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A new long-acting preventive HIV drug, lenacapavir, developed by Gilead Sciences, is anticipated to be available in the world’s poorest countries by late 2025 or early 2026, Reuters reported citing head of supply operations at the Global Fund to Fight…

Scientists at City of Hope have made a significant breakthrough in cancer treatment by identifying the YTHDF2 protein, which helps cancer cells evade detection by the immune system during CAR T cell therapy, SciTech Daily reported yesterday. This advanced therapy…

A recent report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reveals that 60% of internally displaced persons (IDPs) prefer to remain in their current locations rather than return to their communities of origin, Reliefweb reported yesterday. The findings, part of…

The UN health agency has reported that avian influenza, particularly the H5N1 strain, has affected 108 countries across five continents, resulting in the deaths of over 300 million birds, UN website reported yesterday. Dr. Madhur Dhingra from the FAO noted…

Gunmen targeted polio vaccination teams in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, resulting in the deaths of a health worker and two police officers, VOA reported. The violence occurred during a nationwide campaign aimed at combating the rising poliovirus, which has…

Hundreds of Muslims on Sunday protested outside the Yuxi city government in Yunnan province, China, following the detention of Imam Ma Yuwei from the Yuxi Daying Mosque, RFA reported. The police arrested Ma while he was dining at a local…

Ayatollah Sayyid Hassan Hosseini Shirazi, a prominent religious and scholarly figure of the twentieth century, was martyred on May 1, 1980 (corresponding to the sixteenth of Jumada al-Thani 1400 AH) in a terrorist attack orchestrated by agents of Saddam’s regime…

Scientists from the US and Chile have uncovered a remarkable predatory crustacean, Dulcibella camanchaca, in the Atacama Trench off South America’s coast. Found at a staggering depth of 7,902 meters, this pale, ghostly amphipod marks the first documented predator in…

A Syrian advocacy leader has alleged that a mass grave near Damascus contains the remains of at least 100,000 people killed under the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, head of the US-based Syrian Emergency Task Force,…

OpenAI has announced that its ChatGPT-powered Internet search feature is now available to all users, intensifying competition with Google, Arab News reported yesterday. Previously accessible only to paying subscribers, this upgrade allows users to receive “fast, timely answers” along with…