“Sir, I don’t have the money for the test,” said Vijay, a low-income lung cancer patient from Hyderabad. His oncologist replied, “Without the money, he has only a few months left.” The test — a 12-gene next-generation DNA sequencing panel — could have guided a life-saving treatment plan. Genomics-informed precision medicine, or targeted therapy, offers
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On January 20, 2025, the United States government issued an executive order to withdraw from membership of the World Health Organization (WHO). This has raised apprehensions that reduced funding for WHO would impact the functionality of the organisation. However, as the executive decision by the U.S. government has already been made, it is time to
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Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The trade war between the world’s two biggest economies has escalated after China hit back against the introduction of tariffs by the US with measures of its own. Beijing has set out to target specific American goods with retaliatory taxes, among other measures, following the blanket 10%
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Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images Australia has banned DeepSeek from all government devices and systems over what it says is the security risk the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup poses. DeepSeek stunned the world in January when it unveiled a chatbot which matched the performance level of US rivals, while claiming it had a
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S. Ayyappan, secretary, T.N. Association of Surgical Oncology, Sankar Srinivasan, Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, Apollo Cancer Centre, Teynampet, Harshad Reddy, Director, Group Oncology & International, Apollo Hospitals, Balasundaram. V, president, Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROI) Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry chapter, Kalaichelvi K., president, Tamil Nadu Medical and Pediatric Oncologist Society, Suresh S., Senior Consultant,
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Laura Bicker China correspondent Watch: ‘Both sides suffer’ – Shanghai residents on US-China tariff tensions Beijing has made its decision. After days of warning of counter measures and urging Washington to enter negotiations and “meet China halfway”, it has decided to hit back – or at least threaten to retaliate with its own tariffs. China
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Cancer is a major health concern worldwide accounting for nearly 1 in every 6 deaths, as per WHO. But did you know that nearly 50% of cancer cases can be prevented by making simple lifestyle changes? There are some factors like smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and exposure to harmful substances significantly increase
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Laura Bicker China correspondent Reuters Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in 2019 If China is angry at the United States for imposing an extra 10% tariff on all Chinese goods, it is doing a good job of hiding it. Both Canada and Mexico vowed to retaliate and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his
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