Monthly Archives: November 2023

Kremlin says criminals are “atoning with blood” on the battlefield in Ukraine

With every passing week, more attention is being paid to the thousands of criminals, including brutal murderers, receiving pardons after being released from prison to serve with the Wagner private militia and other paramilitaries fighting in Ukraine. The problems stemming from the policy were inevitable. Unlike draftees, pardoned criminals are allowed to return home after […]

Children’s doctor searching for blood stem cell donor after leukemia diagnosis

Children’s doctor searching for blood stem cell donor after leukemia diagnosis – CBS Texas Watch CBS News A pediatrician who has spent decades caring for North Texas children is now the one who needs help after a leukemia diagnosis. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live […]

Life-changing blood disease treatment approved in UK at £1m cost per patient

A potential cure for two inherited blood diseases using gene therapy has been authorised by Britain’s medicine regulator in a world first. The treatment, Casgevy, for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, is the first to be licensed using the gene-editing tool known as Crispr, for which its inventors were awarded the Nobel Prize in […]

Mission Cancer + Blood standalone clinic opens in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail

A new cancer treatment cancer, part of a planned medical park, has opened in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail as the neighborhood continues to fill in. Mission Cancer + Blood opened its first standalone clinic at 1950 S.W. Magazine Road in rapidly-growing Ankeny on Nov. 13. The 11,000 square-foot facility, which has seven physicians alongside nurses and […]

First-of-its-kind splatter study examines infection control during oral surgery

A first-of-its-kind study from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry examined the patterns of splatter contamination created by rotary instruments and irrigation during oral surgery. This study is the first to examine rotary instrumentation splatter created during oral surgery procedures, and its findings provide several key suggestions for the future of oral surgery and […]

Judd Walson, Infectious Disease and Child Survival Expert, Joins Bloomberg School as Chair of Department of International Health | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Judd Walson, MD, MPH, has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as chair of the Department of International Health and as professor in the Department’s Global Disease Epidemiology and Control program. He assumed the role on November 14, 2023. Walson, whose work focuses on low- and middle-income settings, comes from the University […]

Mission Cancer + Blood clinic opens in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail

Mission Cancer + Blood clinic opens in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail News lowa Caucuses Sports Opinion Business Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals A new cancer care clinic opened in Ankeny’s Prairie Trail Nov. 13, part of a planned medical park as the neighborhood continues to grow. Chris Higgins/The Register A new cancer care clinic opened in Ankeny’s […]

From GRAP to green dreams: How Delhi plans to chart a path to year-round clean air

A thick layer of smog engulfs the India Gate, in New Delhi on 13 November, 2023. PTI Every autumn for the last many years has graced Delhi with cooler breezes and a festive atmosphere, yet the city’s skies tell a different story. Thick, toxic smog engulfs historical landmarks and bustling streets, obscuring even the iconic […]