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Tackling tumors with two types of virus

An international research group led by the University of Basel has developed a promising strategy for therapeutic cancer vaccines. Using two different viruses as vehicles, they administered specific tumor components in experiments on mice with cancer in order to stimulate their immune system to attack the tumor. The approach is now being tested in clinical […]

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Brazil starts vaccination campaign two days early

Authorities in Brazil, hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, will roll out a nationwide vaccination campaign Monday, two days earlier than announced. The accelerated push comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and mounting impatience in states including Sao Paulo, which has already launched its own inoculation drive. Brazil’s Anvisa regulatory agency on Sunday approved the […]

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France says two clusters of UK COVID strain detected

Two risk clusters of the mutant coronavirus variant sweeping Britain have been detected in France, the health ministry said on Thursday. The UK last month sounded the alarm over the variant, which experts say is much more contagious than the original coronavirus. The clusters were located in the western French region of Brittany, and in […]

Pet Care

Two Major Chicken Producers Commit to Better Welfare

We are proud to have worked with Mary’s Free Range Chicken and Naked Truth Chicken to develop these companies’ recent commitments to raising healthier breeds of chickens in more humane conditions in line with the ASPCA-supported Better Chicken Commitment. The Better Chicken Commitment is a set of standards at the heart of a global campaign […]

Pet Care

Two Former Foster Cats Find Each Other

Megan T. had been living in Los Angeles for just two weeks when she spotted a flyer at her local Petco offering opportunities to foster kittens for the ASPCA. “I thought fostering would be a good introduction to having a cat or dog,” says Megan, who joined the ASPCA’s L.A. Kitten Foster program and took […]

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Two apples a day keeps cholesterol at bay

Eating two apples a day has been shown to help keep cholesterol down and fight heart disease risk according to new research. In a paper published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of scientists led by the University of Reading in collaboration with the Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) Institute, Italy found […]

Personal Health

Lack of exercise: Negative effects after only two weeks

A new study shows that the impact of even short-time physical inactivity from the negative to the health. The good news is that these effects can apparently undo. Only two weeks, lack of exercise and prolonged Sitting had in normally active, healthy adults already have a negative impact on the health of your vascular function, […]

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I was addicted to prescription drugs for two decades

Content warning: this article discusses drug addiction I’ll never forget the first time I took codeine. It gave me a warm feeling, as if I was floating on a pink fluffy cloud, and all my troubles and worries melted away. This week, Public Health England announced fears that a large number of people who are […]