Category: deaths
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US FDA puts Kezar Life Sciences’ lupus treatment trial on hold after patient deaths By Reuters
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(Reuters) – The US Food and Drug Administration imposed a clinical suspension on the drug Kezar Life Sciences (NASDAQ:)’ trial of an experimental drug for lupus, the company said Friday. The FDA’s decision comes after the company said it had temporarily halted a mid-stage trial of the drug, zetomipzomib, to…
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Poland reports two more deaths in central Europe floods By Reuters
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police said that the death toll from massive floods in southwestern Poland this month had risen to nine, and two more bodies were found during the clean-up operation. At least 26 people died across central Europe in the worst floods to hit the region in at…
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Extreme heat and humidity are causing 47,000 deaths across Europe—here’s what it does to the human body
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The two hottest days in the world On the record It happened in July and is scheduled to be in 2024. hottest year neverMore heat waves. frequentwas more severe, and often reached before expected dateThe humidity factor and extreme weather really test the limits of the human body. More than…
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Heatwave deaths expose air conditioning crisis: Elderly and minorities most at risk
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Mexican farmworker Avelino Vasquez Navarro did not have air conditioning in the mobile home he died in last month in Washington state when temperatures soared into the hundreds of degrees. For the past 12 years, the 61-year-old has spent most of the year working near Pasco, Wash., sending money to…