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La préqualification par WHO de Coartem Baby signifie que les nouveau-nés peuvent être traités en toute sécurité plutôt que d'utiliser des médicaments pour enfants plus âgés. Le premier traitement contre malaria pour les bébés a été approuvé par World Health Organization, ouvrant la voie à une utilisation généralisée dans le monde entier. Dans certaines parties de Africa, jusqu'à 18 % des enfants de moins de six mois seront infectés par malaria, mais il n'y a historiquement eu aucun traitement sûr pour les plus petits d'entre eux. Il y a eu 610 000 décès dus à malaria en 2024, dont environ les trois quarts concernaient les enfants de moins de cinq ans en Africa. Lire la suite...

• 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...