban

UK: Assisted Dying Bill Passes Second Reading in House of Commons

UK to Ban Puberty Blockers for Under 18s Indefinitely

Brazilian Congressional Committee Votes in Favor of Abortion Ban

Vaccination

According to a study published Wednesday, cervical cancer deaths per year among US women under 25 decreased by 62% from 35 in 2013-2015 to 13 in 2019-2021.

Study: Cervical Cancer Mortality Drops in Young US Women

Nigeria Begins Mpox Vaccination Program After Delays

Report: Bill Gates Sued Over COVID Vaccines in the Netherlands

Report: Measles Cases Increased 20% Worldwide in 2023

UK Set to Test World's First Norovirus Vaccine

Surgery and surgeons

Towana Looney, 53, has become the only living person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney, following two people who previously received one but later passed away. The Alabama woman had the transplant at New York City's Langone Health on Nov. 25.

Alabama Woman Receives Gene-Edited Pig Kidney

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

First Genetically Altered Pig Kidney Transplant Recipient Dies

First-Ever Voice Box Transplant Lets Cancer Patient Speak Again

In A First, Gene-Edited Pig's Kidney Transplanted Into Human