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‘Completely #unethical’: Women excluded from life-saving vaccine


Women in #Scotland are being left at risk of a killer #cancer because of the refusal to fund a preventative #vaccine through the #NHS, according to a leading #medical ethicist.

Females aged 26-45 are currently excluded from the #HPV vaccine which protects against #cervical cancer and genital warts even though it is offered to men in high-risk groups in the same age category.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25029802.completely-unethical-women-excluded-life-saving-vaccine/

#SaveOurNHS #PeopleNotProfit #PeopleNotGreed #HealthCare #OurNHS


Israeli troops advance further into Gaza, blowing up cancer hospital


#Israeli forces advanced deeper into the #Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialised #cancer #hospital in the war-torn territory.

The hospital was located in the #Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza in two and was controlled by Israeli troops for most of the 17-month-long war. Israel moved to retake the corridor this week shortly after breaking the ceasefire with #Hamas. The truce delivered relative calm to Gaza since late January and facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages

https://www.euronews.com/2025/03/22/israel-orders-idf-troops-to-advance-deeper-into-gaza-as-renewed-operation-expands

#WarCrimes #IsraeliWarCrimes #Israel



Need a bit of GOOD news? #UCLA researchers developed a small implantable device that drove cancerous tumors into remission, eliminated metastasis, prevented the growth of new tumors, and resulted in longer survival in laboratory mice. Next up: clinical trials in humans. Very exciting and hopeful stuff!
Article can be found here: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-designed-implantable-device-combats-cancer
#GoodNews #Cancer #AnimalResearchSavesLives


Google’s Quest to Digitize Troops’ Tissue Samples
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#Google had a confidential plan to turn the collection—slivers of skin, #tumor biopsies & slices of organs from #veterans—into an immense archive that could help create tools to aid the diagnosis & treatment of #cancer & other #diseases. And it would seek first, exclusive dibs to do so.

“The chief concern,” Google’s liaison in the #military warned, “is keeping this out of the press.”

#privacy #ethics #DOD #Health
https://www.propublica.org/article/google-human-tissue-jpc-military?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post