Medicine
Turkish-origin surgeon to be on Forbes’ cover
Dilek Gürsoy, the first female cardiac surgeon in Europe to have implanted a total artificial heart (TAH), will be on the cover of worldwide known Forbes magazine, which will be published on Nov. 3 in Germany.
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Cancer center appointment system now under family physicians: Minister
The cancer screening appointment system will be under the control of family physicians, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced in his statements for the breast cancer awareness month.
Friends’ Matthew Perry “given 2% chance of survival”
Friends star Matthew Perry “left in coma” after drug abuse led to burst colon
Lethality of COVID lower than flu
The lethality rate of COVID is lower than the flu as the virus has mutated and caused only a milder illness, a member of the Coronavirus Science board has said.
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Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio globally
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will be used to help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026.
First Cancer Vaccines could be widely Available before 2030
Vaccines to fight cancer will be widely available before 2030, say husband and wife Prof. Ugur Şahin and Prof. Özlem Tureçi, creators of one of the most successful vaccines against COVID-19, writes in the New York Times.
Lessons learned from the pandemic will accelerate cancer treatments based on mRNA technology, they say.
Türkiye produces 3 mln COVID vaccine doses per month, says expert
Türkiye has reached a monthly capacity of 3 million in the production of Turkovac, Türkiye's domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in December 2021, says Aykut Özdarendeli, a professor who led the production of the vaccine.
Bulgarian Health Authorities expect a Severe Flu Wave to hit the Population
"I don't tend to make predictions about how severe the flu wave will be, but there are two reasons why experts are particularly cautious. One is the data from the Southern Hemisphere, where Australia and New Zealand have faced their worst flu epidemic since 5- 6 years. The other reason is that public immunity to influenza has declined during the pandemic."
UFC fighter Elias Theodorou dies at 34
The Greek-Canadian was fighting liver cancer
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People are getting tired of Ukraine news (infographic)
It is a symptom of a phenomenon known as ‘news fatigue’