From Nature Canada on Bluesky:

#Biodiversity is not something distant or abstract. It is a part of us, and we are a part of it. It provides the food we eat, the air we breathe, the #climate that sustains us, and the medicines we rely on every day.

#Nature #Canada #Environment #Wildlife #Ecology #pollinators #medicines #ecosystem #forests #wetlands #animals #ontario #quebec #yukon #nunavut #nwt #pei #newbrunswick #novascotia #saskatchewan #alberta #manitoba #BC #britishColumbia #newfoundland

Europe’s drugs regulator greenlights first oral weight-loss drug

Wegovy tablets offer a convenient alternative to the injectable version of the drug.

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Ebola deaths surge 30 percent as Berlin prepares for patient

The World Health Organization and health leaders are discussing how best to contain the epidemic.

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Congo Ebola outbreak: Aid cuts and war complicate response

The number of cases is likely to be far higher than currently reported, WHO warns.

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Campaigners threaten legal action over Britain’s NHS deal with Donald Trump

Just Treatment and Global Justice Now accuse ministers of breaching parliamentary protocol as they rewrite NHS drug-pricing rules.

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RE: https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/116581005455443294

When these #fascists/#eugenicists get ill, they should be deprived of the #medicines that have been developed because of the #scientific research that they are so committed to eviscerating.

#USPol

"In the years since Deacon’s efforts helped to pressure the #Government into legalising #medical #cannabis in the #UK, only a handful of others have been able to enjoy the same access as Alfie. According to the #NHS Business Service Authority, a total of 89,239 #prescriptions for unlicensed cannabis #medicines were issued between November 2018 & July 2022, but fewer than 5 of these prescriptions were issued by the NHS. The rest have had to go #private."

An exciting first day at the #iDR26 meeting in Brussels on drug #repurposing.

Academics, company representatives, funders, policy makers, patients and others, all gathered to discuss how to help #repurpose #medicines for the many #diseases still with unmet medical needs, including #vascular #anomalies.

#IDR26 #VASCERN #VASCAPA #RADIORG #HEVAS #CMTC #Eurordis #WELRI #de Duve Institute #uclouvain #FNRS #ISSVA #REVAMP #Leducq