US national security adviser meets China's top diplomat, paving way for potential Biden-Xi meeting
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met in Luxembourg on Monday with the top Chinese diplomat for a "candid, substantive, and productive discussion" at a tense moment between their two... #bidenxi #nationalsecurityadviser #jakesullivan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Report names Europe ’s digital health app reimbursement leaders and laggards
Germany, Belgium and France are trailblazers followed by Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Denmark, and Switzerland. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - February 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Luxembourg-based B Medical Systems opens manufacturing facility in Gujarat
Jesal Doshi, CEO of B Medical Systems India, said India is a Rs 1000 crore market for medical cold chain products, but there is more room for the market to grow, as still blood and animal vaccines are mostly transported in thermal boxes, and most medicines are kept in normal refrigerators. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 12, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
What triggers selective daily mobility among older adults? A study comparing trip and environmental characteristics between observed path and shortest path - Klein S, Brondeel R, Chaix B, Klein O, Thierry B, Kestens Y, Gerber P, Perchoux C.
Interest is growing in neighborhood effects on health beyond individual's home locations. However, few studies accounted for selective daily mobility bias. Selective mobility of 470 older adults (aged 67-94) living in urban and suburban areas of Luxembourg... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
New CDC Covid-19 Travel Recommendations: Avoid These 4 Destinations
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands, and the Faroe Islands are now at Level 4, which means a very high Covid-19 coronavirus risk. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 9, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Lifestyle /lifestyle Travel /travel Coronavirus business pharma Source Type: news
McKesson Corporation Enters Agreement to Sell UK Businesses to AURELIUS
IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE) —McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its UK businesses to AURELIUS, a pan-European asset management group with offices in Munich, London, Stockholm, Madrid, Amsterdam, Milan and Luxembourg. The transaction inclu... (Source: McKesson News)
Source: McKesson News - November 1, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
City Heat is Worse if You ’re Not Rich or White. The World’s First Heat Officer Wants to Change That
Jane Gilbert knows she doesn’t get the worst of the sticky heat and humidity that stifles Miami each summer. She lives in Morningside, a coastal suburb of historically preserved art deco and Mediterranean-style single-family homes. Abundant trees shade the streets and a bay breeze cools residents when they leave their air conditioned cars and homes. “I live in a place of privilege and it’s a beautiful area,” says Gilbert, 58, over Zoom in early June, shortly after beginning her job as the world’s first chief heat officer, in Miami Dade county. “But you don’t have to go far to see t...
Source: TIME: Science - July 7, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ciara Nugent Tags: Uncategorized climate change feature Londontime Source Type: news
Luxembourg PM in 'serious but stable' condition with virus
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is in a “serious but stable” condition in the hospital with a case of COVID-19 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Luxembourg PM hospitalized after positive COVID-19 test
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has been hospitalized and is under observation “as a precautionary measure” after testing positive for COVID-19 a week earlier (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
'Unlocking' the potential of viruses to fight cancer
(Luxembourg Institute of Health) The LIH Department of Oncology (DONC) team elucidated the mechanism through which the H-1PV cancer-destroying virus can cause cell lysis and death. At the heart of this process lie laminins, and specifically lamininγ1, a family of proteins on the surface of a cancer cell to which this virus binds. The findings carry significant implications for the advancement of virus-based anticancer strategies and for the prediction of a patient's response to this innovative therapeutic approach. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 29, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Luxembourg PM ‘tests positive for Covid’ – as it happened
This blog is closed. Follow the latest updates on the pandemic from around the world:See all our coronavirus coverage1.07amBSTThis blog is closed. Follow the latest updates on the pandemic from around the world:11.31pmBSTThanks for reading. Handing over to my colleague Helen Sullivan in Australia now who will lead you through global coronavirus developments.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Miranda Bryant (now); Kevin Rawlinson and Maya Wolfe-Robinson (earlier) Tags: World news Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Science UK news Health Source Type: news
Covid live news: Luxembourg PM ‘tests positive for Covid’; UK records 14,876 new cases
Xavier Bettelin isolation after self-test result, according to reports; UK ’sdaily cases figure falls slightly from SaturdayScientist warns of spread of Delta variant across EuropeSouth Africa expected to tighten Covid rules as third wave gathers paceAustralia: NSW reports 30 new infectionsSports fans in UK warned: you will be guinea pigs at summer eventsSee all our coronavirus coverage11.31pmBSTThanks for reading. Handing over to my colleague Helen Sullivan in Australia now who will lead you through global coronavirus developments.9.49pmBSTTheGreek ministry of tourism has announced that allRussian travellers will have t...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Miranda Bryant (now); Kevin Rawlinson and Maya Wolfe-Robinson (earlier) Tags: World news Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Science UK news Health Source Type: news
'Suffocating' cancer: A new headway in melanoma immunotherapy
(Luxembourg Institute of Health) Led by Dr. Bassam Janji, from the Luxembourg Institute of Health, the team used gene editing technologies to show how targeting HIF-1α could not only inhibit tumor growth, but also drive cytotoxic immune cells to the cancer tissue. This discovery provided a valuable new target to make resistant melanomas more vulnerable to available anti-cancer treatments. Their findings were recently published in the reputable Oncogene journal. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 21, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
2020 Annual Report on evaluation and evaluation of UNFPA support to gender equality and women ’s empowerment presented to the Executive Board
karkaraMon, 06/14/2021 - 10:51 On 10 June 2021, at the Executive Board Annual Session 2021,UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem, commended the Evaluation Office for its nimbleness in adapting evaluation to the COVID-19 pandemic, which generated evidence for an informed recovery and the new Strategic Plan 2022-2025. She further emphasized that when policies and programmes are informed by credible evaluative evidence there is a powerful multiplier effect on sustainable development.Marco Segone, Director, UNFPA Evaluation Office presented the2020 Annual Report on the evaluation function at UNFPA. The annual report cap...
Source: UNFPA News - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: karkara Source Type: news
Luxembourg and Frontiers strike national Open Access publishing agreement
(Frontiers) Luxembourg's research community has strengthened its commitment to Open Access through a new national publishing agreement, announced this week. The Biblioth è que Nationale du Luxembourg, the country's national library, and the open access publisher Frontiers have reached a three-year publishing deal that will run until February 2024. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - June 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
