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Astellas Becomes Host City Partner for One Young World 2027 Tokyo Summit: 8/28/2026 7:25:55 PM; Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Naoki Okamura, “Astellas”) today announced that it has become the first Host City Partner for the One Young World 2027 Tokyo Summit (“the Summit”), the world’s largest gatherings of young leaders.
Visit to Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA)to Exchange Views on Type Certificationand the Commercial Deployment of eVTOL: 8/28/2026 7:17:56 PM; SkyDrive held a discussion with the Taiwan Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), joined by its Taiwanese business partner, 7A Drones, as well as the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a premier research organization in Taiwan.
Assessment of Culinary Skills Among Adults with Visual Impairment Highlights Gaps Between Ability and Independence: 8/28/2026 6:47:17 PM; A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, examined culinary skills and related barriers among adults with visual impairment.
Second meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee on the epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – Meeting report: 8/28/2026 6:19:04 PM; The Director-General (DG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) ( IHR ) Emergency Committee (Committee) regarding the epidemic of Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (BVD) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), held on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, from 12:00 to …
NEPAL FLASH FLOODS: Rescuers race to find survivors with areas still cut off: 8/27/2026 12:49:55 PM; Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the flash flood-devastated areas of Northern Nepal, as Save the Children delivers emergency aid to families, with many places still only accessible by helicopter.
Tezspire demonstrates positive Phase III results in eosinophilic esophagitis across both co-primary and all key secondary endpoints: 8/27/2026 12:46:39 PM; Positive high-level results from the Phase III CROSSING trial in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) showed that AstraZeneca and Amgen’s Tezspire (tezepelumab) demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements across both co-primary and all key secondary endpoints at week 24, which were sustained through week 52 in both doses tested.
AMA introduces Ethical AI Use in Medicine Series: 8/27/2026 12:44:09 PM; The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced the Ethical AI Use in Medicine Series, a new continuing medical education (CME) program that helps physicians safely, effectively and ethically utilize augmented/artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice.
How to Teach T Cells to Track Cancer Like a Hound Dog: 8/26/2026 9:50:33 AM; The immune system is full of T cells that could hunt down and destroy tumors, if they were primed. Now, a UC San Francisco team has invented a way to do this by combining immune cells that are grown in the lab with samples from a patient’s tumor.
Elsevier launches Nora AI to make trusted, evidence-based learning support more accessible for healthcare students and educators: 8/26/2026 8:39:39 AM; Elsevier announced the launch of Nora AI, an AI-powered assistant created by Elsevier and available within Elsevier eBooks through VitalSource’s Bookshelf ® platform.
ConV2X Expands Cambridge Executive Summit With New Healthcare, FDA, AI, and Cybersecurity Leaders: 8/26/2026 8:00:00 AM; ConV2X today announced a new group of in-person speakers joining its September 24–25 executive summit at The Foundry in Cambridge, Massachusetts, expanding the multidisciplinary dialogue around AI infrastructure, decentralized health, cybersecurity, regulation, clinical implementation and the technologies reshaping healthcare and life sciences.
Tate & Lyle adds new purpose target to improve everyday consumer health through fibre fortification: 8/26/2026 7:28:24 AM; Tate & Lyle PLC (‘Tate & Lyle’), a global leader in ingredient solutions for healthier food and beverages, has set an ambitious new target to fill consumer’s daily ‘fibre gap’ by delivering an additional 15g of fibre per day to people’s diets, 35 billion times by 2030.
Mozambique strengthens regulation of medicines and imported vaccines, boosting health protection: 8/25/2026 10:57:59 AM; Mozambique has reached a major milestone in strengthening the regulation of medicines and imported vaccines, with its national regulatory authority recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having a stable, well-functioning and integrated regulatory system.
Bangladesh: 35% of Rohingya Refugees Face ‘Crisis ’or ‘Emergency’ Hunger as Conditions for Children Worsen: 8/25/2026 10:52:49 AM; Conditions in the world’s largest refugee settlement are worsening at an alarming rate after nine years, with 35% of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh expected to face ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ hunger levels this year, putting more children at risk of malnutrition.[1] Nine years after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled attacks and violence in Myanmar, an entire …
CPKC Women’s Open raises nearly $5 million for Alberta cardiac care: 8/25/2026 10:10:24 AM; This weekend in Edmonton saw more than a golf tournament. While bringing world-class women’s professional golf to the Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open raised a record $4.95 million to support cardiac healthcare in Alberta.
AGC and Neusignal Therapeutics Collaborate on the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Candidate “NTX-083”: 8/24/2026 12:06:13 PM; AGC Inc. (Headquarters: Tokyo; President: Yoshinori Hirai; hereinafter “AGC”) highlights its end-to-end support capabilities as a small-molecule pharmaceutical CDMO as demonstrated by its collaboration with Neusignal Therapeutics, Inc.
Record $4.95 million raised for heart health in Alberta as Miyu Yamashita wins CPKC Women’s Open: 8/24/2026 11:02:32 AM; The 2026 CPKC Women’s Open raised a record $4.95 million to support heart healthcare in Alberta, while on the golf course, Miyu Yamashita concluded a historic performance on Sunday to capture the 2026 CPKC Women’s Open championship and her fourth LPGA Tour victory.
Johnson & Johnson Announces New Global Classification System for Surgical Outcomes: 8/24/2026 10:51:15 AM; Johnson & Johnson today announced the publication of the DISH Classification System, a new global consensus framework developed and validated through a clinician-led initiative to standardize how surgical site outcomes are measured and reported and help bring greater visibility to underreported surgical site infections and other wound complications.
WHO and Peking University strengthen collaboration to advance health emergency preparedness: 8/24/2026 10:49:20 AM; The World Health Organization (WHO) and Peking University have entered into a two-year project collaboration agreement to strengthen global health emergency preparedness through research, training and innovative analytical approaches.
The importance of indoor airflow patterns in spreading airborne disease: 8/24/2026 9:23:48 AM; Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of infectious disease deaths, claiming over 1 million lives every year. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or exhales, and drug-resistant strains and asymptomatic spreading are growing concerns.
How can we reduce gynecologic cancer–related deaths in low- and middle-income countries?: 8/24/2026 9:17:39 AM; Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden of gynecologic malignancies—cancers of the cervix, endometrium, ovary, vagina, and vulva.