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Die WHO-Präqualifikation von Coartem Baby bedeutet, dass Neugeborene sicher behandelt werden können, anstatt Medikamente für ältere Kinder zu verwenden. Die erste Malaria-Behandlung für Babys wurde von der Weltgesundheitsorganisation zugelassen und öffnet damit die Tür für einen weltweiten Einsatz. In Teilen Afrikas infizieren sich bis zu 18 % der Kinder unter sechs Monaten mit Malaria, doch für die Kleinsten unter ihnen gab es bisher keine sichere Behandlung. Im Jahr 2024 gab es 610.000 Todesfälle durch Malaria, wovon etwa drei Viertel Kinder unter fünf Jahren in Afrika waren. Weiterlesen...

• Elijah Dottery, diagnosed with sickle cell anemia as a baby, became the first U-M patient to receive the newly FDA-approved stem cell therapy. • The treatment uses patient's own stem cells edited via CRISPR to produce functional hemoglobin, administered at Michigan Medicine. • This breakthrough matters for over 100,000 U.S. sickle cell patients, offering potential cure where prior therapies only managed symptoms.

• The Federal Communications Commission approved Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival broadcaster Tegna, creating the largest operator of local television stations in the United States. • FCC Chairman Brendan Carr waived a rule limiting single-company ownership of TV stations reaching more than 39% of U.S. households; the combined entity will cover at least 60%. • The mega-merger represents a significant consolidation in the broadcast media industry and demonstrates regulatory willingness to approve ownership concentration in the communications sector.

Federal law says living presidents can’t appear on currency, but commission approves design for US’s 250th birthdayA federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing Donald Trump’s image to help celebrate the US’s 250th birthday on 4 July.The vote by the US Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection. It clears the way for the US Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion. Continue reading...