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EU drug agency starts evaluating new COVID-19 treatment to lower risks of severe symptoms-
By PTI AMSTERDAM: The European Union’s medicines authority said on Thursday that it is evaluating a new drug for treating ...

Drug overdose deaths, fueled by fentanyl, hit record high in US
The U.S. recorded its highest number of drug-overdose deaths in a 12-month period, eclipsing 100,000 for the first time, according ...

US drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say-
By PTI NEW YORK: An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials ...

Novavax asks European Union drug regulator to OK its COVID vaccine-
By PTI LONDON: The European Union’s drug regulator said it received an application from Novavax to authorise the American biotechnology ...

EU drug agency looking at data on Merck’s COVID-19 treatment pill-
By PTI THE HAGUE: The European Union’s medicines agency on Monday began reviewing Merck’s COVID-19 treatment pill so that it ...

Experimental drug boosts immunotherapy treatment of pancreatic cancer in mice
An experimental drug helped boost effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment against pancreatic cancer in mice, according to a recent study published ...

California school officials alert parents to sale of addictive new drug: reports
California school officials are warning parents about a new addictive street drug called “Paint.” According to KOVR-TV, administrators at Mesa Verde ...

Cancun shooting: 2 killed in apparent drug ‘execution’ on beach, vacationers flee
Gunfire erupted on an idyllic beach in Cancun, Mexico, on Thursday that resulted in the killings of two suspected gang ...