social responsibility

Cancer warnings on alcohol should be mandatory in Europe

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Credit: Igor Normann / Shutterstock. The World Health Organization has called for “mandatory and standardised” health warning labels on alcoholic beverages in Europe to raise awareness of the links with cancer. The UN agency highlighted an “alarming” lack of public awareness regarding alcohol’s link to cancer. The… Source link

First blood-stage malaria vaccine ‘a much-needed addition’ – analyst

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Malaria is spread by the female Anopheles mosquito. Credit: NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty images. The RH5.1/Matrix-M blood-stage vaccine could constitute a crucial secondary defence for communities at high risk of malaria infection, including those who have already received pre-erythrocytic vaccines, an analyst has… Source link